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A leading freight crime intelligence service is warning that organised crime gangs targeting freight loads in Europe are likely to employ ever more sophisticated and violent tactics.
Freightwatch International Supply Chain Intelligence Centre also said overall levels of crime were set to increase this year.
The organisation has released a report noting the top ten freight crime hotspots of Europe, which concluded that seven of them would see sharply increased levels of theft and hijackings.
The use of violence is commonplace in some ...
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nick
May 24, 2015 at 5:50 pmOK so if it’s so common why aren’t the authorities setting up stings. e.g. planting SWAT teams in the back with the cargo. Tracking via satellite. Placing exploding ink in the cargo (like with bank money bags). When there’s a will there’s a way.