News / Shippers and transport providers on alert as gangs plan Christmas cargo crime spree

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Shippers and their transport and logistics providers operating around the major Paris air hub of Charles de Gaulle have been warned by security experts that high-value shipments are increasingly at risk.

The warning follows the theft of a huge consignment earlier this month.

FreightWatch International (FWI) said 15 pallets of smartphones, tablets and perfumes, worth several hundred thousand euros, were stolen by a gang of at least six who managed to bypass security and enter the compound in a truck.

“Police sources quoted ...