Strategies to prevent your containers 'going missing'
TT Club typically focuses on cargo theft when it considers supply chain security, but there ...
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With the world cup only a few weeks away (yep, football even permeates the front page of The Loadstar – that’s just how pernicious the damn game is), cargo crime in Brazil has soared to unprecedented levels.
And after police authorities in some of the largest cities, particularly Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro, have cracked down on gang activity in the favelas, there are growing fears that criminals have turned to cargo theft after their traditional sources of income became ...
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Michael Webber
June 02, 2014 at 9:47 pmThere’s detailed information on Rio and Sao Paulo, and then the statement “Over half of the crimes occurred in the capital city itself.” I didn’t realize that Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, had overtaken Rio & Sao Paulo for cargo crime.
Alex Lennane
June 03, 2014 at 9:00 amSorry – we meant Sao Paulo state’s capital city (Sao Paulo).