Global Intelligence Note SUPPLY CHAIN INTELLIGENCE CENTER 26 October 2018

The SensiGuard™­ Supply Chain Intelligence Center (SCIC) presents a summary of major incidents and news articles EMEA relating to cargo theft and intelligence for the week ending 26 October 2018.

EMEA United Kingdom...... 1 ...... 2 24 October 2018: A truck carrying £30,000 worth Poland...... 2 of stolen goods was stopped near Meadowhall The Netherlands...... 2 as part of a cross-border police operation involving Romania...... 3 air support. South Yorkshire Police’s Operational Italy...... 3 Support team was made aware of the 17-and-a-half Nigeria...... 3 tonne HGV heading towards South Yorkshire at around 3:00 France...... 3 a.m. on Tuesday. Officers believed the truck had been used “in a Austria...... 3 significant theft in Northants”. APAC Read more: Rotterham Advertiser (U.K.) China (Hong Kong)...... 4 China...... 4 17 October 2018: Police officers are Japan...... 4 appealing for witnesses following the theft North & South America of computing equipment from a lorry on the Brazil...... 4 A5 layby near Lilbourne, . The Mexico...... 5 incident happened on Monday, 1 October, when a truck parked U.S. & Canada...... 5 in the layby had its side curtain slashed and a large amount of computing equipment stolen from within. Read more: Police (U.K.)

sensitech.com Germany 20 October 2018: A 38-year-old Polish citizen was in court for involvement in a cargo theft gang 23 October 2018: Highway investigators of responsible for a theft in a parking lot on the A38. the traffic police -Werneck arrested The gang had rented vehicles in Poland to steal three alleged “curtain slashers” suspected goods from trucks. From a Czech truck, they stole toy building of having damaged numerous trucks at block kits valued at €6000, which could be resold for up to Rastanlage Rhön, on the A7 near Schondra (). A truck €53,000 on the black market. The damage to the tarpaulin was driver had dialed the emergency police number after discovering about €450. The defendant had driven the van with the stolen a slit on the tarpaulin of his semitrailer. At the rest stop, officials goods. Later he was picked up by other gang members. The counted a total of thirty-four trucks, on which the tarpaulins of police found the van with the stolen goods. the semitrailers were slashed; this later increased to forty-seven. Read more: Thüringer Allgemeine (Germany) The resulting property damage is likely to amount to several thousand euros. On Thursday evening, the highway investigators 19 October 2018: Unknown perpetrators were finally successful—they stopped a suspicious car in slashed the tarpaulins of three trucks at parking Werneck which was manned by three men. During the check, lots on the A7. On the Rastanlage Göttingen- police suspected that the men could be connected with the Ost (municipality Rosdorf), the thieves slit damage at the Rhön; the officers secured items in the vehicle the tarpaulins of two semi-trailers. In one case, the offenders that suggest such crimes. captured an undisclosed amount of vacuum cleaners from the Read more: Nordbayern (Germany) back of a vehicle in the district Rotenberg (Wümme). The same night, at the parking lot Staufenberg (District of Göttingen), 23 October 2018: German police in Saarlouis the loading area of a German semitrailer was hit. Here the released four adults and one child from a perpetrators stole a few packs of detergents. refrigerated truck in which they were trapped. Read more: Eichsfelder Nachrichten (Germany) According to the police, they were migrants who were trapped in the truck and were in mortal danger. Authorities are now investigating alleged smugglers who reportedly gave the group access to the Polish truck. Poland Read more: Luxemburger Wort (Luxembourg) 25 October 2018: Carriers and drivers should 21 October 2018: Leipzig Halle Airport is be aware of a current security risk along the expanding: New taxiways and aircraft parking route between Szczecin–Koszalin–Gdansk. spaces will be created for a large logistics Police authorities are currently carrying out an provider. In parking lots, so-called “tarpaulin investigation and loaded trailers should not be left unattended. slashers” repeatedly clear out entire truck loads of high-quality Source: K&N Ring Alert goods overnight. Recently, tarpaulin slashers stole 200 TV sets on the A 14 at Könnern. Read more: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (Germany) The Netherlands

23 October 2018: The low water level in the Rhine gives truck drivers more work because inland vessels are less heavily loaded. This increased demand also leads to more headaches for road hauliers. Road transporters are mainly being offered more containers. Because there are tight timetables for trucks at seaport container terminals, there is a threat of congestion. Read more: Nieuws.NL (The Netherlands) sensitech.com SCIC Global Intelligence Note 26 October 2018 2 Romania France

22 October 2018: Cargo thefts have been reported 17 October 2018: A truck was robbed near the from a rest area location in Sadova Veche, roundabout of Europe, leading to the airport of Independent Slatina-Timis, Motorway 6 (E70) in Lyon Saint-Exupéry in the town of Colombier- South West Romania between Timisoara and the Saugnieu. It is believed the truck was discreetly Serbian border crossing. The incident location has followed after leaving a warehouse. The driver was ten truck parking spots along with a fuel station and restaurant. forced to stop on the route and then forced out of his cabin. Source: K&N Ring Alert One of the perpetrators then took the wheel of the truck while his accomplices rushed into their car, before disappearing with a cargo of electronic products valued at several hundred thousand euros. Italy Read more: Le Dauphine (France)

19 October 2018: After a driver made a collection for international delivery from a warehouse in Verdello (Lombardy), he inquired if could he Austria make his mandatory night break in the safety of the facility yard, but was turned down. Instead, the 26 October 2018: While on route between security guard advised the driver to park across the street next Innsbruck and Kufstein, a truck driver to a public street. During the night criminals arrived and broke was overtaken by a silver car in which the the rear door security lock. They entered the trailer and stole passenger signaled him to stop at the next numerous pallets of cargo. The driver claims he woke up with a parking area. Both the driver and passenger headache. of the car were wearing high-visibility vests with police markings Source: K&N Ring Alert on them. The truck driver eventually stopped at the rest area Volders/Karlskirche. The male and female “officers” checked on some of the truck driver’s documentation and ordered him to pay a penalty. They also ordered him to wait for a further length Nigeria of time at this location as they left. Carriers and drivers should be vigilant around the presence of criminals disguised as police 17 October 2018: A Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in officials. Lagos sentenced a truck driver and his friend to prison Source: K&N Ring Alert for the theft of a container-load of milk worth N25.5

million. The accused are facing a two-count charge of 20 October 2018: The slashed tarpaulin of conspiracy and theft. The Prosecutor told the court that a semitrailer on a freight train revealed eight the truck driver was hired by the company to transport the milk migrants who wanted to travel illegally across from Apapa to its warehouse at Costain in the Iponri area of the border. Policemen noticed the damaged Lagos. He alleged that when the accused got to the warehouse, tarpaulin in the sightseeing control in Brenner-Seehof; looking the warehouse workers could not offload the contents of the more closely, they found the men, ages 22–36. The men were container because it was late, instructing the driver to come provisionally arrested. back in the morning for his truck. He said that instead, the Read more: Tiroler Tageszeitung (Austria) man allegedly called his friend to meet him at the warehouse at midnight with a buyer. Read more: The Eagle Online (Nigeria)

sensitech.com SCIC Global Intelligence Note 26 October 2018 3 APAC India 27 October 2018: Three armed robbers allegedly looted cash worth Rs. 1 crore from a private Delhi- bound truck on the Jammu-Pathankot National China (Hong Kong) Highway. The robbers intercepted the truck in the early hours near Barwal in Kathua district shortly after it left 24 October 2018: About 6.6 tonnes of for Delhi from the Bari Brahmana area of Samba district. The suspected untaxed hookah tobacco were robbers left with cash after threatening the truck driver and a found hidden in a shipping container arriving manager travelling in the vehicle. According to a preliminary from Jordan. The haul had an estimated street investigation, the cash belonged to a company and it was being value of HK$2.6 million (USD $331,663) and a duty potential transported by a truck to its ally firm in Delhi. It is suspected that of about HK$15 million, according to the Customs and Excise someone aware of it planned the robbery. Department. More than 1,000 cartons carrying the suspected Read more: NDTV (India) contraband were found in the container when it was opened for inspection. A law enforcement source said initial information showed the container was declared to be carrying molasses. North & South Read more: South China Morning Post America China

23 October 2018: Chinese President Xi Jinping has officially opened the world’s Brazil longest sea crossing bridge, nine years after 24 October 2018: A cargo of electronics valued at construction first began. Including its access R$ 315,000 was stolen on João Cereser highway roads, the bridge spans 55km (34 miles) and connects Hong in Jundiaí. The truck had left the distribution center Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. The of a chain of furniture and electronics stores when bridge cost about $20b (£15.3b) and should have opened in three men waited outside the location in a vehicle. 2016. Designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons, it was Criminals followed the truck and announced built using 400,000 tonnes of steel. the assault by approaching the driver and helper with a fake Read more: BBC News weapon. One of the criminals got into the truck and forced the driver to drive to a location where the cargo would be taken from the truck. Police later found the truck, driver and helper, and arrested all the criminals except one, who escaped. Japan Read more: Globo G1 (Brazil)

25 October 2018: The Criminal Investigation 22 October 2018: As of November 16, the Bureau yesterday sent an investigation team to extra fee of R $ 3 per order destined to Rio Japan, after Japanese police earlier this month Metropolitan Region will no longer be charged by arrested three Taiwanese people and seized the Post Office. The extra fee was implemented 340kg of amphetamine in Nagoya. Aichi Prefecture police said this past April to cover the expenses with private it was the biggest drug smuggling case in the region’s history, security—additional costs resulting from surveillance and armed with an estimated 20 billion yen (US$177.63 million) worth escorts, as the rates of cargo thefts and postman robberies of amphetamine seized. The pouches of amphetamine were were very high. As the index fell, the company decided to hidden inside metal wheel hubs on automobiles that were withdraw the charge. transported from Taiwan to Nagoya Port on a cargo ship. Read more: Agência Brasil (Brazil) Read more: Taipei Times

sensitech.com SCIC Global Intelligence Note 26 October 2018 4 20 October 2018: According to a study carried 19 October 2018: Cargo theft criminals are out by the Federation of Commerce of Goods, using increasingly violent tactics to intercept Services and Tourism of the State of Rio de Janeiro trucks in-transit. Most recently, a group of (Fecomércio RJ), the high rates of cargo theft and thieves in San Juan del Rio, Querétaro used commercial establishment’s robberies are related a Molotov cocktail when a truck driver evaded to informality in the labor market. The survey shows that the their repeated attempts to pull him over. The fire quickly spread, number of cargo thefts peaked in December, more than double consuming the tractor. Luckily, the driver was able to escape in recent years. unharmed and unhooked the trailer before the fire reached the Read more: Diário do Litoral (Brazil) cargo. The criminals fled immediately, before authorities arrived at the scene.

20 October 2018: A cargo theft of chicken occurred when a truck was stopped at a gas 18 October 2018: Twelve people were arrested station in the city of São Luís do Purunã. after Hijacking a box truck loaded with potato The driver was taken and later left tied in the chips in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. The group bush in the city of Balsa Nova, where he was intercepted the vehicle by overpowering the found by the police. The truck and cargo were located in the driver and escaping toward an unknown location. Tibagi region, close to Apucarana. The criminal was arrested, Thanks to the GPS, however, authorities were able to locate the and the cargo, valued at 260,000 reais, was recovered by truck at a nearby address, where the twelve individuals were police. arrested as they were unloading the contents of the vehicle. Read more: Folha de Campo Largo (Brazil)

U.S. & Canada Mexico 24 October 2018: A trailer containing pallets of beer 23 October 2018: Authorities are investigating bottles from a Quebec brewery that were meant to the Hijacking of five trailers that occurred in the be destroyed was recently stolen at a vendor’s yard. municipality of Veracruz. Preliminary reports Read more: Newswire (Canada) state that the trucks were intercepted on highway

section Veracruz-Cardel of highway MEX-180. Of 23 October 2018: Norman (Oklahoma) Police the five units and their respective drivers, only two have been Department officers on the Drug and Violent located along with the private security escort, whose vehicle Crime Task Force found a record amount of was also stolen. The other three drivers and trailers are still liquid meth inside a semi-truck in the parking lot missing. of a hotel located near 26th Avenue SW. Read more: KFOR-TV (Oklahoma City, OK) 20 October 2018: While trying to recover a stolen box truck, municipal police officers in 23 October 2018: Deputies said they are Tecamachalco, Puebla were assaulted by a investigating after a Spartanburg County (S.C.) group of twenty heavily armed men. Upon noting the presence trucking company said one of their trailers went of authorities, the group opened fire on the officers and fled, missing and was found hauling stolen items in abandoning the stolen cargo unit. Police proceeded to secure Georgia. The owner told deputies he had just been the vehicle, though it had already been emptied of all cash and contacted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigations after a trailer merchandise. registered to his company (being used in the transport of stolen items out of Greenville) was recovered in Georgia. Read more: WHNS-TV (Greenville, SC)

sensitech.com SCIC Global Intelligence Note 26 October 2018 5 23 October 2018: Three more Florida men 20 October 2018: Three Delmarva men have been charged in connection with allegedly were sentenced on charges of interstate transporting $2.3 million worth of perfume transportation of stolen chicken parts of products stolen from an Edison, N.J. warehouse. more than $240,000. For eight months in According to court documents and statements, 2015, from April through Dec. 9, employees in November 2017, the defendants and others obtained exploited the system by stealing pallets of frozen chicken parts unauthorized access to an Edison warehouse storing perfume and selling them in the New York City area. products and drove away with at least one tractor trailer filled Read more: Delmarva Now with stolen perfume products.

Read more: My Central Jersey 20 October 2018: Police in Randolph County () arrested a man accused of stealing 22 October 2018: When his tractor- trailers loaded with soybeans and selling trailer truck, with a load of seven the cargo. In June, a semi tractor-trailer cars attached on a carrier, got carrying soybeans was stolen from a Randolph County farm. stolen in Miami in January, a driver posted photos on Facebook In September, another trailer loaded with soybeans was stolen pleading for help to find the vehicles. Police officers quickly from a Randolph County business. recovered the rig and some of the cars. The wide-ranging Read more: WXIN-TV (, IN) investigation that followed uncovered a prolific ring of Miami cargo thieves who targeted trailers throughout Florida and 18 October 2018: Many of the nation’s Georgia. ports continue to see growth in import and Read more: Miami Herald export activity, as retailers gear up for what is expected to be a strong fourth quarter 22 October 2018: There are and holiday shopping season. Ports are trucking operations that break the exceptionally busy, because for items to be processed and laws that apply to when and where inventoried before being sent to stores and e-commerce delivery foreign truckers can move cargoes inside the U.S. It’s only legal facilities for the holiday season, they usually must arrive in the for Mexican truckers to drive a few miles into the U.S., and United States within the next few weeks. then drop their loads in a warehouse. From there, an American Read more: Transport Topics trucker is supposed to deliver the cargo into American markets. Investigators say this is a serious crime—the motivation is money. Foreign drivers work cheaper, and lower costs help dishonest produce shippers undercut competitors. Read more: KGUN-TV (Tuscon, AZ)

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