Global Intelligence Note SUPPLY CHAIN INTELLIGENCE CENTER 4 May 2018 Formerly known as FreightWatch International 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 4 May 2018. United Kingdom EMEA United Kingdom .......................................................................1 30 April 2018: Last week saw the British Bulgaria ....................................................................................1 government launch an inquiry to examine Italy ..........................................................................................2 the potential effects of Brexit on U.K. freight operations, and assess the preparatory South Africa..............................................................................2 steps operators, their customers, and the Kenya .......................................................................................3 Government need to take. Many logistics operators have Germany ..................................................................................3 expressed concern in the past few months that the inability Denmark ..................................................................................3 to agree trade terms with the EU is causing problems for APAC stakeholders, but many projects are on hold awaiting a picture Cambodia ................................................................................3 of how the mechanics and systems will actually perform post- China ........................................................................................3 Brexit. India .........................................................................................4 Read more: Handy Shipping Guide Global .......................................................................................4 North & South America Brazil ........................................................................................4 Mexico .....................................................................................5 U.S. & Canada .........................................................................5 Bulgaria 30 April 2018: Bulgarian customs officers stopped a van with a registration from the Republic of Kosovo, which was on route from Turkey to Serbia. The vehicle was examined by officers and they found nearly 2,500 packages of counterfeit Pharmaceuticals, including antibiotics and treatments for epilepsy and osteoporosis. They also found twenty boxes of illegal hookah Tobacco. All products were confiscated and the driver faces legal proceedings as a result. Source: K&N Ring Alert sensitech.com Italy South Africa 2 May 2018: The Carabinieri of Pavia have 3 May 2018: Truck drivers are being recovered the stolen goods that had been targeted by thieves as they wait at a stop- scored last night at the “Terrepadane” and-go on the R72 where the South African agricultural consortium in Pavia. The military National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL) found the van (with a Bulgarian license plate and stolen loom) is conducting roadworks. One logistics company has received containing fifty boxes of herbicides and fertilizers taken from numerous reports by its drivers of thieves attempting to steal the warehouse. They also stopped a 20-year-old man later held from the vehicles, including two where the trucks were damaged responsible for the theft. by having the tarpaulins on their trucks slashed. In some cases, Read more: Carabinieri (Italy) the robbers slash the tarpaulins to see what is in the truck first; if it’s not something they want, they leave, but the tarpaulins are 29 April 2018: A truckload of agricultural still damaged. products was stolen from a company premises Read more: R News (South Africa) in Sampieri, Scicli (Sicily). The military in nearby Donnalucata stopped the vehicle only 2 May 2018: Police in Port Elizabeth 6 km from where it had been stolen. When the driver exited the arrested two suspects shortly after they truck cab he fled the scene on foot, abandoning the truck. The were found in a stolen truck loaded with value of what was in the truck is believed to be €80,000. It is nappies and toilet paper worth almost believed that others were also involved in the theft. R1-million. When Police were alerted to the theft, the flying Read more: Corriere di Ragusa (Italy) squad and K9 unit followed up on the information. While on patrol in Ferguson Road in New Brighton the truck came 27 April 2018: The Confederate unions Filt towards them and stopped. The two suspects jumped out of Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti have declared a the truck and attempted to run away but were apprehended. 24-hour strike by the port workers against self- Read more: Herald Live (South Africa) production and the weakening of the powers of the Port System Authorities. In the note 28 April 2018: Former prison inmates may be announcing the strike on 11 May, the three unions state that it driving South Africa’s latest Cash-in-Transit robbery will last 24 hours throughout Italy. surge, based on analysis by the modus operandi of Read more: Trasporto Europa (Italy) recent incidents. Dr Hennie Lochner, a senior lecturer in forensic and criminal investigation science at Unisa, said “My 26 April 2018: The national Italian rail company information is that the robbers have recently been released after FS Group and the Naples port have signed an serving sentences. There are no tabs on them.” This year has agreement to revive its rail freight connection. FS been a bad one for Cash-in-Transit heists. The SA Banking Risk and the port authority will analyse the necessary Information Centre (Sabric) has recorded 106 incidents in 2018, civil works to repair the railway track, currently unused. The compared to 96 for this same period in 2017. Swiss sea shipping firm Mediterranean Shipping Company Read more: Independent Media (South Africa) (MSC), which has a hub in Naples port, has already expressed its interest in offering a rail freight service between the port and several inland towns in the province of Campania. Read more: RailFreight.com sensitech.com SCIC Global Intelligence Note 4 May 2018 2 Kenya APAC 30 April 2018: A private firm is expected to start handling empty containers transported by the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). This is one of the measures that KR and Kenya Ports Authority Cambodia (KPA) will unveil on 1 May to streamline services at the Inland Container Deport in Embakasi (ICD-E). 2 May 2018: A man who stole a container truck Read more: Standard Media (Kenya) left parked along the side of National Road 4 on the outskirts of the capital is due to appear in court. The driver of the container truck told police that he parked the truck along the side of National Road to take a break. He was transporting the truck laden with Germany garments from the capital to Preah Sihanouk province. After 4 May 2018: A driver left his trailer chassis parking the truck, he went for a few drinks with friends at a with a container load at a layby in Dortmund- house nearby the place he parked, he said. He was informed by Derne around 17:30 hrs. He then left the a fellow trucker that his truck was gone. He went in search and location in his truck and planned to return after riding a motorbike in search of the missing truck for about in the morning to pick up the chassis again. During the night, four hours on different roads, he saw his truck along Russian criminals using their own vehicle connected up the chassis and Boulevard in Kakab commune. He said the suspect was later container before they disappeared. The container was loaded arrested by police on the same night. Police then confiscated with brand-name clothing. the stolen truck with the cargo intact and returned it to the Source: K&N Ring Alert driver. Read more: Khmer Times (Cambodia) Denmark China 3 May 2018: Cargo thieves were active on the parking area Bugt Motorvejen (Shell fuel station), 1 May 2018: China sees great potential in Karlslunde, E20 motorway. On Saturday night an intermodal route connecting the Arctic to to Sunday, criminals arrived and slashed the the New Silk Road. The Polar Silk Road, as curtains of ten trucks. It is not yet confirmed what was taken but it is called, is an extension of the Belt and investigations by police are ongoing. Road Initiative via the Northern Sea route. While commercial Source: K&N Ring Alert operations on the North Sea Route are already in full swing, a rail freight line connecting the Arctic to the south of Finland should open up this new gateway to Europe. The infrastructure in the Arctic cities of Norway is still lagging far behind compared to the south of Norway and Finland. The Nordic states, together with China, should explore the possibilities of integrating various projects to create a win-win situation, said Baozhi Cheng, Senior Fellow at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies. Read more: RailFreight.com sensitech.com SCIC Global Intelligence Note 4 May 2018 3 India North & South 29 April 2018: A vehicle lifter and arms smuggler, who has confessed to have stolen America 5,000 motorcycles, 30 trucks, pistols, laptops, and drugs since 2007, was arrested from his residence at Kabuganj in Cachar district. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house, having received information about the Brazil whereabouts of the kingpin of the bike lifting group active across 1 May 2018: According to Minas Gerais State the Barak Valley areas. Department of Public Security, cargo theft Read more: