Cargo Theft

[2xR]

Study Identifies Worst Locations, Loads for Cargo Theft

4/10/2009
The states with the highest rates of cargo theft are Texas and Georgia, with most incidents taking place in truckstops and parking lots, according to a new study. Weekends are the most likely time for cargo theft, and food, pharmaceuticals and building supplies are the most likely targets.

The states with the highest incidents of cargo theft were Texas with 68 incidents, Georgia with 54, Tennessee with 18, and California and Florida with 16 each.

Incidents were most likely to happen at truckstops (83 incidents), followed by parking lots (including drop yards) at 67, facilities at 40, while parked on the street (28) and at warehouses (21).

Weekends are when the greatest number of thefts occur, with 168 incidents happening on Saturday or Sunday,

Read the entire story at TruckingInfo.com/news and learn where, and, when not to park with that high dollar load.

I used to have a reoccurring dream about one of my BestBuy loads being pilfered. I'd wake up in a cold sweat. Thankfully, it never came true.

 

[lunachic]

Florida has a task force now........cargo/tractors/trailers all or part...........
and for the most part it's Federal.
I think more goes on then alway's reported due to insurance.
glad to know that (high dollar loads) are so cheap to haul..........

 

[patriciajnsn]

Cerberus may remember this.At Gainey terminal in Dallas a truck load of plasma tvs were stolen.People thought it might have been an inside job because there was a hole dug under the fence.I'm not pointing any fingers but surprisingly Gainey had a bunch of new plasm tvs at all his terminals.

 

[Sinister]

I like this part:

Food was the most often stolen cargo at 13 percent of the incidents reported to the SC-ISAC. It was closely followed by pharmaceutical/medical and building supplies, both of which came in at 12 percent. The unusually high percentage of building supplies thefts may be due in part to the rise in copper prices and the lack of oversight on the origins of scrap materials. Recently enacted laws addressing ownership of materials for recyclers may help to reduce this current theft trend. Also surprising was the fact that the music/movies/software category came in at only 1 percent of incidents reported.

Oddly enough, you load of BestBuy stuff is actually rather safe! Still, I wouldn't leave it lying around in the wrong neighborhoods.

Question is, where does the food go? I didn't know that there was a big black market for foodstuffs.

 

[lunachic]

Certain foods are very high on the list.....
As bad has things r today all food would be a product for resale.......as a matter of fact anything hauled would have value to someone someplace would'nt it?

 

[patriciajnsn]

I agree searay.I have been a member on this site a yr now and I have never had a run in with anybody until now.I'm an easy person to get along with and if someone says something that I may not agree with or like,I won't go to the point of showing them disrespect.I just won't reply to it.

 

[Sinister]

Patty, I'm not going to continue to have our friendly little flame war all over this board. As soon as I'm done here, I'll start a new thread in the Layover, and we can have it there. That'll be fun!

Luna:

I guess I'm just not criminally minded enough to envision where someone would resell and entire truckload of whatever type of food. I guess all the contacts would already have to be in place for it to work, which points to a bigger crime ring.

 

[lunachic]

Patty, I'm not going to continue to have our friendly little flame war all over this board. As soon as I'm done here, I'll start a new thread in the Layover, and we can have it there. That'll be fun!

Luna:

I guess I'm just not criminally minded enough to envision where someone would resell and entire truckload of whatever type of food. I guess all the contacts would already have to be in place for it to work, which points to a bigger crime ring.

Let's not use the Mexico border as an ex. too many....
But as for one have you every del. to Hunts point?
Years ago when you went it was Do Not Stop.
as you drove down the road they would break into your trailer and start to toss your load off................
Org. Crime nope if any thing punk style....And not just food anything....
Electronic's, furniture, lumber everything has value.

 

[2xR]

But as for one have you every del. to Hunts point?
Years ago when you went it was Do Not Stop.
as you drove down the road they would break into your trailer and start to toss your load off................

Oh hell yeah! Four lights from the interstate. You only went in during the zero-dark thirty hours and dared not stop for one of those lights.

 

[Biker]

Hell, even the cops would tell you to get your butt in gear.

 

[Sinister]

I had a load of paper going into NYC once, and at some point looked in the mirror as I was coming to a stop for traffic only to see the right side trailer door swing open, and slam against the side of the trailer. I had never even come to a full stop, but did slow down a bunch of times! As we stopped on the interstate going through the bronx for traffic, in morning rush hour, I ran back to close the door, and saw that soomeone had been in my trailer, ripped apart a few boxes, saw that it was only paper, and abandoned the idea of robbing my load while in traffic!

So yes, I know that everything has value. Otherwise we wouldn't be hauling it. Thank you for saying it twice.

But my question is...now...pay attention....when they steal a whole ****ing load of steaks, or ice cream, or chocolate eclairs who buys it?

It almost has to be organized crime. The mafia has/has a huge stake in produce markets, so no, it's not just random punks. You don't drive through the 'hood and see a dropped England trailer full of ice cream and two gangstas selling it. You might see a gangsta-mobile with a trunk full of dvd players, and that would be a random interstate robbery like the one I almost had, but a whole load of frozen food, or an entire trailer full of electronics, has to disappear at least long enough to be offloaded, then the trailer taken someplace and dropped again.

Obviously, this is by definition organized crime.

Maybe I just answered my own question...and maybe I am criminally minded.

Now, if I only knew someone who knew a warehouse!

 

[The New Yorker]

I'll buy it. I don' t care. If I stole i'd sell it to everyone I know. If they were cops, super cheap stakes and some free one's too!

I'd say if only some of the load is taken, punks /rookies are to blame. If the entire load is taken, it's the people who own it, the driver or both.

Now if the whole damn truck goes missing it's organized, by whom? Any one who can drive a truck and has the means to dispose of it. Btw anyone know of a big truck chop shop?
I'm also in search of a best buy load

 

[Cerberus]

There are measures that can be taken to help slow down a criminal but if they want that load bad enough, they will get it. There are all kinds of contraptions that can be put on the trailer doors to keep them shut and a contraption for your air nozzles inside the truck that make it impossible to move the truck. You can get a lock for your air hoses or lock on the air thingy ma jig on the trailer. (i drew a blank on the real name). There is even a king pin locking device. So there are options to make loads more secure but either the company will not provide them or the driver is too much in a hurry to the buffet to secure the load. An extra 5-10 minutes will save you a headache later. Personally i was more concerned what was in the cab than anything else. The trailer items are insured, personal items in the cab aren't. I always used a locking mechanism on my small triangle windows. Those windows are the easiest way to get into a truck. There are a few other ways but not alot of people know them and they really should not be shared over an open forum. And i won't send them in a pm either, so don't ask.

 

[Sinister]

I started trucking in Florida near Orlando in dump trucks. One weekend FIVE dump trucks just up and disappeared out of a lot the company I was leased to was trying to set up.

We figured then that within an hour or two, these trucks were on a boat near Tampa on thier way to South America. Of course, that's just speculation, as the could just as easily have been driven down to the Miami area, and either been exported from there, or even been driven around the Miami area for a while.

I think a big truck chop shop is a bit of a stretch. Exporting them is much less risky, and probably more profitable. Customs and border protection tries to catch stuff coming into the US, not really going out.

I read somewhere a few years ago that truck and cargo thieft RINGS (that means they're organized!) had rigged up devices that could fit into a fifth wheel, and backed under a trailer, and hook up to it, even with the kingpin in place.

 

[The New Yorker]

I think a big truck chop shop is a bit of a stretch. Exporting them is much less risky, and probably more profitable. Customs and border protection tries to catch stuff coming into the US, not really going out.

CERB! on my way Fla. Got a job for ya.

I read somewhere a few years ago that truck and cargo thieft RINGS (that means they're organized!) had rigged up devices that could fit into a fifth wheel, and backed under a trailer, and hook up to it, even with the kingpin in place.

maybe I'm reading this wrong, but I think it's called a tractor. They come with 5th wheels and locking pins. The kingpin normally stays with the trailer

 

[Cerberus]

Fine ,come on down. But first we're getting drunk and finding a midget. :bounce:

 

[2xR]

I have a friend (really) who hauls cigarettes on the way out of this area. Usually, when a cigarette load is hi-jacked they find the driver in a less than perfect state, and, the truck/trailer usually ends up in Canada. A load of smokes is valued in excess of $ 1M, maybe more if you count the lost tax revenue, and, is an easy sell.

One interesting, and, very wise security measure they use is to make sure the truck has enough fuel to run steady for about four or five hours. That will run a trailing four-wheeler out of gas. They are instructed to make sure they have what they need in regards to food, fuel, smokes, drinks, and an empty bladder that would enable them to run, none stop, past the point where most private vehicles would require a fuel stop. Pretty smart.

 

[Sinister]

maybe I'm reading this wrong, but I think it's called a tractor. They come with 5th wheels and locking pins. The kingpin normally stays with the trailer

No, I typed it wrong. What I meant to say was that these rings have a device they've rigged up that hooks to a trailer despite the fact that there is a kingpin lock in place.

Sorry. It's going to be a long night. That was before I started tippin' 'em.

 

[Cybergal]

Food tops cargo theft list


Food tops cargo theft list

A cargo theft study indicates the most stolen cargo is food and is most likely to occur in a truck stop during a weekend.

LoJack Supply Chain Integrity released results from its initial cargo theft study, based on Supply Chain-Information Sharing and Analysis Center information. A 1998 presidential directive created SC-ISAC to help supply chain and law enforcement members guard against illegal or disruptive activities.
Food tops cargo theft list - eTrucker

 

[Mike]

If you can steal food, it is easy to resell, especially in large cities with a "market" area. I have on many occasions taken trailer loads of refused food to the market area in Dallas and sold it there. Those folks could care less where it came from, just as long as they were getting it at a very reduced rate.