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Global Intelligence Note1 November 2019

The SensiGuard® Supply Chain Intelligence Center (SCIC)

presents a summary of major incidents and news articles

relating to cargo theft and intelligence for the week ending

1 November 2019.

EMEA

Germany ................................................................................. 1

United Arab Emirates .............................................................. 1

South Africa............................................................................. 2

Poland ..................................................................................... 2

Belgium ................................................................................... 2

Oman ...................................................................................... 2

Slovakia ................................................................................... 2

United Kingdom ...................................................................... 3

Kenya ...................................................................................... 3

APAC

China ....................................................................................... 3

China (Hong Kong) .................................................................. 3

Vietnam ................................................................................... 3

India ........................................................................................ 3

Philippines ............................................................................... 4

Pakistan .................................................................................. 4

North & South America

Brazil ....................................................................................... 4

Mexico .................................................................................... 4

U.S. & Canada ........................................................................ 5

EMEA

Germany1 November 2019: A driver stopped at local

industrial estate Garching-Hochbrueck (near

Munich) for his overnight break. After he walked

away from his truck, a male offender entered the

truck with a fully loaded trailer and began to drive

away. After noticing the theft, the driver managed to jump into

the cabin, resulting in a fight and the truck crashing into a

parked trailer.

Source: K&N Ring Alert

United Arab Emirates31 October 2019: Seven members of a gang

behind the robbery of 4,177 laptops worth

Dhs4.5m will serve five years behind bars

plus deportation, ruled the Criminal Court. A

businessman, his associate, two unemployed men and a driver

went to the warehouse of a company in the Jebel Ali Free Zone

area and used a truck to steal a container full of computers

destined for Uzbekistan. To smuggle it out of the port, they

bribed a complicit security guard who was staffing the port’s

gate. The guard on his part talked to his workmate who worked

during the night shift. Both agreed to share the bribe.

Read more: Gulf Today (UAE)

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South Africa28 October 2019: A Cash-in-Transit security

guard was shot and wounded during a robbery in

KwaMashu. Police spokesperson Colonel Brenda

Muridili said an unknown number of suspects held

up guards near the Tembalihle Railway station. It is alleged that

three suspects fled the scene and three boxes of cash were

taken. It is also alleged that a rifle and pistol were taken from the

guards.

Read more: IOL (South Africa)

26 October 2019: Gunshots were fired in Brown

Street when a sidewalk Cash-in-Transit robbery

took place. The incident occurred at approximately

11:30 a.m. when three suspects overpowered the

security guards. According to the local police, the suspects

were armed with a type of rifle. The security van had parked in

the street close to a local shop to collect money. As the guard

walked back to the cash van, he was attacked by the suspects.

Read more: Lowvelder (South Africa)

24 October 2019: Police are looking for a number

of armed attackers who pulled a Cash-in-Transit

robbery in Marabastad. Police spokesperson

Colonel Brenda Muridili said the armoured vehicle

was approached by a number of vehicles and shot at as it was

leaving the Belle Ombre area. “Explosives were used to gain

access to the vehicle’s safe and an undisclosed amount of

money was stolen. One of the guards’ firearms was taken.”

Read more: Rekord East (South Africa)

Poland31 October 2019: Europe’s fastest growing port,

the Port of Gdansk, has outlined huge expansion

plans designed to double its cargo volumes to

100 million tonnes a year, during a high-level

maritime and business delegation from Poland to Singapore.

The delegation marks 50-years of diplomatic ties between the

countries and is being organized with PSA International, the

Singapore based global ports group.

Read more: Maritime Executive

Belgium30 October 2019: Belgian police say they have

discovered twelve migrants hiding among fruit

and vegetables in a refrigerated truck. Police

spokeswoman Sarah Frederickx said the twelve

men were discovered in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday

and were in “good health.” She said police were alerted by

the truck driver, who suspected there were stowaways in the

vehicle.

Read more: Associated Press

Oman30 October 2019: Ocean shipping along

the coast of Oman, in the Middle East

and throughout the Arabian Sea, is being

disrupted by Cyclone Kyarr – the most

powerful storm ever in that sea-space. However, local sources

advise that shipping through a globally critical oil choke point,

the Strait of Hormuz, is unaffected.

Read more: FreightWaves.com

Slovakia30 October 2019: Eleven unaccompanied

minors from Afghanistan and Pakistan were

found in a freight train that arrived from Serbia

in the Slovak city of Dunajska Streda, a police

spokeswoman said. “A local company’s employee discovered

children near the arrived train who were running along the tracks

and trying to find a way out of the city, and informed the police.”

Read more: UrduPoint (Pakistan)

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United Kingdom25 October 2019: A former truck driver was

allegedly murdered following the fallout over

the theft of illegally imported cigarettes from

an organised crime group, a court heard. The driver was

attacked by three men, in a dispute about £300,000 of stolen

cigarettes. Bristol Crown Court heard the van-load of Ukrainian-

manufactured cigarettes had been taken from a warehouse in

Luton and driven to Bristol. Just 24 hours later, he was fatally

attacked by the three men in an alleyway behind a hotel in

Gloucester.

Read more: Birmingham Mail (U.K.)

Kenya25 October 2019: Kenya’s port of Mombasa will

spend 20 billion shillings (USD $193 million) to

modernize four berths to handle both container

cargo and goods not packed in containers, the

head of the state port operator said. The port, built in 1895, is

the main trade gateway for the Eastern Africa region, serving

Kenya and seven neighbors, including Uganda, Somalia,

Rwanda and South Sudan.

Read more: Hellenic Shipping News

APAC

China30 October 2019: Six cargo ships were

distressed in the northern South China sea. One

cargo ship issued a distress signal, reporting

flooding of the engine room.

Read more: Maritime Bulletin

27 October 2019: Air freight service was

launched between Shijiazhuang City, capital of

north China’s Hebei Province, and Moscow. The

air route is run by a Boeing B767-300 aircraft

with a cargo carrying capacity of eight to ten

tonnes.

Read more: XinhuaNet.com (China)

China (Hong Kong)28 October 2019: Bold gangs are taking

advantage of Hong Kong protests and stretched

police resources to smuggle more luxury goods

between city and mainland China. Officers believe

one syndicate uses speedboats to smuggle

Electronics products across the border on a daily basis. There

are fewer patrols and anti-smuggling operations by marine

police, whose resources have been drafted in to deal with

protests, sources say.

Read more: South China Morning Post

Vietnam23 October 2019: A sunken vessel in one of

Vietnam’s main waterways may impact ocean

freight out of one of the United States’ fastest-

growing trade partners. A small container ship

sunk in the Long Tau channel that feeds into the Cai Mep deep-

water port in the country’s south. The Long Tau channel is the

main route for vessel and barge operations out of Vietnam’s

economic capital, Ho Chi Minh City. The portion of the channel

where the sinking occurred is closed for investigation and

salvage operations, which could take up to one month.

Read more: FreightWaves.com

India23 October 2019: The Bokaro Thermal

police recovered a stolen truck within eight

hours of theft near Chhath ghat in Thermal

city. According to information provided by Inspector cum Officer

in-Charge Umesh Kumar Thakur, an unloaded 10-wheeler truck

on the way to Govindpur CCL project within limits of BTPS from

Jarandih was intercepted by two unknown criminals at Konar

river Chhat ghat. The perpetrators took away the vehicle, leaving

the driver and khalasi in a desolate area.

Read more: The Pioneer (India)

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Philippines28 October 2019: A child was caught on

video in the act of attempting to break into

a truck’s cargo hold with a hammer while

the vehicle was stuck in traffic along R10 in Tondo, Manila. In

the video, a group of kids could be seen standing on the center

island along R10 while one of their companions attempted to

extract something from underneath the truck. However, the

young delinquents quickly ran off after the truck driver noticed

that they were up to something.

Read more: Wheels (Philippines)

25 October 2019: A coast guard station that

will soon rise in Sibutu, Tawi-Tawi will boost the

government’s campaign against terrorism and piracy

in southern Philippines. The substation is seen

to boost maritime domain awareness and ensure

freedom of navigation; but the vast waters around Mindanao

have been a hotspot for piracy and kidnappings.

Read more: Inquirer.net (Philippines)

Pakistan27 October 2019: Pakistan Hosiery

Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PHMA)

has condemned the illegal detention of containers

loaded with export goods by the law enforcement

agencies in various cities of Punjab blocking the main roads,

leaving export cargo worth millions of dollars stuck.

Read more: The Nation (Pakistan)

25 October 2019: Pakistan’s Directorate of

Intelligence and Investigation (DI&I)-Customs, Karachi,

has confiscated over 2,000 bottles of liquor worth

about Rs 2 crore smuggled in as diplomatic cargo.

According to Pakistan media reports, the Directorate, on the

basis of credible information that revealed the modus operandi

of smuggling liquor in diplomatic cargo, blocked a number of

such consignments imported for various embassies after getting

clearance from Model Customs Collectors.

Read more: Sify.com (Pakistan)

North & South America

Brazil30 October 2019: According to the Rio de

Janeiro Public Safety Institute, in the first nine

months of this year, compared to the same

period last year, cargo thefts dropped 59% on the BR-101

highway. The drop is due to an integrated action of the Civil,

Military and Federal Highway Police, which since January this

year has been operating in a 21km stretch of BR-101 North,

which goes through the municipality of São Gonçalo. Therefore,

the same model of policing and enforcement will be expanded

to other federal highways (Dutra, BR-040 and BR-101 south).

Read more: Correio do Brasil (Brazil)

27 October 2019: According to the Public

Security Department, between January and

September this year, the number of cargo

thefts decreased by more than 54% in Uberaba. According

to the Secretariat, the drop in statistics is explained by the

continuation of successful measures implemented in previous

administrations, such as the dissemination of mobile bases

and the police prioritization policy in the street, with a reduction

in the administrative staff, as well as better integration of the

agencies of security.

Read more: Jornal de Uberaba (Brazil)

Mexico31 October 2019: A truck driver is being treated

for three gunshot wounds after narrowly escaping

an attempted Hijacking in Palmar de Bravo,

Puebla. The incident took place near kilometer 194

of Highway Mexico-Veracruz. Witnesses reported that a group

of armed men attempted to intercept the unit, firing several

gunshots when the driver resisted, and then proceeded to flee

the scene.

Read more: El Sol de Puebla (Mexico)

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30 October 2019: Leaders in the pig farming

sector in La Piedad, Michoacán have reported

monthly losses of MXN$500,000 due to cargo

theft along Highway Arco Norte (MEX-M40D),

which crosses through the states of Mexico, Hidalgo, and

Tlaxcala. A single theft could result in the loss of up to 144

animals, making this specific highway their main security risk.

Read more: Quadratin (Mexico)

28 October 2019: Thirteen people were arrested

during the recovery of a stolen trailer loaded with

five tons of explosives. The cargo was stolen in

Acatzingo, Puebla on 24 October, and recovered

on 26 October in Huixcolotla, Puebla. Among those arrested

was the right hand of a local cargo theft leader.

Read more: Diario Cambio (Mexico)

U.S. & Canada31 October 2019: Police in Strathroy-Caradoc,

Ontario are looking for suspects after a stolen

truck was used to steal an ATM from the Gemini

Sportsplex. The break-in and ATM theft at the

recreation center on Adair Boulevard happened around 5:30

a.m. According to police, three suspects pried open a front

door, dislodged the ATM, and dragged it outside before loading

it into a pickup.

Read more: CTV News

30 October 2019: Around 80% of cargo

businesses named reputational risk as driving

their trade sanctions and export risk compliance

programmes as U.S. authorities have already

imposed a record $1.3B in penalties this year.

Read more: Air Cargo News

30 October 2019: Unlike with other types of modern

pirates (think porch pirates, for instance), there is

absolutely nothing random about the M.O. of truck

pirates. Cargo theft remains a highly lucrative business

for the thieves, and an increasing financial hemorrhage

for the trucking companies involved.

Read more: Auto Evolution

29 October 2019: Miami-Dade officers arrested

three people accused of stealing a tractor-trailer

full of cargo. According to detectives, police in

unmarked units began tracking the rig in Miami-

Dade County, but as they moved into Broward

County, officers initiated the stop.

Read more: WPLG-TV (Miami, FL)

28 October 2019: A trailer with some precious

cargo has been reported stolen from an address

in Ingersoll, Ontario. The Oxford County Ontario

Provincial Police say that a trailer loaded with

retreaded truck tires was stolen from a commercial business on

Samnah Crescent.

Read more: CTV News

27 October 2019: The owner of a large

freight forwarding company pleaded guilty

to an antitrust charge for her role in a multi-

year, nationwide conspiracy to fix prices for

international freight forwarding services, the Department of

Justice announced.

Read more: U.S. Department of Justice

5 Nov 2019