PICKING UP PACE
LOCKDOWN CONTINUED TO LOWER INCIDENT RATES IN MAY BUT LOSSES STILL SURPASSED €2.3M ACROSS 17 COUNTRIES IN EMEA
TAPA PARTNERS WITH BOSCH SECURE TRUCK PARKING, BOOSTING SECURE PARKING PLACES BY OVER 42% IN 12 MONTHS
TAPA WARNS OF A SIGNIFICANT SPIKE IN CARGO THEFTS AS CRIMINALS GET BACK TO ‘BUSINESS AS USUAL’
BACK TO BUSINESS – EUROPOL WARNS OF CYBERATTACKS AND A NEW WAVE OF IRREGULAR MIGRATION

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A PRICE TO PAY

Alexandra Wrage, President of TRACE, the anti-bribery business association, discusses bribery risk, COVID-19 and the susceptibility of transportation supply chains.

Corruption has long pervaded transport operations. A 2014 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) study found that the transportation and storage sector tied with the construction sector for the second-most foreign bribery cases. Of bribes involving public officials, 11% were paid to customs officials.

A combination of factors make transport operations particularly susceptible to bribery. Frequent port calls, border crossings and customs checks involve routine and...

LAST… BUT NOT LEAST

The Europe Last Mile Delivery Market will be worth US$2,491.8 million by 2027, making it a prime target for cargo thieves. What do we know...

RECORDED CARGO CRIMES IN EMEA UP 114.7% IN 2019 TO 8,548 INCIDENTS, WITH LOSSES EXCEEDING €137 MILLION

Recorded cargo thefts from supply chains in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) more than doubled to 8,548 incidents in 2019 and...

CENTRAL POLICE SERVICES FOR TRANSPORT CRIME ARE ESSENTIAL TO TACKLE CROSS-BORDER CARGO THEFTS AND LINKS TO OTHER FORMS OF SERIOUS CRIME

Cross-border losses remain one of the biggest challenges for cargo crime and insurance investigations – a fact that is well-known, and...

EUROPOL OPERATION LEADS TO 68 ARRESTS FOR €10 MILLION ‘FAST AND FURIOUS’ HEISTS FROM MOVING TRUCKS

An unprecedented law enforcement operation involving five countries has resulted in the taking down of one of the most active networks of...

CYBERATTACKS ON SUPPLY CHAINS ARE EMPHASIZING THE NEED TO DEVELOP CLOSER INTELLIGENCE SHARING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

Last year, Cybersecurity Ventures predicted that cybercrime would cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015....

TAPA APAC’S ‘CORONAVIRUS IMPACT’ WEBINAR DISCUSSES THE CURRENT MANUFACTURING SITUATION IN CHINA

The global outbreak of the Covid-19 virus is still creating more questions than answers for both the general public, governments and...

KICKING OUT CRIME – BRAZIL CONTINUES TO CRACK DOWN ON ITS CARGO THEFT EPIDEMIC

The ‘Cargo Theft – Criminal Org Chart’ produced by law enforcement agencies in Brazil has a formidable look about it. But for the types of...

RISK AWARE

Global manufacturing and supply chains are continuing to feel the effect of the Novel Coronavirus epidemic as factories and logistics...

TAPA LAUNCHES ‘BEST-EVER’ SECURITY STANDARDS TO TACKLE GROWTH IN GLOBAL CARGO THEFTS

TAPA says the 2020 revisions of its Facility Security Requirements (FSR) and Trucking Security Requirements (TSR) are its ‘best-ever’...