Over €172 million of products stolen from supply chains in EMEA in 2020

Product thefts from supply chains in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in 2020 produced losses of more than €172 million despite most of the region being in lockdown as nations took drastic steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus, according to the Transported Asset Protection Association’s (TAPA) Cargo Theft Annual Report. Based only on […]

TAPA calls for greater sharing of incident intelligence

Law enforcement agencies, insurers, manufacturers and logistics service providers are being asked to share cargo crime intelligence with the Transported Asset Protection Association’s (TAPA) Incident Information Service (IIS). TAPA says this is needed to address the issue of under-reporting of thefts in countries across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. TAPA’s call for […]

Cargo crimes soar 92.9% in EMEA region

Cargo crimes in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region continue to spiral ever higher with the 598 new freight losses recorded in the second quarter (Q2) of 2016 representing a 92.9 per cent increase year-on-year, according to the Transported Asset Protection Association’s (TAPA) Incident Information Service (IIS) database. Of the new incidents reported […]