News
August 2010
Canada: Report on Organised Crime
Vehicle Theft The number of vehicles stolen across Canada has been decreasing since 2006; however, the proportion of unrecovered vehicles has increased from 30% to 40%, which suggests to law enforcement a possible increase of organized crime theft. Unrecovered vehicles may indicate that these cars are being trafficked. Because…
Europe: Fraud via Electronic Freight Exchange Systems
WARNING TO ALL CARRIERS FRAUD via ELECTRONIC FREIGHT EXCHANGE SYSTEMS The last weeks we have been confronted again with a new wave of fraudulent practices by the use of online freight exchange systems: see our warning dated the 15 March 2010. Unidentified persons try by the use of the name of several carriers…
UK: Tractor theft
A man has appeared in court charged with handling a stolen tractor worth £65,000. The John Deere tractor, stolen from Manor Farm, Tixover, Rutland, UK on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 was recovered at the Port of Dover, England on the back of a lorry waiting to board a ferry. The tractor was recovered after a tracker device was activated.…