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Cargo Theft Trends Shift Amid Emboldened Criminals

May 26, 2022

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A shift in goods being swiped by cargo thieves indicates that criminals targeting the trucking industry are returning to pre-pandemic activity.

“We’re kind of back at a normal level — post the shutdown and the pandemic,” Keith Lewis, vice president of operations at CargoNet, told Transport Topics. “It’s still a big issue. And what I’ve seen in the last year is organized crews are really going after electronics, gaming, cellphones and those types of things. A couple of years ago the targeted loads were hand sanitizers and household cleaners. So, we’re seeing that shift back to what sells.”

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