Industry advocates want victims sharing what happened as sophisticated schemes expose new vulnerabilities across the supply chain.

A federal plea agreement details how false delivery entries triggered more than $1 million in payments for USPS transportation work that never happened.

A series of phone calls and text messages appeared to come from a trusted freight broker. The driver followed those instructions, unaware of what awaited at the destination. Investigators uncovered a cargo theft scheme that raises questions about shipment verification and broker impersonation.

More than 1,000 Amazon Logistics assignments flowed through the operation before federal investigators unraveled a multimillion-dollar invoice scheme.

Nike, New Balance, Brooks and Yeti products filled the recovery. Investigators are still tracing how the stolen merchandise reached the retailer.

CHP had gone nearly six years without a line-of-duty death. That changed Sunday evening near Tipton, California.

The 21-year-old driver entered New York’s Lewiston Bridge outbound lane. A closer look at his equipment uncovered 174 vacuum-sealed packages.

The driver apparently had no idea. Investigators say thieves manipulated transportation information to make the redirected shipment appear legitimate.

A load of televisions left California bound for Florida but never arrived. Prosecutors traced that shipment into a much larger operation.

Scott Cornell says sophisticated theft groups can move stolen goods into legitimate commerce, sometimes reaching overseas markets within days.

The trailers disappeared overnight from a Fremont, California, warehouse after their locks were broken. Police recovered them in nearby Newark the same afternoon, but investigators still don’t know who took them.

Thirty stolen transformers worth about $600,000 were among the recoveries during a nationwide operation targeting cargo theft networks.

The discovery went beyond hundreds of pounds of suspected heroin. Investigators also found 174 handguns with obliterated serial numbers inside the semi.

Arkansas Highway Police found 254 kilograms of cocaine, methamphetamine and other contraband during two commercial vehicle stops along I-40.

Kristopher Lunsford faces federal charges over a trucking investment operation prosecutors claim used newer investor funds to pay earlier participants.

Criminals can know exactly what freight they want before arriving for pickup. The FBI’s Memphis Cargo Theft Task Force says cyber-enabled schemes are changing how thieves target shipments.

A new survey of 150 U.S. loss and organized retail crime prevention professionals finds rising cargo theft concerns, multimillion-dollar losses and increasingly sophisticated tactics.

Three men face federal charges in two investigations involving commercial freight and four CSX rail shipments. Authorities say the cases unfolded across multiple states during 2024.

Police say approximately half a pallet of ribs disappeared from the South Philadelphia load. A Ford F-150 carried the cargo away while an unidentified Jeep accompanied the getaway.

A Georgia theft alert led Florida investigators to stolen trucks and cargo in St. Johns County. An arrest report details the recovery and two grand theft charges.