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.

A California man now faces felony charges after Delaware troopers followed a trail of fraudulent documents, a false plate and a parked tractor-trailer.

Police went looking for one fugitive and uncovered a $110,000 chicken load offered to settle a drug debt.

The Los Angeles-to-Chicago train carried mixed freight when a container caught fire during a burglary. Riverside and Colton firefighters extinguished the blaze before BNSF Police took over the investigation.

FleetCor, now Corpay, and CEO Ronald Clarke agreed on a proposed $100 million settlement after courts upheld the FTC’s core findings. Funds would support redress for harmed business customers.

A truck driver fled after Nebraska troopers discovered $250,000 in stolen commercial speakers inside a semi. Officers also found false delivery paperwork during the Sept. 9 encounter near Gothenburg. Other merchandise filled about half of the trailer. Investigators later traced everything aboard to thefts from Illinois and New York. The Nebraska State Patrol received an […]

ICE arrested three men in separate cases as federal agencies outlined weigh-station enforcement and investigated suspected CDL-school fraud.

A commercial vehicle inspection in Dawson County uncovered the largest drug seizure by volume in Nebraska State Patrol history.

Scammers claim carrier profiles require immediate updates, then steer recipients toward .com domains. FMCSA identifies motus.dot.gov as the only legitimate portal.

A copper shipment bound for South Carolina ended up in a Kentucky warehouse. Schneider GPS data helped investigators recover the cargo, while authorities took four people into custody across Kentucky and Ohio.