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By the time the product was found, it was already positioned to move through resale channels. That’s not a recovery story. It’s a reminder that most losses start long before a load is ever picked up.
The Federal Aviation Administration has slapped civil penalties on three companies, including Verizon, for endangering airlines by violating hazardous material shipping regulations.
Winners to be announced at the Freight Fraud Symposium in Cleveland.
From the US to the UK to Europe, the pattern is the same. Control shifts early, and by the time it’s noticed, the freight is already gone.
More than 400,000 KitKats were stolen in transit, but the product itself is still traceable. Nestlé’s response shows how even a chocolate bar can carry the signal after the load is gone.
Cargo theft persists even with all checks passed, revealing gaps in freight verification.
Danielle Spinelli’s CHP ride-along exposed massive organized rail cargo theft in the Mojave Desert. Broken seals and empty boxes litter the tracks as theft rings use slow trains, shoelace markers and on-site pallet breaking to steal millions.
The owner of an Amazon delivery service provider was recently convicted of defrauding the retailer of nearly $10 million.
Join us on May 20 in Cleveland.
Discover the MC number market and learn about the FMCSA’s efforts to curb illegal trades in this underground industry.
Discover emerging identity verification gaps in military logistics and their national security implications.
Explore freight fraud tactics as stolen loads and identity scams plague logistics, evolving with new threats.
Huge losses in Illinois’ commercial auto assigned risk plan are fueling claims that weak auditing and fleet misreporting may be distorting the state’s trucking insurance market.
Walmart has agreed to pay $100M to dismiss a lawsuit by the federal government and 11 states that it deceived app-based delivery drivers about pay they would receive.
Next-generation cargo theft often looks legitimate right up until the freight is gone.
Are ELP out-of-service violations actually effective law enforcement?
Members of an organized criminal gang that stole trucks with millions of dollars of merchandise received prison sentences ranging from nearly three years to 13 years.
In the fast-paced world of e-commerce logistics, mergers are often hailed as game-changers, promising synergies, expanded networks, and economies of scale. But for FAST Group—the entity born from the August 2025 merger of Australian parcel delivery firm Sendle, U.S.-based FirstMile, and ACI Logistix—the honeymoon was short-lived. Just months after the deal closed, Sydney-based Federation Asset […]
Regional airline Air Cargo Carriers has paid a settlement to resolve charges it defrauded the U.S. Postal Service by fudging time stamps to hide late deliveries.
A family-owned San Francisco tile business was defrauded of nearly $200,000 in merchandise when criminals used fake credentials to orchestrate a strategic cargo theft.
