cargo theft

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.

As cargo theft grows more sophisticated, real-time, item-level tracking could help shippers detect theft and supply chain breakdowns before freight disappears.

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.

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.

Next-generation cargo theft often looks legitimate right up until the freight is gone.

A bipartisan effort to restore FMCSA’s authority over freight scammers has advanced in the Senate.

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Violent cargo theft grips Mexican truckers; Filter King opens Dallas manufacturing and distribution facility; and HENN Americas opens $4M automotive components plant in Silao, Mexico.

California and Texas dominated U.S. cargo crime in 2025, representing more than half of the nation’s 2,576 reported freight thefts.

GenLogs provides a visual, objective source of truth. You can put your eyes on what a carrier is actually doing: where they’ve been, when they last hauled freight, whether they ever hauled freight, and for whom. Instead of asking carriers what they claim to do, GenLogs shows you what they actually do.

GenLogs bridges the gap between carrier data and real world conditions.

BSI Consulting identified rail cargo theft as a top area of concern, particularly in the U.S. Southwest and Midwest.

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.

A stolen 39,000-pound front loader became a weapon against Nevada police this week, and the incident underscores an industry losing up to $1 billion annually to equipment theft with only a 20% recovery rate.

Bipartisan legislation would make stealing private-carrier packages a federal crime, extending cargo protections to shield drivers and potentially reduce carrier insurance costs.