Tag: cargo theft
Cargo Theft and Its Impact on the Retail Community
Cargo theft often is thought of as a silent and victimless crime despite the fact that it accounts for losses of billions of dollars...
CargoNet Releases 2015 Cargo Theft Trend Analysis
In 2015, the CargoNet Command Center received and logged more than 1,500 incidents of cargo theft, heavy commercial vehicle theft, and identity theft of...
Critical Components to a Supply Chain Security Program
In my former position as a loss prevention executive for a major retailer, an important responsibility was designing security systems for store locations. My...
Arrests Made in Elaborate Credit Card Fraud Operation in Thailand
An elaborate credit card fraud ring operating in Thailand was uncovered following the arrest of two Chinese tourists trying to buy gold on New...
Facebook Users Being Lured into Internet Fraud Operations
Gullible teenagers from across the United Kingdom are being lured through Facebook to assist criminal operations involved in identity theft, hacking scams and other...
Police Seize Nearly 500 iPhones in Gift Card Fraud Investigation
Officials with the Tigard Police Department in Tigard, Oregon, recently began a gift card fraud investigation into a possible organized retail theft incident that...
Mobile Payments: The New Retail Revolution
There has been much written over the past several years about the new connected consumer. Pressure on retailers may never be greater to deliver...
Loss Prevention at Automated Retail Giant Outerwall
You’ve likely rented a DVD from a Redbox or cashed in your penny jar at the Coinstar kiosk at your neighborhood grocery store. But...
Father and Son Charged in $41,000 Employee Theft Incident
A father-son duo recently stole more than $41,000 worth of frozen chicken wings in an internal theft incident from a locally owned restaurant in...
Cargo Theft is Going Nuts
Shipments of harvested nuts are the latest hot commodity in the world of cargo theft. In recent weeks, nut growers and processors in central...