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Fuel theft from commercial vehicles - UK - Big business, and can be difficult to spot.
UK -TNN -28 Nov 2006: -- Theft of fuel is a growing problem that the transport industry is not keen to publicly acknowledge but, privately, many operators admit that it is costing them money and putting increasing pressure on already tight profit margins. Nobody knows what fuel theft costs the UK transport industry each year, but it surely runs into many tens of millions of pounds. Only a fool would believe that fuel theft will not soar, as opportunist thieves, organised gangs and even staff exploit the potential which the rising market provides... One of the biggest problems transport operators face is that fuel theft via the regular siphoning of small amounts is hard to detect in an industry where genuine fuel consumption can vary by as much as 25% according to a number of factors, such as the route chosen and the way the vehicle is driven. Given this wide range of variables, the loss of 15-20 litres at a time will almost certainly go unnoticed, but done regularly the losses add up over time...
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