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Truck-jackings * Canada - Take a violent turn
Stealing cargo from transports is nothing new, but the violence of late is an alarming trendLondon,Ont,Can -The London Free Press, by AMANDA ROBINSON -August 13, 2007: -- Highwaymen are making a comeback -- not the stagecoach robbers of old, but a violent new breed of road bandits that targets transport trucks... Twice in recent weeks in Southwestern Ontario, truck drivers have been violently attacked and their cargo ripped off, recalling the kind of terror that gave highway robbery its original meaning... One private investigator, who specializes in tracking down stolen cargo, says theft of goods shipped on the roads is nothing new, but the violence of late is a new twist... (Photo by Darron R. Silva /Naples Daily News: The yard was part of a chop shop, where stolen trucks were chopped up, reassembled, then sold. )
* Industry official seeking respect for tow truckers - On an annual per-capita basis, as many tow-truck drivers are killed in North America in the line of duty as police officers or firefighters
Toronto,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -13 Aug 2007: -- As executive director of Ontario Recovery Group (ORG), based in Bracebridge, Ont., Nelson would like to one day acknowledge all those tow-truckers who've lost their lives on the job. He's also determined to make his tow-truck organization a national body, so it speaks for the entire towing and recovery industry... It's an industry, he says, that doesn't get the respect it deserves... The more towable you make trucks, the cheaper hauling them away will be says Nelson... At the Canadian Fleet Management Seminar (CFMS) in Toronto this past spring -- as he will in the presence of anyone who will listen -- Nelson offered truckers advice on how to minimize the costs of towing and recovery...
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