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CARGO THEFTS * Europe - A big problem on highways: Europol
A new Europol report says organized crime groups see trucking as “easy pickings” involving low risk and high returns
Amsterdam,Holland -Associated Press/The Trucker, by Kevin Jones -13 May 2009: -- The European policy agency says Europe’s highways are little better for trucks than the Somali coast is for cargo ships — both are high-risk areas for hijackings... A new Europol report says organized crime groups see trucking as “easy pickings” involving low risk and high returns... The report cites a 2007 study estimating direct losses from the theft of trucks and cargo on European highways at €8.2 billion ($11 billion) over the first five years of this decade... It says that’s just a fraction of the true cost of hijackings, and doesn’t include indirect losses like replacing stolen items or reshipping... The report released Tuesday said 17 percent of truck drivers in Europe say they have been attacked at least once, and nearly one-third of those had been hit multiple times...Labels: truck thefts
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