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* Canada - 'Huge problem': CARGO THEFT
* Ontario - Connected to organized crime, phenomenon costs Canadian companies billions per year
Ancaster,ONT,CAN -CBC News, by Cory Ruf -Sep 23, 2013: -- The theft of a trailer containing 40,000 lbs. of meat from an Ancaster shipping lot last week is the latest case in a serious, widespread but often unreported organized crime phenomenon — one that, according to industry estimates, costs Canadian companies in the billions of dollars per year... The theft of shipping cargo is a "huge, huge problem" in Canada," said Jennifer Fox, vice president, trade and security, of the Canadian Trucking Alliance... The Canadian Trucking Alliance, along with other industry stakeholders, sponsored a study on the phenomenon. Released in 2011, the report suggests thefts of large cargo loads are primarily orchestrated by those involved "organized crime" ... The most commonly targeted goods, she said, are "high-value loads" including electronics and pharmaceuticals, as well consumer goods, including foodstuffs... Asked whether he thought the Ancaster theft might be related to a black market for meat, Const. Chris Gates of the police’s Break and Enter, Auto Theft and Robbery unit, said: "I wouldn’t be able to comment on that right now" ...
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