CARGO THEFTS * Canada - Program to reduce they
* Alberta - Insurance, trucking industries expand anti-cargo theft program to Western Canada
-- The insurance and trucking industries are expanding a program to Western Canada in the hope of putting the brakes on truck cargo theft... The Insurance Bureau of Canada estimates the theft of transport trucks and merchandise is costing the Canadian economy about $5 billion each year... Thieves, sometimes linked to organized crime groups, steal entire shipments of goods, such as consumer electronics or beer, and then quickly sell the items on the black market – sometimes before the theft is even reported... To reduce such thefts, the insurance bureau has a cargo theft program that allows people to anonymously report crimes using a phone tipline and the Internet...
Edmonton, ALB, Canada -- THE CANADIAN PRESS, by JOHN COTTER - DECEMBER 7, 2015
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