TAPA DISSECTED
Founded in 1997, TAPA’s membership in EMEA consists of nearly 600 of
the world’s biggest manufacturers from industries such as tobacco,
food and drink, clothing and footwear, cosmetics and hygiene,
pharmaceutical, automotive, technology, electronics, and furniture
and household appliances, as well as logistics service providers, law
enforcement agencies, insurers and other security stakeholders. On
behalf of its members, TAPA provides industry security standards
for trucking, facilities and secure parking, and delivers training and
crime intelligence to enhance the resilience of supply chains and
inform companies of the risks they need to manage.
68 in the same period of last
year as a result of this support.
This is vital intelligence for
our members and has been
added to the data we receive
from other police forces in
the Netherlands, the UK,
Spain, Sweden and elsewhere
in EMEA. Consequently, for
our members at least, their
supply chains are more secure
and resilient. Overall, we
now have a database of over
30,000 cargo crimes in EMEA
that our members can use to
support their in-house security
programmes,” adds Neumann.
Growing its members’
understanding of the
geographical areas where
cargo thieves are active, and
the modus operandi used
in attacks, is increasingly
critical, as the majority of
goods moving in supply
a cargo loss just results in a cargo claim and an insurance pay-out.
It’s never as simple as that. Cargo crimes can result in a loss of
life. They can break customer relationships. They most certainly
damage reputations and impact insurance premiums, so one
way or another, they do impact a company’s bottom line. Bear
in mind also that the financial impact can be five to seven times
the cost of the stolen goods. Some companies only wake up to
the threat after they have become a victim of a cargo crime, but
our members are taking a far more proactive approach and raising
their game to keep their operations secure. That’s why their
supply chains are safer, because criminals will always identify and
target the weakest links in a chain.”
The majority of cargo losses, however, still involve thieves
targeting goods onboard trucks, most notably when they are
parked in unsecured or unclassified locations. In the second
quarter of 2019, Theft from Vehicle crimes represented 853 (or
57.4%) of the three month total, alongside frequent incidents
involving Theft from Trailer, Theft of Vehicle and Theft of
Trailer. Some 61% of these crimes featured trucks in unclassified
parking locations. Increased security at warehouse operations in
EMEA contributed to just 51 cases of Theft from Facility, some
3.4% of Q2’s total.
To begin to tackle one of the biggest causes of cargo crime,
TAPA EMEA has launched a new secure parking programme
and has already added over 4,700 parking places to its online
Q2 2019
RECORDED
CARGO
CRIMES IN
EMEA
chains are now at risk of theft,
believes TAPA. It recorded
losses in 19 of its IIS product
categories in Q2 2019, led by
thefts of tobacco products,
food and drink, furniture
and household appliances,
clothing and footwear, and
cosmetics and hygiene goods.
The highest value loss in the
quarter involved the theft of
€10m in cash from the cargo
hold of an aircraft.
The claim game
“Statistically, the cargo
industry is doing a great job
in delivering products as
promised, and this is because
of the very professional
security management
programmes within
organisations, of which TAPA
is an important part. It would
be naïve to take the view that
24 Number of major
losses with a value
over €100,000
Number of cargo crimes reported
to TAPA’S IIS in EMEA - 167% over
the 556 theft incidents in Q2 1,485
€47,621
AVERAGE LOSS FOR CARGO
THEFTS WITH A VALUE 30 Number of countries in
Q2 vs 22 in Q2/18 €10,000,000 Biggest loss: Theft of cash from an
the EMEA region reporting
cargo theft incidents in
Aviation Transportation Facility in
Tirana, Albania on 9 April 2019
€21,048,706
TOTAL LOSS IN Q2 2019 FOR THE 29.7% OF RECORDED CARGO CRIMES WITH A VALUE 57.4% Of reported incidents
involved theft from
vehicles, 853 crimes
Of the freight theft incidents in EMEA
took place in unclassified parking
locations in Q2/19 907
in total 28 Total value of
losses between
£50K and £100K
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