$110K Chicken Load Traded for Drug Debt, Driver and 11 Others Arrested
Memphis police interrupted an independent contractor unloading frozen cargo behind a hotel. The driver told officers he owed a drug debt. Twelve people face…
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Fake FedEx Crew Walked Out With $680K Electronics Load in Delaware
Delaware State Police arrested a California man after two suspects used fraudulent IDs and shipping documents to steal a trailer from a New Castle warehouse.…
Trucking Groups Push Excise Tax Repeal, Cargo Theft Bills Before Recess
Industry advocates are lobbying Congress to advance federal excise tax repeal and cargo theft oversight measures before lawmakers leave Washington.
Criminals Stole $31.8M in Freight by Hijacking Carrier Accounts Over Five Labor Days
CargoNet tracked 273 cargo thefts across five Labor Day weekends. Fraudsters changed delivery instructions after legitimate carriers picked up loads, bypassing…
Feds Charge California Operator After Seizing 41 Pounds of Meth
Federal prosecutors charged a Dinuba restaurant operator after agents seized more than 40 pounds of methamphetamine. The case grew from a wider organized crime…
$647K Nike Shipment Stolen Using Fake Pickup Documents in Memphis
Cook County investigators recovered the shoes near Chicago after a driver used fraudulent paperwork to pick up the Dallas-bound load. No arrests yet.
FBI manhunt for fugitive tied to cocaine thefts targeting trucks
Federal authorities seek Indian national connected to Lawrence Bishnoi crime group as Operation Hard Ball reveals traffickers used long-haul semis to move…
Central Dispatch adds geofenced pickup credentials to combat auto-hauler fraud
Cox Automotive's auto transport marketplace now requires biometric-verified carriers to scan a non-transferable digital credential at the pickup location…
$111M Semiconductor Heist Used Escort Cutoff, Fake Reroutes
Thieves directed drivers to unauthorized warehouses after blocking escort vehicles. US Bank says the sophistication is unlike anything the industry has seen…
Geofenced cargo theft alerts cost less than one stolen load
Stevens Transport uses location-triggered warnings on driver ELD screens to prevent theft. One avoided claim pays for the system.
Drug Traffickers Used Broker Model to Move $139M Across Border
Canadian and U.S. authorities seized 1.7 metric tons of cocaine, meth, and opium from a network that arranged cross-border drug loads like a freight broker…
Shippers face liability when wrong truck leaves the dock
Post-Montgomery, releasing freight to an unverified carrier or mismatched DOT number can expose shippers to negligence claims if that truck later causes a…