Cargo thieves stepping up activity during pandemic

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Cargo thieves are seizing on the Covid-19 pandemic and disrupted supply chains to ramp up their efforts, according to 2020 data from CargoNet. CargoNet reported 1,676 supply chain risk events in the U.S. and Canada in 2020, a 16% increase over 2019. Of those, 48% involved the theft of at least one heavy commercial vehicle, […]

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[Igor Galanter]

Let's see if our local bandits will follow to "STAY HOME" order, eh..

 

[Jim L]

I would imagine that instead of charging them with theft, which is just a slap on the wrist anyways, you would charge them and apply the max penalty for defying an emergency order which will most likely be a lot easier to make stick.