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06.12.2008
MIAMI (CBS) ― It's become the new Miami vice: cocaine cowboys turned to highway hijackers, and it is now the costliest crime in America. See full article
09.11.2007
While trucking groups in the United States and Mexico decry a pilot program opening the border to long-haul operators, Rafael Godínez Sandoval is getting ready to roll
09.05.2007
The decision makers at the Department of Transportation have opened our borders and highways to the Mexican trucking industry.
08.28.2007
The first U.S. company in the program, Stagecoach Cartage & Distribution Inc. of El Paso, Texas, has won approval to travel throughout Mexico and is expected to start this week |
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According to the International Cargo Security Council, U.S. businesses lose $10 billion per year in merchandise theft, and the average value of a cargo theft is $500,000, a number that has grown fivefold in the past 25 years. Other estimates range even higher, placing losses to cargo theft as high as $25 billion annually.
For more than a decade, fleets have used satellite tracking and mobile communications systems to increase efficiency and productivity in their operations. They also used wireless systems to recover stolen equipment as necessary. But recovery of stolen freight is rare. So with the financial consequences of cargo theft growing, fleets are dedicating more resources toward preventing theft — or trying to stop it as it’s happening.
The ongoing threat of terrorism has added even more urgency to transportation security. The cost of a stolen load pales in comparison to the potential cost of even a brief shutdown of a major road, port or rail yard due to a terrorist attack using a hazmat load, for example, as a weapon.
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We currently have lot services in Eagle Pass & El Paso, Texas. Both of these locations are minutes from the US/Mexico Boarder. For detailed information click on two links below.
See flyer for more information. |
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How Cargo Thieves Operate
Cargo thieves in the United States typically target “over-the-road” trailers with high-value freight, monitoring truck stops, freight yards, and other areas where tractor-trailers frequently are left unattended. Thieves will identify a truck carrying millions of dollars worth of inventory, follow it to a truck stop, seize it and drive away. Visible GPS antennas on trailers or tractors are quickly and easily discarded, rendering this protection measure useless.
Stolen trailers either are emptied quickly of freight, or are parked and placed under counter-surveillance to watch for police response to a tracking signal. Once the thieves are assured the tractor-trailer is not equipped with a hidden tracking device, the vehicle is moved to a designated area nearby.
One common technique is for thieves to move the stolen freight into a “clean” trailer as soon as possible via a back-to-back transfer. This operation has been completed for a full 53-foot load of consumer electronics in as little as 30 minutes. Other techniques include driving the entire stolen rig to a final destination (often painting over or peeling off company identification) and using a satellite warehouse in the vicinity of the theft location for storage of stolen property. |
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At Corporate Security Secure Lots we feel the best way to stop cargo theft is by securing cargo during transit. We have developed state of the art security facilities for your company freight. These facilities are monitored by security guards 24hrs per day with camera equipment that is second to none.
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Laredo Lot
(956)753-3338 office
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