{"id":6583,"date":"2020-12-23T05:31:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T13:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/?p=6583"},"modified":"2020-12-18T13:32:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T21:32:35","slug":"cargo-theft-rise-reports-nicb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/cargo-theft-rise-reports-nicb\/","title":{"rendered":"Cargo Theft on the Rise, Reports NICB"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 15th annual Cargo Theft Summit<\/a>, hosted by the NICB, was on September 29th. As millions of individuals in the U.S. try their best to limit the spread of COVID-19, the industry of transportation is continuing to transport medications, food, and other needed items all over the country. But, thieves who wanted to steal items like these haven’t let stay home policies stop them.<\/p>\n

Because of COVID-19, the summit was conducted this year as a webinar and around 500 law enforcement, insurance professionals and trucking professionals attended and listened to the invited speakers’ presentations.<\/p>\n

In the U.S. cargo theft is an up to $35 billion industry. And, thieves can easily make out with millions of dollars depending on what’s inside the truck.<\/p>\n

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The FBI states cargo theft is where criminals take any cargo, including things like chattels, goods, baggage, money and more that constitutes in part or in whole, a commercial freight shipment that moves in commerce from any:<\/p>\n