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Organized Theft Rings Exploit Trucking's Security Gaps with Forged Documents

Cargo theft operations are growing more sophisticated, leveraging fraudulent paperwork, email spoofing and inadequate vetting to target freight shipments while trucking lags behind air cargo security measures.

Brandon Fried of the Airforwarders Association said organized thieves are systematically exploiting weak counterparty verification processes across the sector. Air cargo operations maintain stricter known shipper protocols and conduct 100% cargo screening under TSA oversight. The trucking industry has not uniformly adopted these standards.

Fried emphasized there is no single solution to the theft problem. Instead, shippers and carriers must prioritize thorough due diligence on business partners before engagement. The divergence in security practices between air and ground freight highlights gaps that leave trucking vulnerable to coordinated criminal networks.

Freight professionals across brokerage, trucking and logistics must tighten counterparty checks or face significant losses.