{"id":323255,"date":"2025-11-26T17:28:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T07:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldcargonews.com\/?p=91474"},"modified":"2025-11-26T17:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T07:28:25","slug":"uk-freight-crime-fighters-collaborate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=323255","title":{"rendered":"UK freight crime fighters collaborate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rising freight crime across the UK has prompted a closer alliance between the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA EMEA) and the British International Freight Association (BIFA). TAPA EMEA and BIFA have strengthened their partnership to address a UK freight crime surge. The two industry bodies have exchanged Associate Partner memberships and will collaborate on intelligence-sharing and security measures to protect members\u2019 operations.<\/strong>
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The move comes as cargo theft figures remain stubbornly high. In the two years to 30 September 2025, TAPA EMEA\u2019s Intelligence System recorded over 137,000 cargo crime incidents across more than 110 countries in EMEA, including 5,865 in the UK. Although only 9% of UK incidents reported a loss value, these still amounted to goods worth more than \u20ac72m. Major UK cargo crimes with losses above \u20ac100,000 averaged a significant \u20ac775,736.<\/p>\n

Legislative context<\/h2>\n

The partnership is being developed as political attention on freight crime increases. A proposed Freight Crime Bill, sponsored by The Rt Hon Rachel Taylor MP, is due for second reading this Friday, 28 November 2025. It follows an All-Party Parliamentary Group report estimating freight-related crime cost the UK economy \u00a3700m in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cFreight crime is a major concern for TAPA EMEA members in the UK, which consistently ranks in the top five countries in our Europe, Middle East & Africa region for recorded cargo thefts,\u201d said Harry Hughes, TAPA EMEA\u2019s UK Regional Lead. \u201cWe are, therefore, greatly encouraged by the increased collaboration between UK freight, logistics, road haulage, and law enforcement bodies to find effective ways to prevent these types of incidents from occurring, and to reduce freight crime\u2019s significant financial impact on individual businesses, consumers, and the UK economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Criminal lowlifes are a high priority<\/h2>\n

Freight crime seems endemic across the world. Incidents can be as serious as heavily armed piracy<\/a> on the high seas, where the vessel is often the target, but the cargo is a collateral casualty. They can also be whole train consignment thefts. In parts of North America, intermodal trains, moving slowly in urban areas, have been looted by opportunist thieves. The UK sees truck drivers singled out for criminal attention, with the distressing experience of slashed curtainside trailers an all too common sight. Less frequently, whole trailers (and sometimes tractor units too) have been stolen.<\/p>\n