Weekly Intelligence Note 6 March 2020

Report Highlights:

• Zambia: Pharmacy technologist arrested for alleged theft of 180 boxes of malaria medicine
• Gabon: U.S. and Gabon heading international group to fight piracy off west coast of Africa
• United Kingdom: Man arrested for attempt to smuggle 100,000 face masks worth £2.6 million out of county
• South Africa: Hijacking of courier truck carrying thousands of firearm licences
• Singapore: Piracy incidents surge in Singapore Strait
• Brazil: Forty-three cargo theft gang members arrested in Rio de Janeiro during police operation
• Mexico: Police rescue kidnapped driver and escort, recover truck and cargo worth approx. $930,000 MXN
• United States: Theft of $1M from couriers filling up private ATMs across New York City
• Canada: Three appear in court for theft of $14,000 in vaping fluid from Ontario warehouse