Weekly Intelligence Note 1 February 2021

Report Highlights:

• Italy: Police arrest man after theft of food packages from parked van
• Russia: Cargo of clothes stolen from truck when driver loads part of cargo into partner’s van
• Spain: Delivery driver for logistics company arrested for theft of valuable packages
• Germany: Tarpaulin slashed, flat-screen TVs stolen from truck parked in lot
• United Kingdom: Over sixty cargo thefts from trucks reported since beginning of 2021
• Gulf of Guinea: Pirates kill one, kidnap fifteen members of cargo ship off coast of West Africa
• China: Hundreds of containers of fish held up at in Dailan as authorities test cargo for coronavirus
• Brazil: Police recover stolen trailer loaded with fifty tons of pesticide
• Mexico: Authorities use GPS to locate stolen trailer of dairy products and arrest driver of truck
• United States: Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach at epicenter of surge in imports as dockworkers test positive for COVID-19