Weekly Intelligence Note 2 August 2021
Report Highlights:
- South Africa: Record copper prices have triggered an increase in Hijacking incidents
- United Kingdom: Thieves steal cash and food worth about £70,000 from family-run business
- France: Driver sentenced to prison for attempt to smuggle seventeen people into Great Britain
- Morocco: Police force arrests gang of mechanics and receivers specializing in theft and resale of truck trailers and parts
- India: Airport inspector arrested for theft of 995g of gold from customs warehouse
- South Africa: Police in Durban fire rubber bullets and tear gas to prevent looting of Alcohol from warehouse
- Brazil: Two retired military policeman killed during attempted theft of truck carrying R$3 million of cell phones
- Mexico: Authorities recover MXN $1.5 million load of stolen cashew nuts
- United States: Congested railroad ramps lead to supply chain bottleneck in Chicago
- Canada: Border workers vote for possible strike on August 6, affecting commercial traffic and international shipping