The Use of Violence in Cargo Theft – a Supply Chain Disruption Case

This paper examines patterns of reported cargo thefts involving violence in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region with regard to the value of stolen goods, incident frequency, transport chain location, and incident category. The research method is deductive and is based on analyses of secondary data obtained from the Incident Information Service by the Transported Asset Protection Association. The results are discussed within a frame of reference based on supply chain risk management and supply chain disruption literature. We found that perpetrators who use violence seem to cause greater losses per theft than those who use other types of modus operandi. Further, the most common type of violent cargo theft occurs on Mondays in January when cargo vehicles are robbed on the road and consumer electronics are stolen. In terms of supply chain disruption, violent cargo thefts can be seen as externally-caused disruptions, which can indirectly cause major problems for the supply chain.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12198-018-0186-0
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2018 Daniel Ekwall and Björn Lantz. The contents of this paper reflect the views of the author[s] and do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the Transportation Research Board, the National Research Council, or the National Academy of Sciences.
• Authors:
  • Ekwall, Daniel
  • 0000-0003-0871-1838
  • Lantz, Björn
• Publication Date: 2018-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 3-21
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Security
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 1-2
  • Publisher: Springer Publishing
  • ISSN: 1938-7741
  • EISSN: 1938-775X
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/12198

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight security; Hijacking; Risk assessment; Supply chain management; Theft; Violent crimes
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01675248
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 19 2018 2:44PM