Manipulated Papers
Documents - their alteration, substitution or complete inadequacy, play an important part in truck, trailer and
cargo thefts.
One strategy of thieves utilizes "return to factory" slips, which indicated the equipment in question has been
returned to the manufacturer because of some defect. An example is four new tractors lined up on a dock
awaiting shipment to a foreign country. Through connivance of a dock employee, "return to factory" slips were
made out on each tractor. In the ensuing confusion, the trucks were stolen, dismantled or sold before they were
missed.
Documents can also be used to conceal the identity of stolen tractors and trailers. If the dismantling method of
operation is not used, most commercial vehicle thieves resort to the salvage operation - a document and identity
manipulation used quite frequently by auto thieves.
Here you place the identity of a wrecked vehicle on a similar make and model stolen vehicle. The license
vehicle ID and documents are then used to exhibit "valid" title to the stolen unit. There are other means of
obtaining legitimate appearing papers for stolen trucks and trailers, usch as "non-title" state registrations and
counterfeit titles, but their cases are in the minority.
Documents - their alteration, substitution or complete inadequacy, play an important part in truck, trailer and
cargo thefts.
One strategy of thieves utilizes "return to factory" slips, which indicated the equipment in question has been
returned to the manufacturer because of some defect. An example is four new tractors lined up on a dock
awaiting shipment to a foreign country. Through connivance of a dock employee, "return to factory" slips were
made out on each tractor. In the ensuing confusion, the trucks were stolen, dismantled or sold before they were
missed.
Documents can also be used to conceal the identity of stolen tractors and trailers. If the dismantling method of
operation is not used, most commercial vehicle thieves resort to the salvage operation - a document and identity
manipulation used quite frequently by auto thieves.
Here you place the identity of a wrecked vehicle on a similar make and model stolen vehicle. The license
vehicle ID and documents are then used to exhibit "valid" title to the stolen unit. There are other means of
obtaining legitimate appearing papers for stolen trucks and trailers, usch as "non-title" state registrations and
counterfeit titles, but their cases are in the minority.
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