Thieves Steal It All
Although the hijacking type of truck theft gets the headlines, the bulk of truck and cargo thefts don’t happen
that way. Nearly every “job” that’s pulled involves unattended, unguarded trucks and trailers, or employee
pilferage.
Enterprising thieves have learned there is a ready market for stolen trucks, trailers, and their cargoes.
The “joyriding” auto theft theory (when someone steals a car just for a ride in it) doesn’t apply to truck theft
and certainly doesn’t when it comes to trailer theft. These people are professional criminals.
Objectives of the thieves can vary. Some want only the tractor, in which case the trailer will usually be found
unhooked at the terminal or a short distance from the site of the theft. More often, the thieves want only the
trailer or contents inside. It will generally be stolen from the terminal or storage area where it is already
unhooked from the tractor.
The trailer theft is accomplished by just backing a tractor in, hooking onto the trailer and driving away.
Often time when cargo is the key objective of the theft, both tractor and trailer are found abandoned after the
goods are removed. But in many instances – thieves just steal it all – tractor, trailer and cargo.
Although the hijacking type of truck theft gets the headlines, the bulk of truck and cargo thefts don’t happen
that way. Nearly every “job” that’s pulled involves unattended, unguarded trucks and trailers, or employee
pilferage.
Enterprising thieves have learned there is a ready market for stolen trucks, trailers, and their cargoes.
The “joyriding” auto theft theory (when someone steals a car just for a ride in it) doesn’t apply to truck theft
and certainly doesn’t when it comes to trailer theft. These people are professional criminals.
Objectives of the thieves can vary. Some want only the tractor, in which case the trailer will usually be found
unhooked at the terminal or a short distance from the site of the theft. More often, the thieves want only the
trailer or contents inside. It will generally be stolen from the terminal or storage area where it is already
unhooked from the tractor.
The trailer theft is accomplished by just backing a tractor in, hooking onto the trailer and driving away.
Often time when cargo is the key objective of the theft, both tractor and trailer are found abandoned after the
goods are removed. But in many instances – thieves just steal it all – tractor, trailer and cargo.
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