Theft It reaches a record from the United States and Canada for the second year in a row, and the trend is expected to continue, as criminal companies have become more sophisticated in their methods.

The annual analysis of Verisk Cargonet published this week found that the load theft increased from 27% from 2023 to 2024, reached a record of 3,625 incidents reported last year with an average value of $ 202,364 for robbery. All said, the losses are estimated in more than $ 454 million.

The burden theft reached a maximum record in the United States in 2024 according to Cargonet, which hopes that the trend will continue. (Cargonet / Foxbusiness)

The study found that California and Texas saw the largest increase in theft activity, with cuts jumping 33% in the Golden State and 39% in the state Lone Star.

Trailers and trailer theft continued at high levels, particularly in the main metropolitan areas, including Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta and New York, according to findings. Dallas County, Texas, led with an increase of 78% in the reported incidents. Los Angeles County, California, traditionally, a high -activity area, increased 50%.

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Cargonet reported notable changes in the type of goods stolen last year. While in 2023 he saw the frequent robbery of motor oils, liquids, solar energy and energy drinks, in 2024 he set a strategic pivot by criminal companies. New objectives include raw and finished copper products, consumer electronics and cryptocurrency mining hardware.

The burden theft increased to another record by 2024. (Istock / istock)

The analysis also revealed an increase in the orientation of specific consumable goods, including products such as avocados and nuts, along with personal care products ranging from cosmetics to vitamins and supplements, especially protein powder.

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Cargonet Vice President Keith Lewis explained in an interview that there are two main types of burden theft: the first is the traditional method of thieves who steal directly from a truck or train, and the other method is through of the fraud, which often involves manipulating online shipping exchanges to redirect entire loads using fake information such as fake companies.

He said that the burden, often carried out by criminal companies abroad, increases by 1,445%impressive, while traditional robbery increases by around 20%. Since the Covid-19 Pandemic began, he has explained, the overall load theft increases by 90%.

A loading ship and tugboat sails through the cocoli locks on the Panama channel, in Panama, on August 12, 2024. Lewis says that a growing burden theft method implies that criminals redirect shipping by fraud. (Arnulfo Franco / AFP through Getty Images / Getty Images)

Lewis, a former state police officer, says that federal law forces do not have resources to properly address the problem, so the burden of solving -the logistics industry is in the logistics industry.

“But solutions cost money, and this is the impulse,” he said Fox Business. “And also, when you change the way you move the freight transport, slow down the supply chain. And when you slow down the supply chain, this could paralyze the infrastructure. It also generates a higher cost to move the goods.”

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In the meantime, the increase in theft contributes to higher prices for everyone.

“Everyone pays for it now,” Lewis said. “The rates increase, the insurance It rises, the costs increase, the rates of goods, which I am charging by the shipper increases. The shipping is used and returns at cost, and they increase the price, and you and I pay each time we make a purchase. “”