Paolo Scrofani

Last week, alert warehouse staff at a large distribution center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, successfully stopped a reefer cargo theft attempt before any product left the facility. Criminals had targeted a loaded reefer trailer containing high-value perishable goods. While the trailer was still parked inside the secure yard, thieves attempted to tamper with the temperature loggers and swap out the original bolt seals to make the load appear legitimate for an unauthorized pickup. Thanks to...

Last week, staff at a major fulfillment center in Auburn, Washington discovered that bolt seals had been illegally swapped on multiple high-value outbound shipments while the cargo was still inside the facility. This sophisticated tampering occurred in a controlled environment, raising serious concerns about internal security protocols. Criminals or insiders replaced the original bolt seals with counterfeit ones in an attempt to make the loads appear legitimate during transit. Because the...

Last week, warehouse staff at a major distribution center in the Phoenix, Arizona metro area successfully prevented a fictitious pickup scam that targeted a high-value trailer load of consumer electronics. A broker contacted the facility to schedule the pickup using what turned out to be a cloned Motor Carrier (MC) number. The offered rate was unusually high with almost no negotiation, and the carrier provided questionable documentation upon arrival. Thanks to trained staff who followed...