Cargo theft has become a sophisticated, international operation, and in 2025, the value of stolen loads reached $725 million.
In this HDT Talks Trucking Short Take, Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge speaks with Scott Cornell, VP of Transportation Risk and Strategy at LogistIQ Insurance Solutions and chair of TAPA Americas, about how organized crime rings are exploiting gaps in enforcement, and why the federal government still lacks a formal system for tracking cargo theft.
Cornell was involved in writing the cargo theft provisions that were added to the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA), now advancing on Capitol Hill. He talks about what mandatory federal tracking, a dedicated task force, and specialized prosecutors could mean for motor carriers, brokers, and shippers battling today's cargo thieves.