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1 results foundAuthor: Engel, A.W. van den Title: Organised Theft of Commercial Vehicles and Their Loads in the European Union Summary: Road freight transport is the dominating transport mode in freight transport in the European Union. With a market share of approximately 72.2% in the total land-based transport of goods, the significance of road freight transport for the economy of the EU is obvious. This dominance implies that each day, measured in terms of money, many billions of Euros are moved on the Trans European Road Network (TEN-R) which constitutes the backbone of the EU economy. This fact has not escaped the criminal mind and with the increase of transport volumes security concerns with regard to road freight transport have also increased. Union. With a market share of approximately 72.2% in the total land-based transport of goods, the significance of road freight transport for the economy of the EU is obvious. This dominance implies that each day, measured in terms of money, many billions of Euros are moved on the Trans European Road Network (TEN-R) which constitutes the backbone of the EU economy. In this study we see organised theft as all vehicle and/or freight theft of which ‘the circumstances of the crime suggest that the theft was well-planned and that the robbers knew exactly what the target goods of the theft were’. The report starts by discussing the remarks the ECMT made in 200212 in their report on crimes in road freight transport, cumulated in the presentation of the main objectives of this study. In chapter one, also grouping of countries is applied in order to be able to present results for all Member States without too much of duplication. Chapter two presents the statistical background bearing in mind that obtaining relevant data has not been easy. Regular crime rate statistics are virtually unavailable and sometimes they seem only to rely on anecdotal information. Data on, for instance, the type of organisation virtually does not exist. Notwithstanding these facts, an attempt has been made to estimate the total costs of organised theft of cargo and/or freight vehicle in the European Union. In chapter three, the current actions of the main stakeholder groups are mentioned. In the last chapter, the recommendations per main stakeholder group and per country group are presented in a condensed form. This means that the recommendations are defined in a clear and summarised way but without oversimplification of the actions and impact. Details: Brussels: Policy Department Structural and Cohesion Policies, European Parliament, 2007. 108p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 11, 2011 at: http://www.setpos.eu/docs/organised%20theft%20of%20commercial%20vehicles%20and%20their%20loads%20in%20the%20EU%20july%202007%20EN.pdf Year: 2007 Country: Europe URL: http://www.setpos.eu/docs/organised%20theft%20of%20commercial%20vehicles%20and%20their%20loads%20in%20the%20EU%20july%202007%20EN.pdf Shelf Number: 121711 Keywords: Organized TheftStolen GoodsTheft from VehicleVehicle Crime (Europe) |