St. Louis City experienced a violent weekend with multiple murders and assaults. Five murders occurred within a short period, keeping homicide detectives busy. Victims were found shot and killed in various neighborhoods across the city, with suspects still at large in most cases. Police investigations are ongoing, and more information is awaited.
For those of us in the transportation and logistics industry, the recent tragic incident in Brenham, Texas, where a man drove a stolen 18-wheeler into a Department of Public Safety (DPS) office, serves as a stark reminder of the critical importance of security and mental health support in our field.
Recently, there was a major drug bust in the Caribbean Sea near Colombia.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused President Joe Biden of aiding Mexican cartels by halting deportations.
An Ohio trucking company owner confessed to wire fraud in a federal court for participating in a scam that cheated shippers, including Amazon and Bath & Body Works.
Salt Lake Trucking Group (SLTG) was found guilty of fraud charges following reports by Gephardt Daily that the company received $108 million from FedEx through deceptive practices over the past ten years.
Cybercriminals are giving carriers a run for their money by targeting truckers with fuel card skimming scams, making legitimate fuel expenses a tricky battle.
An international coalition of countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and others, has launched "Operation Prosperity Guardian" to counter Houthi rebels targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea.
BP has decided to halt all shipments through the Red Sea due to recent attacks on trade vessels by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Guillaume Latour-Laitre, the vice president of a Quebec trucking firm, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the United States for his involvement in a cross-border cocaine smuggling operation.
Republican leaders in Congress are investigating the Department of Energy's $3 billion award to Sunnova Energy Corporation, a solar company accused of exploiting vulnerable customers with deceptive sales practices.
A 41-year-old truck driver, Gregory Jackson, has been charged with criminal negligent homicide in connection with the death of a 15-year-old Livingston ISD student who was struck and killed by an 18-wheeler as he was getting off a school bus.
Texas lawmakers recently approved Senate Bill 4, which would permit Texas police to arrest individuals for illegally crossing the border from Mexico.
The United States suggests that the attackers who attempted to seize an Israel-linked cargo ship were likely Somali pirates rather than Houthi fighters from Yemen.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 354 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in the bed of a pickup truck crossing the border from Mexico into the United States at the Paso Del Norte international crossing.
Federal prosecutors arrested two individuals, Adama Sow and Abdulaj Jalloh, and seized over 200,000 counterfeit luxury items worth $1.03 billion in what is being described as the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit goods in US history.
A ransomware attack on China's Industrial and Commercial Bank (ICBC) disrupted trading in the $25 trillion US Treasury market, forcing ICBC to send trading data on a USB stick to BNY Mellon for settlement.
Authorities are searching for a man who drove through the gate of a nuclear power plant in South Carolina and allegedly attempted to hit security officers before fleeing.
St. Louis City experienced a violent weekend with multiple murders and assaults. Five murders occurred within a short period, keeping homicide detectives busy.
An Alaska Airlines flight operated by Horizon Air had to divert to Portland International Airport in Oregon after an off-duty Alaska pilot attempted to interfere with the engines.
Three members of a California family have pleaded guilty to participating in a national network involved in stealing and trafficking catalytic converters worth $600 million.
In 2022, motor vehicle thefts in the United States surged by over 8%, resulting in the theft of nearly a million vehicles valued at over $20 billion, according to the FBI's latest Crime in the Nation data.
Multiple retail stores and businesses across different neighborhoods in Philadelphia were targeted by looters, with the incidents leading to several arrests and the recovery of stolen goods.
CargoNet has reported a significant increase in cargo thefts in the second quarter of 2023, with 582 recorded incidents in the United States and Canada.
Cargo theft has reached a decade-high, with the second quarter of 2023 witnessing a 57% increase compared to the previous year, totaling 582 thefts across the U.S. and Canada.
Currently, the estimated losses from brokerage fraud are exceeding $800 million, affecting brokers, carriers, shippers, and consumers.
It has been revealed that retail giant Amazon has spent over $1 billion to combat fraud and fake products on its website.
The logistics of drug trafficking involve the movement of illegal drugs, such as cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine, from production sites to distribution centers and ultimately to the end user.
The Department of Justice has let Abbot Laboratories know that the company is under investigation after a national formula shortage that had parents wringing their hands in concern in 2022.
Cargonet, a digital platform for logistics and transportation management, has released some staggering numbers.
A former AT&T executive, Paul La Schiazza, is slated for trial in September 2024 over allegations of bribing an ally of the then-Illinois House Speaker, Michael Madigan, to secure legislation beneficial to AT&T.