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of the targeted truck and what sort of tracking technology it contains. They know how to 'enlist' drivers, odsle either by offering financial rewards or by threats.
Technical solutions "We are studying these internal crimes to look at how an operator's own personnel might be involved," said Sonneveld. She added that one strategy of the three-year plan is to study the statistics. "The problem with Europe is there are no figures on cargo theft."
Tjip Koopmans, director of tracking equipment supplier SCM Certificatie, said that operators need to consider technical solutions such as vehicle immobilisers which bring a stolen truck to a safe halt or alarm systems in trailers which are activated if someone attempts to break in. "You should use tracking devices that you can hide in cargo perhaps inside a frozen pig," he said.
His company provides a device that will 'wake up' at set intervals."We hid one in a pallet and it took two hours to find it."
He added that there is a need for a pan-European ecurity system. "If you get an alarm that your Dutch truck is being stolen in Italy it takes too long to alert the local police." • CONTACTS UK-based Best Practice Telematics offers advice on security tracking systems. Contact Richard Hargreaves. richard@bpt.uk.com 01332 690 684 For Transport Tracking 2006 contact Thomas Hallauer. thomas@telematicsupdate.com 02117 375 7185