Security

• CBP seizes 1,600 lb. of marijuana from truck at Peace Bridge

  U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Peace Bridge border crossing in Buffalo, N.Y., seized more than 1,600 lb. of suspected marijuana hidden in a commercial shipment manifested […]

• Petro-Canada adds one-time passcodes to combat fuel fraud

  Petro-Canada has introduced a new one-time passcode requirement for commercial fuel purchases, adding an extra layer of security it says will help combat fuel card fraud across its Petro-Pass network. […]

• Security firm warns of new tactic targeting escort-protected shipments

  Cargo security provider Overhaul is warning shippers about a suspected new cargo theft tactic in which criminals deliberately separate escort vehicles from the shipments they are protecting. The company issued […]

• Your data is valuable. A cybersecurity expert tells you how to protect it

  You generate a wealth of data that you entrust to suppliers. But do you really know where it travels, where it’s stored, and who has access to it? In a […]

• Phone number spoofing emerges as a new cargo theft tactic

  Supply chain risk management company Overhaul is warning shippers and carriers about a rise in phone number spoofing schemes targeting cargo operations in the United States. Number spoofing involves manipulating […]

• Connected vehicle data ‘can have intelligence value’ to adversaries: federal document

  Data from an advanced electric vehicle that falls into the wrong hands could be used to track people or carry out surveillance, an internal government document warns. The Public Safety […]

• Commercial vehicles used to move drugs in Manitoba’s largest-ever seizure, police say

  A two-year interprovincial drug trafficking investigation that led to what Winnipeg police describe as the largest illicit drug seizure in Manitoba history uncovered the use of commercial vehicles to move […]

• Peel police investigate fuel fraud involving commercial trucks in Brampton

  Peel Regional Police are seeking the public’s help identifying two suspects linked to a series of fuel fraud incidents involving large commercial trucks in Brampton. Investigators said the incidents occurred […]

• STA trailers to carry human trafficking, fraud awareness decals

  The Saskatchewan Trucking Association and Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers have launched a province-wide campaign to combat human trafficking, exploitation, fraudulent activity and document fraud within the trucking industry. The campaign, sponsored […]

• Will damning Ontario Auditor General report be a wakeup call for government?

  On May 12, Ontario’s Auditor general released a scathing report on the state of Class A entry-level training and oversight in the province of Ontario. The auditors sent out “secret […]