Cargo Thieves Hunger for Food Shipments

From corn and wheat to canned tuna and octopus, no region is exempt.

December 17, 2018

Barry Hochfelder

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Food is very fungible, says Tony Pelli, supply chain risk consultant at London-based BSI Group, a 117-year-old global business standards company. According to the dictionary, that means it’s interchangeable.

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