WHY SUBMIT CARGO THEFT DATA? Charlie Worsham Director of Operations- Midwest ASUCRP Annual Conference May 22, 2014

© 2014 National Insurance Crime Bureau What is NICB?  Membership organization to combat insurance fraud  1,100 P&C insurance companies, rental car companies, and self-insureds  100-year history of established cooperation with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies  Non-profit organization  Corporate Headquarters – Des Plaines, Illinois

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NICB Special Agent  180 Special Agents strategically located throughout the U.S. Law enforcement background Law enforcement contacts and liaison State and federal agencies’ contacts and liaison Department of Motor Vehicles National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS)  Unique data access Data exchange with vehicle history providers (e.g., Carfax, etc.) Complete access to NMVTIS Task force participation  Free resource to law enforcement and NICB Members Allows better awareness, cooperation, and collaboration

© 2014 National Insurance Crime Bureau NICB and Cargo Theft  Every cargo load is insured  Every semi tractor is insured  Every trailer is insured

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© 2014 National Insurance Crime Bureau WHY SUBMIT CARGO THEFT DATA?  What is Cargo Theft?  Cargo Theft is the criminal taking of any cargo including, but not limited to, goods, chattels, money, or baggage that constitutes, in whole or in part, a commercial shipment of freight moving in commerce, from any pipeline system, railroad car, motortruck, or other vehicle, or from any tank or storage facility, station house, platform, or depot, or from any vessel or wharf, or from any aircraft, air terminal, airport, aircraft terminal or air navigation facility, or from any intermodal container, intermodal chassis, trailer, container freight station, warehouse, freight distribution facility, or freight consolidation facility. For purposes of this definition, cargo shall be deemed as moving in commerce at all points between the point of origin and the final destination, regardless of any temporary stop while awaiting transshipment or otherwise.

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© 2014 National Insurance Crime Bureau WHY SUBMIT CARGO THEFT DATA?  What is the impact of cargo theft on a local, state and national level?  Cargo thefts currently reported as auto thefts, burglary to vehicle, theft of property

© 2014 National Insurance Crime Bureau WHY SUBMIT CARGO THEFT DATA?  Often only the semi and trailer are reported stolen  Millions of dollars in theft goes unreported

© 2014 National Insurance Crime Bureau WHY SUBMIT CARGO THEFT DATA?  Private organizations attempt to track cargo theft  FreightWatch, Lo/Jack SCI, and CargoNet to name a few  2013 Freightwatch reported 951 cargo thefts while Lo/Jack SCI report 811

© 2014 National Insurance Crime Bureau WHY SUBMIT CARGO THEFT DATA?  2013 Average loss amount per load  $177,000.00

© 2014 National Insurance Crime Bureau WHY SUBMIT CARGO THEFT DATA?  Resource allocation  Grant support  Legislative action

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