10 newly-reported cargo crimes in Hong Kong produce a loss of US$402,762 as thieves target phones, computers, metal, cosmetics and tools/building materials

TAPA’s Incident Information Service (IIS) recorded 10 cargo thefts in Hong Kong in the past five months, producing a total loss of US$402,762 or an average per crime of $40,276. This included one major loss of $111,512 of electronic components from an Origin Facility on 10 September, according to intelligence made available to Vigilant.

The crime was recorded as a robbery with an Internal modus operandi. The other incidents, in descending date order, were:

• $53,599 – a Theft from Moving Vehicle crime and the loss of a shipment of phones from a vehicle while en route in Hong Kong’s Argyle Street on 22 September

• On 17 September, thieves stole computers/ laptops worth $21,097 from a facility in the centre of Hong Kong

• Another robbery with an Internal M.O. was reported to TAPA’s IIS on 25 August and involved the theft of metal valued at $24,932 from an Origin Facility

• On 4 August, the second of four Theft from Moving Vehicle incidents in this reporting period resulted in the loss of another shipment of phones while they were en route. The value was recorded as $18,964

• Electronic components worth $20,528 were taken from a moving vehicle on 1 August

• The first of three crimes recorded in July involved the theft of tools/building materials from an Origin Facility on 16 July, reportedly worth $21,352

• On the same day, $14,997 of cosmetics and hygiene products were stolen from a moving truck

• Phones were also the target on 12 July as thieves targeted another Origin Facility, escaping with products valued at $63,418

• The same product category suffered another Theft from Moving Vehicle loss on 7 June, this time involving a shipment worth $52,358