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 i...