Canadian Trucking Alliance announces Project Momentum cargo crime event

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The Canadian Trucking Alliance, in partnership with Verisk Crime Analytics Canada – CargoNet, police agencies and the Ontario Trucking Association has announced the official launch of Project Momentum — an initiative to raise awareness of the growing threat of cargo crime in the high risk corridor along Highway 401 from the Ontario-Quebec border to Windsor.

Project Momentum will be rolled out in two phases. The first phase includes a public awareness and multi-media campaign and a series of three workshops on cargo crime mitigation strategies attended by carriers, law enforcement, shippers, the insurance sector, and officials from all three levels of government. 

Jeff Bryan, president of Jeff Bryan Transport and OTA Chairman, will host the first workshop on September 5th in Burford, ON where his company is located.

 “The goal is to educate everyone from carriers, to the courts, to the public of the scope and seriousness of cargo crime and the impact it and the organized syndicates behind it is having not only on the business world but in our communities,” he said.

 “There is some momentum building. Industry has taken the first steps, law enforcement is there beside us to help, but so much more needs to be done.”

 Including, he said, tougher sentencing.

 Project Momentum’s second phase will focus on providing training and awareness to law enforcement, raising the profile of cargo crime and its consequences in the judicial system and strengthening the “partnership” to reduce cargo crime.

 Plans to roll out similar events in other hot spots across Canada are being planned.

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  • If we are unable to come to the workshop, willwe be able to call in and listen to the presentation and / or can you please provide a link that we can download the information from ?
    Thanks

  • There was a truck driver a few years ago who was forced out of his truck near Mattawa On and tied up in the bush. They tied him up so tight that one of his arms had to be amputated. The culprits pulled up beside the rig as it was going up a steep hill loaded in 4th gear. One of the guys jumped on the cat -walk and pulled the supply line off of the trailer causing the rig to stop. That’s when they pulled him out and drive off with the load. Driver’s should be vigilant in spotting suspicious vehicles and immediately calling 911 if they sense something is up. These people are involved in organized crime and will kill you if they have to get that load.
    Be safe.