Examples of Incidents

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Examples of Incidents
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Road freight vehicle

• Country of incident France
• Date March 2003
• Transport German haulier
• Goods 1m of tobacco
• Incident Parked near Lyon (France) in truck
  park. Driver awoken to noise of break-in, called
  German depot
• Response French police responded within 6
  minutes
• Outcome Thieves fled and left tools behind.
  Freight was saved (three other trucks were broken
  into by the gang at the same location and all
  lost goods)

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Road freight vehicle

• Country of incident Italy
• Date January 2003
• Transport Norwegian haulier
• Goods 200,000 of consumer goods
• Incident Two cars attempted to force driver to
  stop north of Modena. Driver hit panic button and
  monitoring station called him back. Driver
  reported details of incident
• Response Italian police dispatched three patrol
  cars and a helicopter
• Outcome Police apprehend five suspects. Freight
  was saved

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Automotive

• Country of incident France/Spain.
• Date December 2002.
• Transport Two French hire cars rented from
  Marseilles. Mercedes S Class worth 90,000 each.
• Incident Tracking system showed both cars driven
  illegally into Spain. Both cars travelling at 190
  km/h towards port. Destination probably Morocco.
• Response Guardia Civil deployed a helicopter and
  two patrol cars.
• OutcomeGuardia Civil chose safe moment to make
  two arrests. Cars recovered.

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Automotive

• Country of incident Slovakia.
• Date October 2003.
• Transport Hire car rented from Italy. Mercedes S
  Class worth 90,000 Stolen in Spain.
• Incident Tracking system started transmitting in
  Slovakia. Client called EUROWATCH.
• Response Police followed progress on EUROWATCH
  website.
• Outcome Police set up road block before border
  with Poland. Thief did a u-turn into forest
  (listened in to police radio). Police launched
  helicopter. Car recovered.