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Just a quick note;

This all reminds me of an old episode of the 'Bonanza' TV series.
There had been an up-tick of rustling so the Cattlemen's Assoc decided (against Ben Cartwright's advice) to hire a Range Detective.
They were all shocked when he told them that it was their own people (employees) that were stealing from them!
After all the protests died down, he said, "Ranchers always say that 'cuz you don't want to admit that you could've hired a crook!".

Also,
There were a number of  episodes of the original 'Hawaii-50' TV series ('60-'80) that dealt w/ various forcible hi-jacking schemes.
One even had the crooks using a WWII-type bazooka! There was also one were items were substituted for and/or redirected w/i an air freight hub at Honolulu International.

'Midnight Requisitions' have always been big problems everywhere I've worked.

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On Wed, 4/20/16, Michael McKinney <archangel620@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] Truck Stops Rather Than Air/Seaports
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2016, 12:42 PM

 Yeah but
 in reality, most cargo thefts are replacements, not outright
 thefts. The item in question is replicated with a dummy item
 and the proper exchange is none-the-wiser. However,
 that's why a corp would own their own port, and
 routinely send in operatives to weed out bad authorities.
 Sure they can play the bribery game in neutral or rival corp
 ports, but over-time the corps are going to prioritize
 hiring loyalists rather than buying loyalty. Eventually
 theft like this requires lots of planning and coordination,
 a level of stealth would be required then.
 But then again, having been hired to
 find and report bad interests for a corporation in RL, maybe
 this is my experience over-riding the canon. Perhaps Corps
 are too big to hire loyalists or lack a level of direct
 management available to ensure loyalty. But then, you can
 buy off truckers, ports, and outright thefts become a viable
 problem.
 Then again, I
 work in a warehouse distribution center right now. I
 proposed the organization audit each shipment in random days
 and ensure shipments are done right. You would've
 thought I was suggesting that they hired crooks or
 delinquents. I am temping in place where the business has
 had very costly shipment mistakes and disappearances. Unlike
 politics and government, most businesses don't want to
 fund the bad guy division known as auditing. It's a
 surprising acceptance of inefficiency to me. I think
 MegaCorps, if they truly sought profit would avoid this
 inefficiency at any cost because it can shut their entire
 flow down, or at least a major lane.
 Respectfully,Michael
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 On
 Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Bruce  Johnson <xxxxxx@pharmacy.arizona.edu>
 wrote:


 > On Apr 20, 2016, at 11:35 AM, Michael McKinney <archangel620@gmail.com>
 wrote:

 >

 > Interesting to see the initial remarks on trucking
 though. Merging the two takes me to the place of Fast and
 the Furious though, more than RL. That movie series features
 many trucks being hijacked, drivers murdered, and cargo
 stolen than occurs in RL.

 >



 I’d expect most (successful) RL truck hijacking
 occurs in the port; workers just put the container on the
 ‘wrong’ truck, wittingly or unwittingly. Just hack the
 scheduling and loading system (if you know which container
 ID has the stuff you want) and just get in line with the
 rest of ‘em. The stolen container is put on your own truck
 for your convenience. No muss, no fuss, and you could get
 away with it for quite a while if you did it low key. If
 stopped, the driver would have a valid manifest. Hell the
 driver doesn’t even have to be in on it (in fact it’s
 better if he isn’t…)



 ObTrav: The PC’s need to steal a specific cargo lot from
 the starport...



 Alternatively they just steal the trucks or trailers when
 the driver isn’t in them: <http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704722304575037241392821742>







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 College of Pharmacy

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