Manufacturers, importers, and distributors whose product is worth targeting. The failure points are consistent across industries, but what is worth stealing, and how quickly it can be resold, changes what we prioritize.
The most targeted category in North America, with 708 recorded thefts in 2025, a 47 percent increase. High volume, fast resale, and product that becomes untraceable the moment it leaves the pallet.
Where we focus: Cold-chain custody, high-frequency lanes, co-packer and contract manufacturer handoffs, and short-shelf-life pressure that discourages holding a questionable load.
Metal theft rose 77 percent in 2025, driven heavily by demand for copper. Commodity product with a liquid resale market and minimal identifying characteristics.
Where we focus: Scrap and secondary market exposure, yard and drop-lot control, weight-based reconciliation, and vendor provenance on inbound raw material.
Enterprise computer components and specialized hardware remain among the highest value-per-pallet targets in the market.
Where we focus: Serial-level custody, high-value load segregation, contract manufacturer and freight forwarder handoffs, and secondary market monitoring by serial range.
Branded goods with established resale channels, moving through complex multi-node distribution with many parties touching each shipment.
Where we focus: Retail compliance windows that pressure teams into accepting risk, returns and reverse logistics exposure, and third-party fulfillment custody.
Extreme value density combined with regulatory obligations that make a custody gap a compliance problem as well as a financial one.
Where we focus: Pedigree and chain-of-custody documentation, controlled access, temperature integrity, and mandatory reporting after an incident.
Bulk commodities moving through yards and job sites with historically informal counting and release practices.
Where we focus: Yard release authority, job-site delivery verification, count reconciliation on bulk product, and broker exposure on spot-market freight.
Verisk CargoNet, 2025
We are not a guard service, an alarm installer, or a telematics reseller. If you need physical security personnel or hardware installed, you need a different vendor, and we will tell you that on the first call rather than scoping an engagement around it.
We also do not take on matters that require licensed private investigation, legal representation, or law enforcement authority. Where an engagement reaches that boundary, we recommend the right professional and work alongside them.
A chain-of-custody audit takes two to four weeks and ends with a written report you can act on immediately. Initial consultations are complimentary and confidential.
