Tapa honours police of Saxony-Anhalt
The transported asset protection association (Tapa) has honoured the EU Project Cargo initiative implemented by the state criminal office (AKA) of Saxony-Anhalt (Germany) for its contribution to reducing cargo thefts in Europe and easing the burden of these crimes on businesses, national economies and consumers.
In recognition of Project Cargo’s achievements, Thorsten Neumann, president & CEO of Tapa Emea, presented a Tapa excellence award to Holger Stahlknecht, interior minister of Saxony-Anhalt, describing the initiative as “one of the best examples of collaboration in crime prevention.”
Project Cargo’s focus has been to target organised crime groups involved in truck ‘tarpaulin cutting’ crimes, one of the biggest causes of product losses from supply chains in Europe.
Since its launch, Project Cargo has successfully conducted operations to dismantle the operations of crime groups across the continent and brought gang members to justice, thanks also to the proactive support of Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, and Eurojust, the EU agency dealing with judicial co-operation in criminal matters among agencies of the member states. (mw)