AI Demand—and Tactics—drive Surge in Cargo Theft, Costing Consumers More

AI Demand—and Tactics—drive Surge in Cargo Theft, Costing Consumers More
A transport truck carries a cargo container to be loaded on the Hapag-Lloyd container ship Frankfurt Express at the DP World Centerm terminal at port, in Vancouver, on Aug. 3, 2025. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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About three months ago, a U.S. shipping broker saw nearly a dozen loads of copper and electronics bound for artificial intelligence data centres vanish in transit.

The theft cost it nearly US$5 million, estimates Keith Lewis, who was working with the company.