{"id":197596,"date":"2026-01-08T15:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=197596"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:19:28","slug":"only-one-country-is-worse-serbia-near-the-very-top-of-the-notorious-european-cargo-theft-list-over-the-past-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/only-one-country-is-worse-serbia-near-the-very-top-of-the-notorious-european-cargo-theft-list-over-the-past-year\/","title":{"rendered":"ONLY ONE COUNTRY IS WORSE: Serbia near the very top of the notorious European cargo theft list over the past year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After an infamous record at the end of 2023, \u201cworth\u201d more than five million euros, Serbia once again found itself near the very top of the European cargo theft rankings as 2025 draws to a close, according to the latest report by the Transported Asset Protection Association \u2013 TAPA EMEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the list of the \u201cmost expensive\u201d thefts reported in November 2025 to the TIS (TAPA EMEA Intelligence System), one incident from Serbia ranked second \u2013 the theft of a cash-in-transit vehicle in Ra\u0161ka, which was also reported by Serbian media, writes Pluton Logistics, as carried by eKapija.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TAPA, of course, does not publicly disclose all details of the thefts reported by its members. For this incident, in its monthly Cargo Crime Monitor report, it stated only \u201cthat it occurred on November 17 in Ra\u0161ka, that masked attackers armed with firearms intercepted a vehicle transporting money, forced two security guards to leave the vehicle, and fled with around two million euros.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rWyhd1n3Pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/bozicni-intervju-princ-filip-najsrecniji-sam-bio-kada-je-moj-sin-stefan-izgovorio-oce-nas-u-hilandaru\/\">BO\u017dI\u0106NI INTERVJU, PRINC FILIP: Najsre\u0107niji sam bio kada je moj sin Stefan izgovorio \u201cO\u010de na\u0161\u201d u Hilandaru<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#132;BO\u017dI\u0106NI INTERVJU, PRINC FILIP: Najsre\u0107niji sam bio kada je moj sin Stefan izgovorio \u201cO\u010de na\u0161\u201d u Hilandaru&#147; &#8212; Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/bozicni-intervju-princ-filip-najsrecniji-sam-bio-kada-je-moj-sin-stefan-izgovorio-oce-nas-u-hilandaru\/embed\/#?secret=X4XAMPCJCW#?secret=rWyhd1n3Pt\" data-secret=\"rWyhd1n3Pt\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This case was singled out as one of the most serious recorded cargo crimes in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region during November, a month in which TAPA\u2019s information service (TIS) recorded a total of 570 new criminal offenses related to cargo theft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Topping the list for this period is France, where on November 22 perfumes worth as much as 2.48 million euros were stolen from a warehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case from Italy ranks third, following a sophisticated attack on a pharmaceutical warehouse in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, where the perpetrators bypassed video surveillance and made off with medicines valued at around two million euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fourth place is held by the United Kingdom, where four suspects were arrested in Oxford after an attack on a vehicle from which cash and luxury watches worth 1.55 million euros were stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fifth on the list is a case from Russia, where an employee of a logistics company in Moscow was arrested for embezzling cash totaling nearly 1.46 million euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/christmas-interview-prince-filip-i-was-happiest-when-my-son-stefan-said-the-our-father-in-hilandar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CHRISTMAS INTERVIEW, PRINCE FILIP: I was happiest when my son Stefan said the \u201cOur Father\u201d in Hilandar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/from-the-worst-insults-to-the-triumph-of-solidarity-see-how-the-markovic-family-welcomed-christmas-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FROM THE WORST INSULTS, TO THE TRIUMPH OF SOLIDARITY: See how the Markovi\u0107 family welcomed Christmas! 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