ABSTRACT
Cargo theft. When you hear or see those words, you may imagine piracy on the high seas, stagecoach and train robberies in the old west, or some other long-ago image of a romantic criminal element dramatically represented by the entertainment media as the good old days. Cargo theft has been portrayed as acceptable behavior. Robin Hood and his merry men would inflict brutality on the king’s men in the process of stealing the kingdom’s goods and gold to share with the less fortunate. Stories about the likes of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and their Hole-in-the-Wall Gang along with Jesse and Frank James and the Younger Brothers also entertained us. Who can forget Detective Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop as he rode in the back of a hijacked trailer containing a load of stolen cigarettes?
