“The road is quiet in the early hours. A fuel tanker glides along its route, GPS tracking solid, driver steady, every telematics reading in the green. To the control room, it’s just another routine trip.

But it’s not.

By the time the tanker reaches its destination, the cargo isn’t the same as when it left. It’s been diluted, quietly, invisibly, without breaking the route or triggering a single alert”. 

This isn’t a fluke. Cargo crime, and in particular adulteration and dilution of bulk cargo while in transit has been rising 20%+ per year for the last five years, making it one of the fastest-growing commercial crimes in the world.

The reason is simple: if you can’t detect adulteration or dilution of cargo in real time, you can’t deter it. Professional thieves have learned that vehicle telematics protect the truck, not the cargo — and they’ve mastered techniques to tamper with loads without ever deviating from the planned route.

The result? More than 80% of cargo adulteration and dilution are only uncovered at delivery, when quality verification testing reveals the truth. 

It’s the perfect crime: high reward, low risk, and almost invisible until it is too late to do anything about it.