30 March 2012 After operating successfully since 2007, TruckPol,  the crime statistics, crime information and crime trend monitoring office is shut down. Their website and call desk will be closing today. TruckPol filled a void in the Freight crime reporting world and was formed when so many Freight Companies, Truckers, Insurance firms and Haulage yards [...]

Freight drivers carrying goods along major transport routes are urged to be extra vigilant as preparations for Christmas get underway. TruckPol, the UK’s freight crime intelligence unit, has warned that freight drivers will be prime targets as organised criminals take advantage of the transportation of festive goods in the coming weeks. Road freight crime costs [...]

The Association of Chief Police Officers Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS) is celebrating its breakthrough with the insurance industry after its partner NFU Mutual received an award for Claims Initiative of the Year at the 2011 British Insurance Awards, held on 6 July 2011 at the Royal Albert Hall, London. AVCIS, the UK’s police unit [...]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Many thanks to all the Police, Industry and Press delegates that attended our popular and heavily oversubscribed annual Vehicle Crime Conference – kindly hosted by, and partnered with Thatcham,the  Insurance Industry’s vehicle safety and security research centre. As usual, the lecture content was chosen to be broad enough to touch the key areas of present [...]

The Ford Transit remains at the top of a car thief’s hit list reveals the UK’s police unit dedicated to vehicle crime, the ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS). The workman’s favourite is the most popular vehicle to be stolen in the first quarter of 2011,* illustrating that it’s not just those with high-end vehicles [...]

AVCIS, the Association of Police Officer’s Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service, has reported that BMW is the criminal’s vehicle manufacturer of choice when attempting to purchase a vehicle through fraudulently acquired finance in the UK. Between 2008 and 2011, AVCIS has identified that 181 BMWs were acquired through finance fraud, as well as 176 Mercedes-Benz and [...]

Buyers should be extra vigilant when purchasing touring caravans following an increase of stolen trailers imported into the UK from Europe warns the Association of Chief Police Officers Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS). With British laws changing to allow wider caravans to be towed on the roads, demand for European-style vehicles has rocketed, opening a [...]

  Almost 9,000 vehicles across the UK were stolen in just 36 days at the beginning of 2011, equating to one stolen every six minutes, reports the Association of Chief Police Officers Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS). The statistics have been revealed ahead of AVCIS’ Car Crime Awareness Week, which takes place on 13-19 June [...]

Over £130,000 of stolen agricultural equipment was recovered in Solihull, West Midlands, on 4 February 2011 by the UK’s dedicated vehicle crime unit, the ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS).

Following the recovery of 18 high-value stolen vehicles from South Africa, the UK’s dedicated vehicle crime unit has announced that it has recovered vehicles valued in excess of £4 million during the past four months.