![]() “You are always running a risk,” said Marin, head of security for Braspress, one of the country’s largest trucking and logistics firms. Losses are estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Authorities blame criminal gangs preying on shipments. That is about 60 heists a day, a record figure that has almost doubled since 2012. Last year, 22,000 cargo robberies were reported in two states alone - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro - home to the country’s two largest cities. But his latest job at a private trucking firm may be his biggest challenge yet: protecting clothing, cosmetics and other merchandise amid a crime wave in Brazil that is reshaping the country’s nascent e-commerce industry. ![]() ![]() GUARULHOS, Brazil, May 30 (Reuters) - In a bunker-like room in a gritty suburb of Sao Paulo, retired police colonel Antonio Marin and a dozen employees track the location of hundreds of cargo trucks on a bank of monitors.ĭuring his 34 years in Sao Paulo state’s military police, Marin took a gunshot to the thigh and spent two years guarding the governor. (Repeats for additional clients with no changes to text) ![]()
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