House Passes CORCA to Fight $18 Million-a-Day Cargo Theft

8 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 20

May 12’s House vote advanced the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, a bill aimed at giving federal authorities stronger tools against organized cargo-theft networks that increasingly hit supply chains and consumers.
CORCA would expand intelligence-sharing, help investigators track theft rings and stolen proceeds, and create a Department of Homeland Security coordination center for crimes that routinely cross state lines.
The push comes as trucking losses from cargo theft reach about $18 million a day, with three-quarters of stolen freight never recovered and only 1 in 10 thefts leading to an arrest.
Recent heists underscore the scale: thieves stole $1 million in LEGO sets, $400,000 in Costco lobster, $1 million in branded tequila and $4 million in skincare products, costs that can feed into higher prices and delays.
A broad coalition of trucking, retail, railroad and law-enforcement groups backs the measure, and attention now shifts to the Senate, which must pass the bill before it can reach President Donald Trump.

With thieves stealing billions in cargo, can a new federal law stop the sophisticated digital heists that police rarely solve?

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