why is there an uptick in truck hijackings and cargo theft? >> reporter: let me give you a little primer here. if you were a criminal and decided you wanted to rob a bank, you might end u. with somewhere in the neighborhood of $10,000, if you were lucky. but if you were to steal one of these big rigs, that had a load of consumer electronics, you probably will walk away with somewhere in the neighborhood of about a half a million dollars. that's a lot of money. the hijacks of -- heists of cargo are up dramatically, a half a billion dollars taken last year up 67% over the previous year and the good news is, these companies that ship goods via truck and that is virtually every company in the world, at some point, are getting smarter because they are putting tracking devices on the lodz. take a listen: -- loads, take a listen: >> the thefts are -- you know, happen in location, such as truck stops or secured drop office and when that occurs we'd know about it within what we
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