Organized criminals in the US, Brazil, and Vietnam are stealing coffee beans by the truckload, reports Reuters. The price of green coffee beans has shot up to an all-time high due to floods and droughts in major coffee-growing areas like Brazil, Indonesia and Uganda.
Criminals in the United States even set up fake transportation companies. They approach importers with too-good-to-resist freight charges. Then they load up their trucks and drive off with the beans, never to be heard from again. Some market participants believe the gangs then try to sell the beans to smaller roasters, which are feeling the pain from sky-high prices. Some importers have started attaching tracking devices to the coffee bags, in an effort to protect their shipments.
Compared to last year, that comes out to 36% more poultry product seizures. It's illegal to bring fresh eggs and unprocessed bird bits into the US due to the risk of spreading disease–like avian flu. Of course, the avian flu outbreak has driven up egg prices which is exactly why people are smuggling them into the US.
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