Side N
Cargo Crime Follows the Compute
Which sources back which section of this article, and what its evidence base looks like.
Which sources back which section
| Section | Sources behind it |
|---|---|
| What Happened | Verisk CargoNet, 2025 analysis; Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department via MyNewsLA.com; Brink, FreightWaves (Cook County); Dave and Marshall, WIRED (August, for the Highway Patrol recovery, the transceivers and the escort attacks); Marshall and Dave, WIRED (September, PlusAI); Kulisch, FreightWaves (Reno); Kukura, SFist (the indictment) |
| Timeline | Every source above, plus Verisk CargoNet’s Q1 and Q2 2026 analyses; the FBI’s alert I-043026-PSA; the FMCSA bulletin of 19 Mar 2026; Mahoney, FreightWaves (Overhaul’s 2025 figures); TAPA Asia Pacific’s Q2 2026 report |
| The Argument | Verisk CargoNet’s 2025, Q1 2026 and Q2 2026 analyses, for the figures, the quotations and the two reporting cutoffs |
| What Others Add | The FBI’s alert I-043026-PSA; the FMCSA bulletin; Verisk CargoNet’s Q1 and Q2 2026 analyses; Dave and Marshall, WIRED (August); Mahoney, FreightWaves; TAPA Asia Pacific; Rogelberg, Fortune; McKinsey & Company, “The cost of compute” |
| Conclusion | Verisk CargoNet’s 2025 and Q2 2026 analyses; TAPA Asia Pacific; for what could not be verified, Dave and Marshall, WIRED (August) and Rogelberg, Fortune |
What the evidence base looks like
- 15Sources behind this article
- 14Read in full
- 1Known only from a search extract
| What the source is | How many | How they were read |
|---|---|---|
| News reporting | 8 | All in full at their own pages; one of them relays another outlet’s reporting of an indictment, and one reports a company’s annual figures |
| A theft-prevention company’s own data releases | 3 | All in full; the company sells the prevention its figures argue for |
| Government notices | 2 | Both in full |
| An industry association’s report | 1 | In full, as reprinted by a shipping news site |
| A consultancy’s projection | 1 | From a search extract only; the page refused every read |
Reliable
Reliable, but with an interestWorth believing and reliableWeak on both, and used with careHonest, but thin
Worth believing