The Veilig Vrachtvervoer system, run by ID Logsecure, allows freight companies to refuse drivers recorded in connection with previous truckload theft incidents — and to share data on those individuals with other participating operators.
The authority says the measure targets a form of logistics crime in which criminals pose as legitimate carriers, using forged documents or misusing real company details to collect loads fraudulently. Once handed over, the cargo disappears, leaving hauliers or their customers facing losses that can run into millions of euros.
Participating companies must apply for authorisation to use the system and follow the authority-approved protocol. Despite the headline, it is not technically a blacklist: data sharing is subject to strict privacy rules because the information involved can include criminal-law-related personal data.
ID Logsecure specialises in driver ID verification, and its scanning technology is designed to detect forged documents and prevent identity fraud in logistics operations.
The move follows a similar approval in 2025, when the authority green-lit the Gatekeeper protocol for ports, airports and other sensitive logistics sites, allowing organisations to deny access to individuals linked to serious crime under strict conditions.
Over 90% of cargo losses involve attacks on vehicles
The measure comes as cargo theft remains a persistent problem across Europe, with organised groups targeting loads not only through break-ins at depots and attacks on parked vehicles, but also through fraud, forged documents and identity misuse.
TAPA EMEA says more than 90% of reported cargo losses in its incident database involve criminal attacks on vehicles, while recent monthly data has shown hundreds of reported thefts across dozens of countries in the EMEA region. Germany, Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands and the UK regularly appear in European cargo-crime reporting, with theft from vehicles, trailer theft, warehouse incidents and so-called strategic theft all affecting road freight operators.
