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Cartels cash in on coronavirus — Long-Haul Crime Log

With Mexico’s National Vaccination Plan underway, the country is already emerging as the epicenter for criminal activity surrounding coronavirus vaccines. 

On this episode of FreightWaves’ true-crime podcast Long-Haul Crime Log, we discuss how distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine could be a major challenge in a country already besieged by cartel violence and cargo theft.

The podcast looks at several recent criminal incidents in Mexico related to the coronavirus vaccine and COVID-19 testing, along...

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Modern-day Bonnie and Clyde took truckers hostage — Long-Haul Crime Log

A logo with a semi-truck for the FreightWaves podcast Long-Haul Crime Log

On July 30, 2010, two team truck drivers pulled over their rig on a road in Arizona to change seats. They didn’t know about a nearby prison break. Soon they’d be at the mercy of two armed fugitives. On this episode of Long-Haul Crime Log, we tell the harrowing story of the Arizona State Prison – Kingman break and the truckers who became hostages. Plus, the deadly business of fuel smuggling in Mexico. 

FreightWaves’ true-crime podcast, Long-Haul Crime Log, delves into the harrowing story of why...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/modern-day-bonnie-and-clyde-targeted-truckers-long-haul-crime-log

Long-Haul Crime Log podcast delves into dark side of freight

A logo with a semi-truck for the FreightWaves podcast Long-Haul Crime Log

FreightWaves is launching a true-crime podcast, Long-Haul Crime Log, on FreightCasts that focuses on the dark side of the world of freight as journalists Clarissa Hawes, Nate Tabak and Noi Mahoney tackle white-collar crime, murders, cyberattacks and cross-border smuggling cases they’ve covered over the years in trucking and the supply chain.

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Long-Haul Crime Log is a new true-crime podcast...

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Report on Military Justice Reform

The following is the Aug. 28, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Military Courts-Martial Under the Military Justice Act of 2016.

From the report

The Supreme Court has called military justice a system of justice separate from jurisprudence in the civilian courts. Members of the Armed Forces are subject to rules, orders, proceedings, and consequences different from the rights and obligations of their civilian counterparts. Accordingly, it might be said that discipline is as important as...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/10/report-on-military-justice-reform

Trucker charged with trafficking meth from US to Canada

Bags of meth seized by authorities at the US-Canada border. A trucker has been charged with meth trafficking in connection with the seizure.

A trucker could face life in prison after being charged with trafficking nearly 200 pounds of methamphetamine from the United States to Canada, authorities said Wednesday.

Steven Andrew Golding, 64, was arrested Monday on charges stemming from a December 2018 drug seizure at the Pacific Highway U.S.-Canada border crossing in Surrey, British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement.

Authorities seized multiple bags of meth found inside the cab of the Volvo tractor...

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Three charged in USPS truck driver’s killing

A photo of Troy Morris, a Mississippi Highway Patrol, who was killed while driving a truck for USPS.

Lt. Troy Morris served 27 years as a state trooper with the Mississippi Highway Patrol. But on Sunday three suspects were in custody, charged with murdering Morris, who was killed while working his second job as a truck driver for the U.S. Postal Service.

Morris was killed early Friday while driving a USPS truck on U.S. Route 61 in Jefferson County, the Mississippi Highway Patrol said in a statement. Officers found Morris in the cab of the truck around 4:30 a.m.

Morris had notified the Jefferson...

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Lawmaker touts handgun bill’s self-defense value to truckers

Advancing legislation that would allow truck drivers to travel freely between states while carrying a concealed weapon is a priority for the lawmaker who introduced it.

“Truck drivers are the backbone of our country and understand this issue more than most, as they drive alone with valuable merchandise across state lines every week,” U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, who introduced the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2019, told FreightWaves. “I will continue to fight to advance this...

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