Tuesday
Jan012008
Ireland worst for armoured cash truck crime
Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 23:33
Irish cash-in-transit carriers are at the highest risk of armed attack of operators in any European country, according to a survey of transport security.
Ireland suffers one attack annually for every three armoured cash trucks on the road, four times the European average of one attack for every 12 trucks, according to the European Security Transport Association (ESTA).
The figures put Ireland at the bottom of the list of 21 EU countries surveyed by ESTA and means that the risk to carriers here is 100 times that of cash-in-transit carriers in Belgium, which tops the list in risk-reduction.
Ireland suffers one attack annually for every three armoured cash trucks on the road, four times the European average of one attack for every 12 trucks, according to the European Security Transport Association (ESTA).
The figures put Ireland at the bottom of the list of 21 EU countries surveyed by ESTA and means that the risk to carriers here is 100 times that of cash-in-transit carriers in Belgium, which tops the list in risk-reduction.
