• Verisk Analytics flagged elevated US cargo theft risk around the Memorial Day holiday period, citing 221 theft events recorded from 2021-2025, peaking at 66 incidents in 2025.
• The company defined the 2026 risk window as May 21 to May 27, warning that long-weekend operating gaps can leave freight unattended or hard to verify.
• Incident volume reported in the first half of 2026 fell versus recent years, yet theft groups shifted toward higher-value loads, including 28 stolen shipments valued above $1 million.
• California led reported Memorial Day-period thefts over the five-year sample with 70 events, followed by Texas with 31.
• Estimated stolen commodity exposure over the 2021-2025 Memorial Day periods totaled about $27.3 million, with recent targeting extending to metals, food, apparel, automotive goods, cosmetics, seafood, and high-value technology equipment.

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