NIADA joined a coalition of 24 industry stakeholders in sending a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) urging them to fully obligate funds appropriated by Congress in the FY 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act to establish dedicated special prosecutors focused on combating supply chain fraud, including cargo theft, which has risen sharply in recent years and is impacting retailers, including automobile dealers.
The coalition letter emphasized that deploying these funds would enable DOJ to build specialized expertise in complex cargo theft and related financial fraud cases, enhance coordination with federal partners such as Homeland Security Investigations, as well as state and local law enforcement and prosecutors, and develop a prosecutorial model that can be replicated nationwide. These efforts would help deter increasingly sophisticated criminal enterprises exploiting vulnerabilities in the supply chain and broader retail ecosystem.
