Danielle Spinelli and Joe Lynch discuss unpacking cargo theft: trends and solutions. Danielle serves as Account Executive at Descartes MyCarrierPortal, the leading solution for carrier identity, onboarding, and monitoring in transportation.

About Danielle Spinelli

Danielle Spinelli is an Account Executive at Descartes MyCarrierPortal. With a decade of experience in the logistics and transportation industry, Danielle brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in carrier sales and vetting. Having worked as a Carrier Sales Broker for 8 years, Danielle honed a deep understanding of the supply chain and transportation landscape, building strong relationships with carriers and specializing in vetting and compliance. For the past two year, Danielle has been a key member of the team at MyCarrierPortal, specializing in carrier vetting. In this role, Danielle focused on educating customers how to properly review carriers to ensure that every carrier meets compliance standards to prevent brokers/shippers from being a victim of fraud.

About MyCarrierPortal

Descartes MyCarrierPortal is the industry's most trusted platform for carrier onboarding, fraud prevention, and compliance. Built for freight brokers, 3PLs, and shippers, it streamlines carrier qualification, automates insurance monitoring, and reduces risk—enabling faster, more secure freight operations across the industry's largest active carrier network.

Key Takeaways: Unpacking Cargo Theft: Trends and Solutions

• Join Danielle Spinelli, the CHP Cargo Theft Task Force, and TIA's Daniel Hoff for an exclusive webinar on the rise of organized freight crime. Learn about real-world investigations, emerging fraud trends, and how stronger laws—and your support—can help fight back. Register here.
• Hear directly from the California Highway Patrol's Cargo Theft Task Force as they expose how organized criminal networks operate—and the real-world investigative methods turning the tide. Register here.
• Discover how new legislation could help crack down on freight fraud, and learn practical steps you can take to protect your business, support law enforcement, and drive industry change. Register here.
• Streamlined Carrier Onboarding: Utilizes the proprietary Intellivite system to invite and onboard carriers swiftly, often completing the process in as little as 5 minutes. This efficiency reduces administrative burdens and accelerates operations.
• Advanced Fraud Prevention: Employs proactive tools to safeguard against identity fraud and double brokering, including real-time fraud alerting through AI-enabled location tracking, ensuring the authenticity of every carrier.
• Automated Insurance Monitoring: Maintains a comprehensive Certificate of Insurance (COI) warehouse, preloading COIs 95% of the time during onboarding, and continuously monitors insurance status to ensure carriers are properly insured.
• Custom Risk Assessments: Provides tailored risk evaluations to verify carrier reliability, integrating seamlessly into existing Transportation Management System (TMS) workflows for efficient decision-makin.
• Incident Reporting and Community Alerts: Features a community-driven incident reporting system that centralizes fraud alerts and streamlines carrier vetting, enhancing transparency and trust within the network.
• Seamless Integration with TMS Platforms: Integrates with various TMS platforms like Descartes MacroPoint and Aljex, allowing for automatic carrier registration and real-time compliance updates, thereby enhancing operational efficiency.
• Continuous Compliance Monitoring: Offers ongoing monitoring of carrier compliance, including daily checks of insurance and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) authority statuses, ensuring that all carriers meet required standards.

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