Freight fraud is evolving faster than most organizations can react
That’s why the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc.® (NMFTA)™ built the Freight Fraud Prevention Hub—to give the industry practical, trusted resources that turn awareness into action.
This page brings together NMFTA-developed guidance designed to help fleets, shippers, brokers, and logistics partners identify risk, close gaps, and strengthen operations against fraud and cargo theft.
Featured Resources
Freight Fraud Best Practices
Freight fraud continues to escalate in scale and sophistication. This collection of best practices equips transportation leaders with clear, actionable guidance to reduce exposure across onboarding, tendering, pickup, and delivery.
Built in collaboration with industry stakeholders, these resources are designed to strengthen verification, reinforce operational controls, and help make fraud harder to execute across the freight ecosystem.
Cargo Crime Reduction Framework
Effective cargo crime prevention requires a structured, proactive strategy. The NMFTA Cybersecurity Cargo Crime Reduction Framework outlines key risk domains across people, processes, and technology—providing a practical roadmap to identify vulnerabilities and implement layered safeguards.
This framework supports organizations in moving from reactive response to coordinated risk reduction across the freight lifecycle.
Built for
Every Role
These resources are designed to support:
- Executive and operations leadership;
- Security, risk, and fraud prevention teams;
- IT and cybersecurity professionals;
- Procurement, compliance, and carrier relations teams;
Freight fraud is evolving faster than most organizations can react
Fraud is an industry-wide problem, and solving it requires shared knowledge.
If your organization has research, tools, data, training, or operational insights that could help prevent freight fraud, NMFTA invites you to contribute through the Freight Fraud Prevention Hub Partner Program.
Partners can:
- Share educational resources with the industry
- Contribute expertise to future frameworks and guidance
- Collaborate with NMFTA on fraud prevention initiatives
- Gain visibility as a trusted industry contributor