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
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.
Cargo Crime FrameworkVendor Risk Assessment Framework
Strengthen your vendor onboarding and security review process with the Vendor Risk Assessment Framework—a practical, trucking-specific resource designed to help fleets evaluate third-party risks, identify vulnerabilities, and reduce exposure to cyber-enabled fraud and operational disruption.
Download the Framework
Cargo Theft Prevention Checklist
Reduce vulnerabilities before they lead to costly cargo theft incidents with the Cargo Theft Prevention Checklist—a practical resource designed to help logistics operations strengthen verification processes, improve facility security, and identify gaps across pickup, yard, and gate access workflows.
Get the WorkflowCarrier Vetting Workflow
Give your team a repeatable process to identify suspicious carriers before fraud happens. This step-by-step carrier vetting workflow helps brokers, shippers, and operations teams ask the right questions, spot red flags early, and standardize carrier verification across every load opportunity.
Download the Framework
Cargo Theft Blueprint
Cargo theft is evolving faster than traditional security strategies can keep up. This whitepaper explores how fleets are combining GPS tracking, AI-powered monitoring, driver verification, and connected security technologies to build a stronger, more resilient defense against organized cargo theft and supply chain disruption.
Download the BlueprintBlog
Explore the Freight Fraud Prevention Hub blog for the latest insights, industry alerts, cybersecurity strategies, and cargo crime prevention resources designed to help carriers, brokers, shippers, and logistics professionals stay informed and protected.
From emerging fraud schemes to expert guidance and best practices, our blog delivers actionable information to strengthen supply chain security and reduce risk across the freight industry.
Visit the FFPH Blog
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
Stay Informed. Stay Ahead.
Explore our video library to stay up to date on the latest freight fraud trends, prevention strategies, and expert insights from across the industry.
Visit Video Library