California nut crimes

[8][6] Authentic trucking drivers would be hired for transporting the goods to warehouses, without actually knowing they were part of a theft.

[1] National Public Radio (NPR) reported cases of nut theft in California in 2006.

[1][7] This rose to over $10 million worth of nuts stolen from central California during the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016.

[7] The nut industry has implemented various measures to combat thefts such as fingerprinting and photographing truckers, verifying vehicle information, and utilizing RFID tags.

[2] Law enforcement employs aerial and ground monitoring to track these incidents.

[14] Law enforcement is aware that the masterminds behind these thefts are still at large, referring to them as the "bigger fish.