RHA forces Home Office U-turn

The Road Haulage Association says that the UK Home Office has withdrawn a booklet on truck crime after questions the RHA's magazine Roadway.  The UK's Serious and Organised Crime Association produced "Lorry Crime Prevention," supposedly helped by the UK Border Agency.  The magazine asked the Home Office how it could rate operators and drivers as victims of crime from illegal immigrants yet penalise them if they were so victimised.  "Drivers who notify the authorities and are found to have illegal stowaways in their trucks immediately lay themselves open to investigation," said Geoff Dunning, RHA boss, who says they risk punishment for being victims of crime.