{"id":150,"date":"2016-04-26T07:51:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T07:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tapiafood.com\/california-se-queda-sin-nueces\/?lang=en"},"modified":"2019-05-30T09:04:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T09:04:34","slug":"california-runs-out-of-walnuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tapiafood.com\/en\/walnuts\/california-runs-out-of-walnuts\/","title":{"rendered":"California runs out of walnuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Almonds, pistachios, and other nuts have become the object of desire of thieves. In 2015, the losses amounted to \u20ac4 million in the Central Valley.<\/h2>\n

In California 80% of the nuts consumed in the world is produced. Detectives, special forces and lawmakers are studying how to stop a crime wave which threatened the region Central Valley of California, United States. The losses are in millions euros.<\/span><\/p>\n

The thieves\u2019 target is tones of almonds, pistachios and other nuts. Their market value has shot up significantly in these last years: thanks to those researches which highlight health benefits of nuts, demand has increased; however, the offer has turned down due to a severe drought affecting California for four years now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt should not surprise that almonds and pistachios are becoming targets of thieves. It may not be the most expensive to harvest but throughout the growing season, the amount of water needed product,\u201d says Adam Keats, Center for Food Security. \u201cThey are \u2018crops bubble\u2019 basically unsustainable, and it may be that the increase in theft is a sign that the bubble is about to explode,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

There are other aspects that make them particularly attractive to criminals, tells BBC World sheriff Tulare County, Mike Boudreaux.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have no serial number and must be activated on the internet with a code, \u201csays Boudreaux. \u201cYou can\u2019t trace an almond network\u201d . \u201cThe product is easy to move and the evidence is eliminated because it is consumed,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Only in 2015 there were 31 robberies of shipments of nuts in the Central Valley of California, the region where most agricultural industries in the state are located. The losses that year amounted to more than \u20ac4 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were used to petty theft in which thieves took a few nuts in buckets to sell in the market, but stealing fully loaded trucks this way got us completely shocked\u201d says Roger Isom, from Western Agricultural Processors Association.<\/p>\n

The method used by criminals shows a great knowledge of internet and a high level of education, authorities say. Sometimes they use other methods such as the use of \u201cghost trucks\u201d, or send trucks to observe security measures, and then leave the place suddenly\u00a0and without loading.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boudreaux insists that it is a group very sophisticated and organized with branches throughout the state, selling goods at market prices around the country and even abroad. \u201cWe are close to making some arrests in the case\u201d announces Boudreaux BBC, though he cannot give details because the investigation is ongoing, he warns.<\/p>\n

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