Packages spill from the open doors of shipping containers as a train passes through a section of Union Pacific train tracks littered with thousands of opened boxes and packages stolen from cargo shipping containers, targeted by thieves as the trains stop in downtown Los Angeles, California on January 14, 2022. - Dozens of freight cars are broken into every day in Los Angeles by thieves who take advantage of their stops to loot the packages they carry, leaving thousands of stale boxes and internet-bought goods on the tracks that will never reach their destination.
According to the labels found Friday by a team of AFP on a track near downtown, easily accessible from nearby streets, most of the major U.S. mail order and courier companies (Amazon, Target, UPS, Fedex, etc.) were affected by these thefts that have exploded in recent months. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)