It seems this is now a regular, just before a COD release there usually is some report of theft or hijacking regarding the games. Last year we heard of various robberies in stores about to sell Black Ops in the US, this year the story comes from France where a truck carrying 6,000 copies (about $551,000 worth) of the yet-to-be released MW3 was hijacked on Saturday. The report is here http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/06/report-french-delivery-truck-hijacked-6-000-copies-of-modern-w/

I can imagine which markets where those games will end up.