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Frank Muscato

Frank Muscato is a former Dallas Police intelligence detective who began his retail career in 1993 after retiring from the police department. He worked organized retail crime throughout his 20 years in retail. While also focusing on retail crime legislation, Muscato testified on retail crime bills in 34 states and before Congress. He can be contacted at fcmuscato@gmail.com.

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Retail Crime

Resolving Organized Retail Crime through Retail Criminal Trespass Legislation

Retail criminal trespass legislation can keep the violators out of stores, preventing further retail crime and making our stores safer.

Magazine Features

Flash Mob Robbery and the Retail Threat

What started out a few years ago as a phenomenon that used social networking sites to gather a group of people in a public...

Magazine Features

The Prisons are Full: The Impact on Retail Crime

Retail losses due to external theft continue to rise and a major reason is that those people involved in retail crime can continue with...

Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

Is the Rise of Organized Retail Crime a Product of Soft Sentencing?

During a panel discussion on organized retail crime (ORC), the panel discussed current ORC issues, legislation, coalitions, online sales of stolen property, and industry...

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