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Human trafficking and organized retail crime may seem like disparate criminal activities, but a closer look reveals a concerning overlap, particularly in the utilization of theft mule rings.

A record 200.4 million consumers shopped over the five-day holiday weekend from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, surpassing last year’s record of 196.7 million.

Cybercriminals are laying the groundwork for a season of campaigns focused on harmful activities that include stealing website content, account hacking, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

The recent court conviction of cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried on charges of fraud and conspiracy related to the collapse of FTX has heightened the critical need for the next generation of fraud investigators to possess advanced technical skills.

An estimated 182 million people are planning to shop in-store and online from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics.

CargoNet is warning supply chain professionals that the threat of cargo theft activity is extremely high this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.

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Retail sales kept up a long streak of year-over-year gains in October even though the rate of growth continued to slow, finds NRF.

Ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese President Xi today, the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s (RILA) Vice President of International Trade Blake Harden issued a statement.