Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

The criminal enterprise operated in at least nine judicial circuits and caused more than $20 million in losses to more than 20 different retailers across Florida, including Walmart, Target, Publix, Home Depot, Lowe's, and more.

Florida GameStop Employee Charged after Fatally Shooting Shoplifter | Robbed, Spat At, and Assaulted, British Shopkeepers Despair Over Retail Crime | LA Retail Theft Suspects Arrested with Thousands in Cash, Merchandise

Bakersfield California Police Department Receives $6M to Combat Retail Theft | Sacramento Business Faces $120,000 in Damages After Burglary | Brothers Swap Fake iPhones for Real Ones, Ripping Apple off $6.1M | And More LP News

72 Charged After Several Stores Looted in Philadelphia | Pennsylvania Lawmakers Craft Bill to Crack Down on ORC | Donald Trump Says Shoplifters Should Be Shot | And More LP News

To give you a better feel for the vast impact of the ORC problem, here are just a few of the incidents that took place in the month of September.

Retail Theft Is a 'Financial Tragedy' for Businesses; 3 Arrested for $100K Retail Theft Across Bay Area; Credit Card Competition Act Causing Confliction; and more LP news you missed this week.

$218K of Stolen Retail Merch Found in Backyard of LA Home | 1 Shoplifter Dead, Another Injured After Incident at O'Reilly's Auto Parts | Seattle Smoke Shop Damaged in 7th Smash-and-Grab Burglary

California to Make Largest-Ever Investment to Combat ORC | Pastor Ran Theft Ring That Stole $1.4M | 9 Arrested After Burglary Attempt Totaling $500K at Motorshop Dealership in New Jersey

Join us for our September webinar on Thursday, September 28th at 2 p.m. Eastern Time for the ORCAs in Action Fall Kickoff!

Nearly $200K Worth of Items from Victoria's Secret Recovered | Giant Grocery Store Will No Longer Carry Certain Brands to Mitigate Shoplifting | Women Caught Crawling Under Counter to Steal Jewelry