Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

Over the last few months, the NRF became the focus of various flawed narratives alleging the retail industry distorts retail theft data to drive public policy goals. In this article, David Johnston sets the record straight.

LAPD Uncovers Warehouse Filled with $5 Million in Stolen Nike Merch | Northwest DC Safeway Installs Security Gates to Deter Shoplifting | Los Angeles DA Announces 200 ORC Cases Filed in 2023

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 January.

3 Charged in Scheme Directing Migrants to Shoplift in Exchange for Fake IDs | New ORC Bill Gaining Traction in Arizona State Legislature | 28-Year-Old Arrested for Flash Robbery in California

Man Sues Macy's and Sunglass Hut Over Wrongful Arrest Linked to Facial Recognition | California, New York, and Virginia Take Steps to Stop Retail Theft | 3 Suspects Facing 50 Felonies for Alleged Series of Bay Area Retail Thefts

Las Vegas poker player Lazaro Hernandez has been exposed as the mastermind behind a $230 million counterfeit prescription medication operation.

3 Members of ORC Ring Charged with More Than 50 Felonies | Minneapolis Employee Stabbed After Attempting to Stop Shoplifter | LA County Deputy Unknowingly Walks into Convenience Store Robbery

Bill Targeting Retail Theft Passes Florida House Committee | Retailers Battle an Onslaught of Fraudulent Returns | Why Retail's $100B Shrink Crisis May Not Be All About Shoplifting

4 Suspects in Washington Organized Retail Thefts Plead Not Guilty | Customer Shot and Killed During Texas Convenience Store Robbery | Tampa Bay Area Retail Theft Ring Busted

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 December.