Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

Iowa Grocery Store Worker Killed | NYC Mayor Launches Retail Theft Task Force | Pittsburgh Area Police Offer Assistance to Those Shoplifting Food and Essentials

ORC remains a serious problem for retailers across the country and around the world. To give you a better feel for the vast impact, here is a glimpse into just a few of the incidents that took place in October.

$1M Retail Theft Bust in California | Florida Is Cracking Down on Retail Theft | Man Arrested as $4M Worth of Computers Are Seized in LA County Theft Operation

Bay Area Home Depot Bookkeeper Accused of $1.2M in Theft | 14 Facing Charges in $20M Retail Theft Ring Busted in Miami | Millions in Counterfeit Goods Seized in Bust at Manhattan Storage Facility

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.