Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

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

3 Killed in Racially Motivated Dollar General Shooting | Orange County DA Threatens to 'Throw the Book At' Thieves | How Best Buy Is Winning the War Against Retail Theft

Flash Mobs Hit More Retail Stores in California | NRF CEO Discusses Rise in ORC on CNBC's Squawk Box | 25 Suspects Nabbed in Portland Retail Theft Crackdown

ThinkLP Senior Director of Loss Prevention and LPM Vendor Advisory Board Member Tony Sheppard was featured in a Newsweek story on Sunday about how organized crime became a billion-dollar industry.

The New Yorker Explores What Happens to All the Stuff We Return | Oaklawn Employee Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Almost $200K in Cash | Police Seize $650K in Counterfeit Merchandise from Arlington Warehouse

Cryptocurrency can help combat centralized financial power. But it can also attract criminals who use it to steal and commit fraud.