The Sheriff’s Office in Buncombe County, North Carolina has charged 14 suspects with felony organized retail theft and recovered more than 4,000 stolen items from an area pawn shop.
Homeland Security Investigations announced the launch of Operation Boiling Point focused on combating organized theft groups through the targeting of domestic and transnational criminal organizations profiting from ORC.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently seized three shipments containing counterfeit jewelry—most of which were Cartier bracelets—at the CVG Airport in Cincinnati.
If included on to the NDAA, online marketplaces would be required to take steps to verify the identity of high-volume sellers, and to provide some of that information to customers.
This year the Carolinas Organized Retail Crime Alliance will be hosting their 7th annual conference on October 12 and 13. Join us to learn more about the upcoming conference.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 301—California’s version of the federal INFORM Consumers Act—to strengthen transparency rules for high volume third-party sellers and provide greater tools for law enforcement to identify stolen items.
Join the ORCAs in Action team to learn more about the Western States Organized Retail Crime Alliance Conference on September 28-29. This year’s conference will be a virtual event.
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