Retail Crime

Federal agents have seized roughly $120 million in counterfeit sports merchandise since last year’s Super Bowl. The counterfeit merchandise ranges from hats and jerseys...

Credit card data from a security breach that affected an East Coast convenience store chain last year was discovered being sold in the corners...

Diesel is showing the world what it thinks of fake fashion. The Italian denim brand announced Tuesday that it seized and destroyed tens of...

Loss prevention is a moving target. Every time a new retail strategy is put in place, such as buy online, pick up in store (BOPIS), it’s up to loss prevention professionals to devise countermeasures to combat the new theft opportunities that arise. Best Buy, Acme Markets, and Wegmans loss prevention executives give their recommendations.

Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its first report pursuant to President Trump’s April 3, 2019, Memorandum on Combating Trafficking in Counterfeit...

More than $90,000 in counterfeit shoes, clothing and jewelry was seized over the weekend at Pittsburgh International Airport, according to the US Office of...

Manufacturing prescription drugs with distinct markings, colors, shapes, or packaging isn't enough to protect them from counterfeiting, US Drug Enforcement Administration reports have shown. Purdue...

A New York law eliminating cash bail and pretrial detention for most nonviolent crimes went into place at the beginning of the new year. The legislation was designed to address the disproportionate effect on people who cannot afford to pay bail and must remain in jail until their trial date. However, the unintended consequences for retailers is the risk of most shoplifting and ORC offenders remaining free to commit more crimes.

Officers seized over $300,000 in counterfeit makeup from the downtown Los Angeles area earlier this week, the Los Angeles Police Department said. “Please purchase from...

Seventy-nine percent of criminal and juvenile justice professionals believe, based on their experience with offenders, that shoplifting is a "gateway" crime. Almost eight out of ten said that their professional experience has shown that shoplifting is commonly a gateway to additional acts of shoplifting and more serious crimes.