Tag: ORC

What comes to mind when you think of organized retail crime? High-shrink items with high-resell values, such as razors and baby formula - not human trafficking.

This week, nearly 400 LP investigators and their law enforcement partners from the greater Atlanta region met to network and hear multiple keynote speakers and retail case studies at the 8th annual Georgia Retail Association Organized Retail Crime Alliance (GRAORCA) conference.

Here’s how one shoplifter assesses risk. “First things first—you want to know if they got what you want. The second factor is the risk involvement. The risk involvement will be security times cameras times employees times space times [other] customers."

The Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) has announced Profitect as its newest Bachelor-level scholarship partner.

As professionals in the retail space, it's our responsibility to keep up with the methods and tactics used by thieves when it comes to organized retail crime (ORC). These days, improving technologies equal potentially increased profits in the eyes of theft groups.

Another Apple store heist

ORC ring busted

Employee and b/f scam: $5K

Watch thief doing time

Police officer pays it forward

Employee takes $25K

Rutgers football players CC scam

Contributing Writer Garett Seivold examines the practice of using open-source intelligence (OSINT) in criminal investigations in a feature article for the latest issue of LPM Online.

If you're a young person in this business and think you have to work seven days a week—or even six—you are sadly mistaken. Don't confuse work effort with work results.

It's amazing how often a really great interview plays such an essential role in closing out an organized retail crime case.