Tag: organized retail crime

In the coming weeks, ORCAs across the country will be holding their annual conferences, which provide tremendous training and awareness opportunities, networking, and investigative support for retailers, law enforcement agencies, and prosecutors.

Smash-and-Grab Robbers Coordinated Crimes on Social Media, 8 Culprits Now Face Prison | Security Guard Dies after Las Vegas Supermarket Shooting | Retailers Locked Up Their Products—and Broke Shopping in America

In this Ask the Expert column, learn from Tony D'onofrio about how intelligence-led loss prevention can empower retailers to fight ORC.

How a California Momfluencer Became a Shoplifting Queenpin | Fatal Knife Fight Between Clerk and Shoplifter Raises Questions about Poverty, Hunger, and Frustration with Petty Crime | A Tennessee Store Clerk Stole a $1M Lottery Ticket from a Customer

Cali Retailers' Profits Could Take a Hit with Self-Checkout Elimination | Burglars Made Off with 300+ Guns by Smashing Cars into Stores | Unprecedented Theft Prompts New Security Measures in Maryland Giant Food Stores

Since January, the CHP’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force has conducted 320 investigations, made 717 arrests, and recovered nearly 230,000 stolen goods valued at more than $6.8 million.

Mississippi Changes Shoplifting Law, Making it Easier to Charge Accomplices | 18-Year-Old Charged for Allegedly Shooting Security Guard Execution-Style While Shoplifting | Man Facing Charges after $200K Worth of Legos Discovered in His Store

To give you a better feel for the vast impact of the organized retail crime problem, here are just a few of the incidents that took place in the month of May.

California Law Enforcement Recovered $5.7M in Stolen Goods Since January | Authorities Seize $1 B in Counterfeit Goods—Largest Bust in US History | Alabama Law Enforcement Cracking Down on Shoplifting

Philadelphia Deploys New Strategies Against Retail Theft | License Plate Cameras Help Solve Crimes but Are Creating Backlash Over Privacy Concerns | 525% Increase in Recovering Stolen Goods in California Thanks to Task Force