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Current challenges in organized retail crime - The NRF 2013
Organized Retail Crime Survey
The variety of issues that retail loss
prevention professionals face range from shoplifting to
return fraud, but no issue has grown as significantly in the
past few years as
organized retail crime. This is shown in the results of
NRF’s
ninth annual ORC survey, which found for the third
consecutive year that 90 percent of retail LP executives
said they have been victims of ORC gangs. What’s more
disturbing? Another eight in 10 agree that ORC has increased
over the same span of time. And this year, a troubling new
trend emerged: store merchandise credit/gift card fraud.
Read the full story and download NRF’s ORC infographic on
Retail’s BIG Blog.
Retailers in agreement on rise in organized retail crime
NRF’s ninth annual Organized Retail Crime (ORC) Survey found
that 93.5 percent of retailers say they have been a victim
of organized retail crime in the past year, down slightly
from 96.0 percent in 2012. For the past three years, more
than 90 percent of the retailers surveyed have admitted to
being victims of ORC. Equally disturbing: eight in 10
(81.3%) believe that ORC activity in general in the United
States has increased over the past three years. "We are
extremely concerned by the organized patterns that are
taking place in the retail industry right now as these crime
gangs continue to find ways to maneuver the system,” said
NRF Vice President of Loss Prevention Rich Mellor.
(Source
fibre2fashion.com)
Three
charged with selling stolen goods at shop - Investigation
led by ShopRite Loss Prevention The
owner and two employees of Budget Beverage on Dolson Avenue
were arrested last week after a six-week investigation found
they were buying goods stolen from ShopRite and possibly
other stores and reselling them, Middletown police said.
People would bring the suspects stolen goods, which they
would buy at a discount, police Lt. John Ewanciw said.
Working with ShopRite loss prevention and investigators from
the state Department of Taxation and Finance, police
searched the store and seized point-of-sale computers,
in-store surveillance, business records, beverages and other
items. (Source
recordonline.com)
 Aluminum-Lined
Shopping Bags Used To Get Past Store Sensors - 3 women
busted hitting Governor's Square Mall in Clarksville, Tenn.
hitting Dillard’s, Dick’s and Victoria‘s Secret.
Tuesday night an officer pulled over a red sedan on I-24
after getting a call from mall security. They found
Adrieanna Johnson, Tawonda Parrish, Rico Brown and Shelby
Cange headed back to Nashville with thousands of dollars in
stolen merchandise. They also had duct tape and aluminum
foil used to line dozens of shopping bags, which blocks the
signal from security scanners as they walk out the door. The
officer also found scissors and screwdrivers customized to
quickly remove the security tags. All four face felony theft
charges, as well as possessing tools that interfere with an
anti-theft security device. (Source
newschannel5.com)
Counterfeit Check Ring/Latest Arrest in Alabama
A fifth arrest has been made in a counterfeit check ring in
Demopolis, Alabama. Rashad Collins, who's 25 and from
Greensboro, is charged with possession of a forged
instrument. All five suspects are accused of presenting
forged checks at Wal-mart. Police say the checks were bogus
and had been printed on a home printer. Investigators say
more arrests are possible. (Source
wtok.com)
Pittsburgh
woman arrested with $200 of Crest White Strips from Giant
Eagle. Giant Eagle Loss Prevention agent was shoved and
had a drink thrown at him while attempting to make the
apprehension of a Bethel Park woman. Samantha Grimm is
accused of stealing $200 worth of Crest White Strips who had
planned to sell the items on the street for gas money. Grimm
said, “I knew people who wanted them, and I didn’t want to
pay the full amount. I know I made a mistake. I’m sorry.”
(Source
wpxi.com) |
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