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Excerpts from
GAO-11-675: Efforts to Combat Organized Retail
Crime
Why, the U.S. Government Accountability Office
(GAO), did this study on ORC (June 2011)
Each year organized groups of professional
shoplifters steal or fraudulently obtain billions of
dollars in merchandise to resell in an activity
known as organized retail crime (ORC). These stolen
goods can also be sold on online marketplaces, a
practice known as "e-fencing." GAO was asked to
assess ORC and e-fencing. This report addresses: (1)
types of efforts that select retailers, state and
local law enforcement, and federal agencies are
undertaking to combat ORC; (2) the extent to which
tools or mechanisms exist to facilitate
collaboration and information sharing among these
ORC stakeholders; and (3) steps that select online
marketplaces have taken to combat ORC and e-fencing,
and additional actions, if any, retailers and law
enforcement think may enhance these efforts. GAO
reviewed retail-industry documentation, such as
reports and surveys, and academic studies related to
ORC and efforts to combat it. GAO also interviewed
representatives from four major retail associations
and five individual retailers, selected for their
knowledge of and efforts to combat ORC, as well as
eight local law enforcement officials involved in
the development of ORC information sharing networks,
and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.
The results are not generalizable, but provided
insights on activities related to ORC. GAO is not
making any recommendations in this report.
(Source
gao.gov)
Tomorrow's article is on What the GAO Found (Part 1
of 3)
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