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Excerpts from
GAO-11-675: Efforts to Combat Organized Retail
Crime
The U.S. Government Accountability Office ORC report
June 2011 The
Definition of ORC continued: On 2-27-12 we published
the actual Federal definition of ORC and today we're
continuing their definition to include the wording
that appears immediately afterwards and details it
further.
At the federal level, law enforcement agencies, such
as the FBI, prefer to utilize the term organized
retail theft to differentiate between in-store theft
and cargo theft, or other fraud related activities,
which are categorized as distinct crimes.3 However,
in addition to shoplifting and traditional retail
theft crimes, non-federal stakeholders routinely
include acquisition of retail merchandise by fraud
or other illegal means as a principal component of
ORC. Accordingly, we also included these activities
within our definition of ORC, in addition to the
activities encompassed by the federal definition of
organized retail theft. Despite the definitional
variations, however, stakeholders are consistent in
identifying a clear distinction between ORC
incidents and those perpetrated by opportunistic,
amateur shoplifters, who tend to steal merchandise
for personal consumption. (Source
gao.gov)
We will continue our ongoing reporting on this
highly informative report as it is important that we
understand exactly where our federal government is
on this issue. |
ORC group of two more women hitting south Florida's
Victoria's Secret and Express stores with foil-lined leather
bags. Authorities found $4,500 worth of stole
merchandise in their car after they hit Victoria's Secret
and Express stores in Indian River Mall. Inside the car,
deputies found 183 clothing items from Victoria's Secret and
44 from Express, the affidavits state. Much of the
merchandise still had anti-theft tags on them, but deputies
said the women used leather bags lined with aluminum foil to
avoid setting off alarms. Bermudez and Duran were charged
with retail theft in concert with others and possession of
two anti-shoplifting devices. This is the second small group
in less than a week hitting the same stores.
(Source
tcpalm.com)
ORC group hits Banana Republic in Pittsburgh and is caught
on video but got a away - here's the crime stoppers video.
(Source
nbc4i.com)
3 men charged with running a small electronics fencing
operation out of Downers Grove, ILL., and Westmont
convenience stores. Working on a tip provided
by Downers Grove area Target stores, for several weeks
detectives investigated Downers Grove Food Mart, in the 6300
block of Woodward Avenue, and Spree Mart, in the 6000 block
of Cass Avenue, police said. The three were arrested on
Tuesday when detectives served a search warrant at the
Downers Grove Food Mart. (Source
triblocal.com)
Major credit card skimming operation and organized crime
group of 7 busted in Toronto that extended worldwide.
"The investigation revealed the existence of an
organized criminal group that was dedicated" to making,
distributing and installing ATM tampering devices, financial
crimes Det. Ian Nichol said. The data skimmed from credit
cards was distributed around the world and money was
withdrawn from ATM machines in Europe, South America, the
U.S., South Africa and the Caribbean. Toronto Police said
they shut down two labs manufacturing fake cards on Dec. 14
-- one in Toronto and another in Scarborough. It's estimated
the loss to Canadian financial institutions exceeds
$360,000, with total financial exposure surpassing $800,000.
He said 1,500 individuals from one bank were knowingly
affected, and he suspects many more from other financial
institutions were also hit. On Feb. 16, police executed
multiple search warrants at homes in Toronto, Brampton and
Pickering. The seven are charged with 357 fraud-related
offences. (Source
canoe.ca)
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