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"Nightline"
last night's episode - Busting Underground Shoplifting
Rings: Inside Organized Retail Crime Raids
We used to call it shoplifting, but these days the foot
soldiers of retail crime rings are known as boosters.
Police even have an acronym for these operations: ORC,
which stands for Organized Retail Crime. Police say big
retail stores, from Walgreens to J.C. Penny, are getting
hit by highly sophisticated shoplifting networks that
steal and resell everything from underwear to razors to
milk. According to the National Retail Federation, theft
can amount to annual losses as high as a $37 billion for
retail businesses. A MUST WATCH VIDEO
(Source
go.com)
Four member gang busted in Mount Pleasant, MI.
hitting stores
An investigation following a retail fraud report at
Dunham's Discount Sports at South Mission and East
Broomfield has led to the arrest of four males
suspected. The subsequent investigation has led to
the arrest of four male subjects and the recovery of
property from at least one breaking and entering and
at least five different retail locations" that the
arrested subjects are suspected of, Mount Pleasant
Public Information Officer Jeffrey Thompson said.
(Source
mlive.com)
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