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  2. $7.8 million in stolen items recovered, over 1,000 arrests by ...

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    Operations by the California’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force, which formed in 2019, have led to 1,055 arrests and the recovery of more than $7.8 million worth of stolen merchandise, the ...

  3. AI is helping retailers fight back against organized theft - AOL

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    Last year, the National Retail Federation retracted a false claim it made in a 2021 report that attributed nearly half of retail shrink to organized retail crime.

  4. Organized retail crime - Wikipedia

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    However, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said that same month that the effect of theft on retailers’ bottom lines was about the same as in previous years, with total retail shrinkage at $112 billion in 2022 (1.55% of sales), up from $93.9 billion (1.44% of sales) in 2021. External theft, including organized retail crime, represented 36% ...

  5. 'The bane of retail.' To prevent theft, many big chains now ...

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    Retail theft has become a priority for California leaders in recent years. In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom sent $267 million to cities and counties to increase arrests and prosecutions of ...

  6. 2014 California Proposition 47 - Wikipedia

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    By 2019, organized retail theft was on the rise. Police and store owners attributed it to Prop 47. [ 35 ] Fox News reported that post Prop 47, both shoplifters and fencers operated openly and with impunity, with both criminals and storekeepers aware that selective enforcement policies mean that police largely ignore reports of shoplifting, or ...

  7. Shoplifting - Wikipedia

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    Shoplifting (also known as shop theft, retail theft, or retail fraud) is the theft of goods from a retail establishment during business hours. The terms shoplifting and shoplifter are not usually defined in law, and generally fall under larceny .

  8. Flash rob - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] Typically, store workers and employees in these cases quickly become overwhelmed by the large number of participants and cannot stop the theft. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The National Retail Federation does not classify these crimes as "flash mobs" but rather "multiple offender crimes" that utilize "flash mob tactics".

  9. California Legislature passes bills to curb retail theft over ...

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    California lawmakers on Monday gave final approval to a package of 10 bills meant to combat retail theft, an effort that divided Democrats as they confronted key issues in the upcoming November ...