Organized Theft Is Big Business
17th November 2022
Organized retail crime is when dozens of criminals descend on a store and loot it. Store employees are almost always told not to interfere, and police rarely do anything. In California, theft has been more or less legalized up to $950. It is a misdemeanor, which means it is rarely prosecuted. Major retail chains have closed their operations in San Francisco, among other cities, because they were helpless against teams of organized looters.
Looters don’t consume the stolen property themselves, they sell it on Amazon or other services. This is why it is “organized retail crime.”
UPDATE: Shoplifting Costs Target $600 Million More This Year