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Labor lawyers state that employees are often coerced into confessing, leading to a permanent blight on their employment records.

To pay for a security officer in the 24/7 downtown Atlanta location, one Waffle House is passing the cost of security onto the customer though a 20 percent surcharge. 

Robbers dug a 30-meter (100-foot) tunnel into the safe deposit room of a Berlin bank.

In an effort to crack down on robberies at McDonald’s in Sydney, the company has hired a British security firm to install a system that sprays a “non-toxic solution with DNA Code” on would-be thieves on their way out the door of the fast-food outlets.

Up to five years in prison faces anyone guilty of knowingly committing organized retail crime, such as reselling stolen items to other stores or on the Internet.

Masked and armed thieves stole $1 million worth of iPads, iPhones and more from an Apple store in Paris.

The industry will lose nearly $9 billion to return frauds this year, with nearly $3 billion of that estimated to come from the holiday season alone. 

Employee theft, shoplifting/organized retail crime and administrative error are the main sources of loss affecting retailers.