The organized retail crime initiative helps to solve retail theft cases and more effectively target the upstream criminal enterprises fueling them.

The Illinois attorney general has formed a task force comprised of national, state, and local law enforcement as well as large retailers to assess and eliminate organized retail crime in the state.

A group of fraudsters targeted two retail outlets in British Columbia, with one fraudster posing as the stores' regional manager.

Implementing a number of technologies within the retail setting can help organizations improve the customer experience, but more importantly, reduce shrink, mitigate fraud and improve security.

The Restaurant Loss Prevention & Security Association (RLPSA) is converting its annual in-person conference to a “To Go” (virtual) format March 2 – 4, 2021. The “To Go” format will provide the foodservice community a virtual way to obtain relevant loss prevention, safety and risk content. 

The 16th annual (Organized Retail Crime) ORC study released by the National Retail Federation found 75% of loss prevention executives at a cross-section of large and mid-sized retail companies said ORC activity had increased in the past year, up from 68% last year. 

More than 348,000 shoplifters and dishonest employees were apprehended in 2019 by 21 large retailers who recovered more than $136 million, says  the 32^nd Annual Retail Theft Survey by Jack L. Hayes International.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) introduced legislation to fight the online sale of stolen, counterfeit and dangerous consumer products by requiring extensive transparency of large-volume third-party sellers in online retail marketplaces.

Customer-facing businesses often have a host of reasons for wanting employees to undergo security screenings or bag checks at the start or end of their shifts.