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LAPD: Retail Theft Up 14.2% in Los AngelesOrganized Retail Theft Summit 2023 - 200 Retailers in AttendanceLos Angeles: On July 12, 2023, an Organized Retail Theft Summit was held in Los Angeles and it was coordinated by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, and the California Highway Patrol. The collaboration was in response to a rise in organized retail theft (ORT). The City of Los Angeles alone has experienced a 14.2% increase in retail theft for 2023 compared to 2022. The Summit was attended by over two hundred retailers, along with Criminal Justice personnel as a forum to network and re-establish the Los Angeles Organized Retail Crime Association (LAORCA). Topics included engagement between law enforcement and retail security, asset protection, and enforcement operations. Speakers included LAPD’s Chief Michel Moore, City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto, and representatives from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, California Organized Retail Crime Association, and several retailers. If you would like to receive information related to ORT, or if you are a retailer or security entity and would like to partner with LAPD or LAORCA, you can contact Lieutenant Michael McComas, Commercial Crimes Division (CCD) ORT at 818-374-9420. Anyone with information regarding ORT crime is asked to contact the Los Angeles Police Department’s CCD, Organized Theft Retail Unit, Lieutenant McComas, Detective Prieto, or Detective Franssen at 213-486-5920. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (1-877-527-3247). lapdonline.org
Memphis PD: 'Plans to Deep Dive into ORC'Memphis police chief talks about Organized Crime in MemphisI would say that we have the element of organized crime in the city. How sophisticated it is depends on the actor. Sometimes, it’s played out very recklessly and not very sophisticated, just a group of young individuals that decided to get together and commit some crime collectively. But this (Operation Broken Bottles- story in today's ORC column) involves several individuals that we believe conspired over a period of time before each act. Sometimes, the acts or the incidents occurred multiple times in one night. However, even though we had those 15 indictments, the span of the investigation is much broader. And the city can expect us to have more indictments. We plan to continue to take a deep dive into some of these more organized crime-type rings that are attacking our business owners or retail establishments and sometimes even breaking into vehicles that are organized crime as well. When you see 20 vehicles hit in a parking lot at a particular time of night — when it’s seven or eight individuals — they’re working together for some type of financial benefit. These are the types of incidents that we want to curtail and continue to aggressively go after those actors, even if it rises to the level of federal charges. We plan to work with our U.S. Attorney’s Office, who has been very vocal about assisting with federal charges as well. dailymemphian.com
ORC Ring of 39 Arrested in Memphis Hitting 21 BusinessesOperation Broken Bottles indictments reveal retail theft ring detailsThe indictments and arrests are the result of Operation Broken Bottles, a collaborative effort between the Memphis Police Department and the Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office. The effort was announced June 26 as the number of business burglaries in Memphis rose to more than 1,100 for the year, up 34% from 819 at the same point in 2022. “We launched Operation Broken Bottles to address the surge in brazen and ruthless burglaries targeting liquor stores, clothing outlets, cell-phone retailers and smoke shops throughout our city,” MPD Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis said during the June 26 press conference. “These crimes cause significant financial losses to local businesses and instill fear throughout our community.” Thomas, Byrd and Rayner are among 16 people who have been indicted on charges for their parts in an alleged organized theft ring. An additional 23 people have been arrested but not indicted. The indictment states Thomas, Rayner and Byrd “operated and participated in a business burglary ring in which commercial businesses in Shelby County were broken into and merchandise was stolen and resold” between January 1, 2022, and May 1, 2023. The estimated value of those thefts totaled $250,000 or more. dailymemphian.com Law enforcement meeting aims to curb crime in MemphisCalls to Memphis Police up 16 percent from last year
Chicago: Cook County State’s Progressive Attorney Kim Foxx says she will not run for reelectionAfter more than six years marked by historic criminal justice reforms, controversy over her prosecutorial policies and the Jussie Smollett scandal, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said she won’t run for reelection next year. Her time in office has been roiled by criticism over her mishandling of the Smollett case and pushback against her prosecutorial priorities, including a first-term decision to raise the bar for prosecuting retail thefts as a felony from the statutory threshold of $500 in value for the stolen goods to more than $1,000, unless the defendant has a significant criminal history. chicagotribune.com
New States Attorney Coming to Cook County - Hopefully reversing Foxx-style retail policies.Chicago: With Walgreens locking down its product, the scourge of shoplifting is in all our facesThe pandemic ushered in a lot of trouble for downtowns across the country, including an explosion in brazen theft from retail outlets. In 2016, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx kicked off her controversial tenure as the Chicago area’s top prosecutor by drastically raising the bar for charging shoplifters with a felony crime. Past studies had found no correlation between the felony threshold and property crime rates. So, in her first major policy move, Foxx felt empowered to open the door for crooks to clean out store shelves without meaningful consequences. Other liberal-minded, big-city prosecutors also decided to look the other way, and the result, predictably, was a surge in lawlessness. Criminals have taken full advantage, creating well-organized gangs that target high-value items like beauty products, ink cartridges, baby formula and cold medicine. They pose a violent threat to anyone who tries to stop them, and some use the proceeds to fund drug trafficking, gunrunning and other plagues that cause problems of their own. Faced with gangland-style attacks on their premises, merchants like Walgreens and Target have put more and more goods under lock and key. Some have ordered their employees never to intervene when a robbery is in progress, for safety’s sake. Workers who step in can face termination, which is a sensible policy under the circumstances but hard on retail clerks with integrity, who don’t feel right about standing by during a crime. The criminals, in short, have been winning, making it increasingly difficult for brick-and-mortar stores to stage a post-pandemic comeback, adding to the surge in inflation and contributing to a belief that urban downtowns are too dangerous for everyday people to work and shop there. A justifiable backlash has been building, and we’re hoping common sense will prevail again. Foxx, for one, has decided to step down when her current term ends. We’d like to see other lax prosecutors in cities still in recovery mode similarly make way for public officials more dedicated to protecting businesses than thieves. Last year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law a measure raising penalties for retail theft, essentially reversing Foxx-style policies. “This is how we protect store workers and customers, prevent militarized storefronts and empty commercial corridors, and across the board, make communities safer for all who call them home,” the governor said in a statement. Given how some of Pritzker’s fellow Democrats not so long ago were loudly in favor of loosening the penalties for shoplifting, it’s good to see a belated awakening. chicagotribune.com
DA Says Retailers are Referring More Thefts to Law EnforcementPortland, Or.: Multnomah County DA's Office shares updated on retail theft task force efforts
PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt on Tuesday provided an update on the county's auto and retail task forces that were created earlier this year, after data from the Portland Police Bureau showed concerning increases. Retail theft was also up in 2021 and 2022. Data from the first half of 2023 shows things may be improving, and it may be because retailers are referring more thefts to law enforcement. Schmidt says new legislation now enables law enforcement prosecutors to aggregate cases across different jurisdictions, as a way to target organized theft. “We all know that theft knows no county bounds, so when thefts happen in Multnomah County, Clackamas County, and Washington County and people are hitting the same stores, we can now aggregate those and any one of us district attorneys’ offices can prosecute those cases as one case to show the organized nature of the retail theft,” he said. katu.com
Recall Effort Launched For Newly Elected Oakland Progressive DACommittee formed to recall Alameda County Progressive D.A. Pamela PriceOpponents of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price have launched a recall committee — their first step toward ousting a top law enforcement official who is pressing reform and drawing swift backlash. On Tuesday organizers submitted an initial campaign finance filing for Save Alameda for Everyone (SAFE): Recall DA Price. Price took office at the beginning of the year amid a national effort to revamp criminal justice at the local level by electing progressive prosecutors. She pledged to reduce sentences and give people younger than 25 a break, and set in place guidelines to restrict her staff from charging enhancements that extend prison time — mirroring the policies of another progressive, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón. Criticism against the district attorney mounted as robberies began surging in Oakland. sfchronical.com
DOJ Investigating Cabela's & Bass Pro Loss Prevention PoliciesHow a pattern of shoplifting ammunition led Delaware to demand Cabela's recordsOne woman's frequent pawning of ammunition sold exclusively at Cabela's prompted an investigation that now has the Delaware Department of Justice looking into what they call lax shoplifting prevention practices by the Christiana Mall gun dealer. The state Department of Justice is demanding to see Cabela's records, specifically its loss prevention policies. The DOJ also wants to see the records of other Cabela's and its sister store, Bass Pro Shop, within 100 miles of the Christiana Mall location — this would include at least two in Pennsylvania, one in New Jersey and another in Maryland. The DOJ came out publicly last month saying it is investigating if Cabela’s violated state laws, including Delaware’s firearms industry public nuisance law, through its hands-off approach to the shoplifting of ammunition from its Christiana location.
Another Crime Closure - In BaltimoreLidl grocery in the Baltimore closing on Sunday, with theft thought to be the causeLidl grocery store will be permanently closing its stores on Sunday, July 16. The store, at 5722 Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park, has only been open for three years. German grocery store chain Lidl announced that five of its United States stores would be closing, including one store in the Baltimore area. All stores had been underperforming though many suspect that the rise in theft across Maryland could be a significant reason. "It's to the point that some of the crime and aggression going on, they can't get employees to come in because they don't feel safe...We really are at a breaking point where we need all of our partners to address it. "Cailey Locklair, President of the Maryland Retailer' Association newsbreak.com
Crime high on the agenda in the UKThe turbulence of the last few years has resulted in a lot of change in the retail sector, but what hasn’t changed is the enormous amount of crime that retailers have to deal with. Figures from our new 2023 ACS Crime Report show that over the last year, retailers have reported more than 1.1 million incidents of theft. Our Voice of Local Shops Survey in May returned a theft index score of +29, the highest since polling started in 2012. This means vastly more retailers are experiencing increases in theft than decreases. This is an astonishing figure, which still only scratches the surface, as many incidents go either undetected or unreported. talkingretail.com
41% of New Yorkers have ‘never’ been this concerned about their safety, new Siena poll findsThat fear is even higher in the Big Apple, where 70% of residents are very (30%) or somewhat (40%) worried they’ll be a crime victim. Meanwhile, 87% of New Yorkers think crime is either a very or somewhat serious problem while just 11 percent said the issue is either not very or not at all serious. nypost.com
Wyoming New ORC Law Went Into Effect July 1Five strikes and you’re in: New law makes repeated thefts a felonyA fifth or consecutive theft conviction can now land Wyomingites in prison for up to 10 years, regardless of the stolen goods’ value.House Bill 112 – Theft-penalty for fifth or subsequent offense went into effect July 1. It was already a felony to steal something worth over $1,000 in Wyoming — or a “firearm, horse, mule, sheep, cattle, buffalo or swine” of any value — but this new law enables a fifth theft conviction to become a felony, regardless of the stolen good’s price. It states thefts in “another jurisdiction” count, too, which can mean out-of-state convictions. county17.com
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The FTC is investigating whether ChatGPT harms consumersThe agency’s demand for OpenAI’s documents about AI risks mark the company’s greatest U.S. regulatory threat to dateThe Federal Trade Commission has opened an expansive investigation into OpenAI, probing whether the maker of the popular ChatGPT bot has run afoul of consumer protection laws by putting personal reputations and data at risk. The agency this week sent the San Francisco company a 20-page demand for records about how it addresses risks related to its AI models, according to a document reviewed by The Washington Post. The salvo represents the most potent regulatory threat to date to OpenAI’s business in the United States, as the company goes on a global charm offensive to shape the future of artificial intelligence policy. now the company faces a new test in Washington, where the FTC has issued multiple warnings that existing consumer protection laws apply to AI, even as the administration and Congress struggle to outline new regulations. washingtonpost.com
Clop Crime Group Adds 62 Ernst & Young Clients to Leak SitesVictims Include Airline, Banks, Hospitals, Retailers in Canada The growing list of MOVEit cyberattack victims has grown. Sixty-two clients of Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young now appear on the Clop ransomware group's data leak sites. Security experts count a total of 150 organizations affected by the attacks, which compromised the personal data of over 16 million individuals. A spokesperson for Ernst & Young confirmed that a "limited" attack on the accounting firm's systems had occurred. govinfosecurity.com &uuid=(email))
Food Producers Band Together in Face of Cyber ThreatsCompanies launch information-sharing platform for industry as attacks mount“There’s been a long recognition that the food and ag sector was one of the few critical infrastructure industries without an ISAC,” said Scott Algeier, executive director of both the IT-ISAC and the new Food and Ag-ISAC. Founding board members include PepsiCo, Bunge, Tyson, Cargill, Conagra Brands and Corteva. wsj.com
Staying ahead of the “professionals”: The service-oriented ransomware crime industryThe total amount of ransom paid since 2020 is estimated to be at least $2 billion, and this has both motivated and enabled the groups who are profiting from this activity to become more professional. These groups are emulating the legitimate tech ecosystem and seeking greater efficiencies and profits: they outsource common, complex problems; they subcontract work; and they employ freelancers via what could be termed a gig economy of operators. The demand for these services has led to criminal service providers springing up to supply these needs, and in an almost virtuous cycle of malice, this supply of cybercrime services enables the entire cybercrime threat landscape. Actors can now buy malware, infrastructure, and phishing as a service; they can even easily purchase access to victims from initial access brokers (IABs). This maturing marketplace means that any actor with the motivation (and some cryptocurrency) can purchase effective malicious tools and instructions on how to use them. What does this mean for defenders?With the existence of a market for access to victims, security incidents can evolve and change rapidly. The initial actor who compromises a network might sell that access to another actor who specifically wants to target that victim, their vertical, or geographic location. helpnetsecurity.com
Microsoft Discloses 5 Zero-Days in Voluminous July Security UpdateFixes for more than 100 vulnerabilities affect numerous products, including Windows, Office, .Net, and Azure Active Directory, among others. Microsoft's July security update contains fixes for a whopping 130 unique vulnerabilities, five of which attackers are already actively exploiting in the wild. darkreading.com |
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US consumers spent $6.4 billion on the first day of Amazon’s Prime Day eventThe first day of Amazon’s two-day Prime Day event saw U.S. sales rise nearly 6% year-over-year to $6.4 billion, according to Adobe Analytics Data. The number represents the single biggest e-commerce day so far in 2023. Adobe says sales were driven by a few different categories, including appliances, which saw a 37% jump when compared to average daily sales in June. Sales of toys rose 27%, while sales for apparel rose 26%. Another category that saw a notable jump was electronics, as sales rose 12%. Interestingly, the data also found that consumers are becoming increasingly more comfortable shopping on smaller screens, as smartphones drove 43.7% of sales, up from 42.7% last year. techcrunch.com Counterfeit Market is Surging Amid Online Shopping Boom Superfakes: The new breed of knockoffs that are so good, even experts can’t tell them apart Superfakes are a new breed of knockoffs that are so good, even experts can’t tell them apart. They are made with high-quality materials and are often indistinguishable from the real thing. Superfakes have become popular in recent years due to the rise of social media and the e-commerce boom. Gen Z consumers are increasingly interested in luxury products and are fueling a movement that embraces knockoffs as subversive. Superfakes are often made in China, where manufacturers have access to the same materials and techniques as the fashion houses. They also often buy the real designer handbags to study how they are made. Superfakes can be difficult to spot, but there are a few things to look for. One is the price. Superfakes are often more expensive than average knockoffs. Another is the quality of the materials. Superfakes are typically made with high-quality leather and stitching. If you are unsure whether a handbag is a superfake, you can take it to a reputable authenticator. However, even authenticators can sometimes be fooled by superfakes. The fashion industry is losing billions of dollars each year to counterfeit merchandise. Both designer brands and third-party marketplaces have invested millions in combating counterfeits, but the issue is so widespread that it’s impossible to stop them all. retailwire.com
Fighting fashion fakes: How AI is battling counterfeit cultureGrowing concerns about the negative effect of fashion fakes on the fashion industry mean some brands are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to help seek out counterfeit products. With an increase in the number of consumers buying luxury products online, the value of the fake and pirated goods market reached $3 trillion this year, triple the amount in 2013 according to the Business of Fashion website. Buying replicas is no longer seen as taboo. On social media platforms, hashtags have emerged from influencers wanting to share reviews and tips on the best duplicate items and where to buy them. AI is battling counterfeitsFashion brands are now turning to AI for a solution. Machines are used to analyse data and determine whether a product is genuine or fake. The machine focuses on images, texts and videos and is able to see flaws in a copied product that would otherwise be hard to spot with the naked eye. They can also pick up on a product's serial number, purchase orders and payment information to identify anomalies. Global fashion brand Jimmy Choo – which specialises in shoes and handbags - uses Dupe Killers, an intellectual property tool created by global consultants Deloitte. This works in the same way as the one used by Burberry. French luxury group LVMH’s Patou has launched an AI-powered authentication system named Authentique Verify. With this app, customers scan a digital fingerprint created on a product and verify whether it’s an original. Thanks to AI there has been progress in spotting counterfeit items. Luxury resale company Sellier’s Chief Executive Hanushka Toni told the Financial Times that human authentication is not enough now. With a bad fake, human authentication will get you there but with a good fake, there’s still a 15 per cent chance for error. While concerns are being raised about the growing use of AI in the future workplace, for a fashion industry struggling to fight off counterfeit products, at least here it looks set to play a positive role. euronews.com
How AI is changing online shoppingAI and machine learning are actively changing online shopping, such as with larger cart sizes, increased conversion rates and more durable seller-buyer relationships. Retail Leader spoke with Chinedu Eleanya, Mulberry’s founder and CEO, and Adam Ferrari, Salsify’s executive vice president of engineering, about how AI and machine learning are actively changing online shopping, such as with larger cart sizes and increased conversion rates while acting as a catalyst for more durable seller-buyer relationships. retailleader.com
FTC Proposes Ban on Fake Reviews and TestimonialsOn June 30, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it would be publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking on the use of consumer reviews and testimonials. Specific practices that would be prohibited under the proposed rule and subject to FTC fines or enforcement action include:
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DA Says organized retail theft must stop and will stop15 indicted in police sting targeting Memphis smash-and-grab burglaries, MPD saysMemphis Police Department announced Operation Broken Bottles, a seven-month investigation aimed at what authorities described as a “mob-like ring” responsible for smash-and-grab business burglaries. FOX13 has reported on countless smash-and-grabs: business burglaries where criminals use sledgehammers or cars to break into stores and steal all they can carry. Storefronts rebuilt from plywood while waiting for repairs after being hit can be seen all over the city. District Attorney Steve Mulroy and MPD Chief CJ Davis said 15 people have been indicted for their involvement in the crime ring. Many of the 15 were allegedly involved in organizing the burglaries and recruiting more thieves to take part in the smash and grabs. Davis said the crime ring targeted liquor stores, clothing stores, cell phone stores and smoke shops. In total, she said, the investigation led to 23 arrests of suspects responsible for $250,000 in thefts and hundreds of thousands of dollars more in property damage. “We want to send the message that this string of organized retail theft must stop and will stop,” Mulroy said. Mulroy and Davis said they expect even more indictments to come down as they question the people who have been arrested. fox13memphis.com
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Who pulled off the massive Brink’s heist? And where are the jewels? It’s still a mysteryThe stolen merchandise — worth either $8.7 million or about $100 million, depending on whom you ask — is nowhere to be found.In 27 minutes, the jewelry vanished from a Brink’s tractor-trailer in California last year. The fallout from the heist has been ugly, with Brink’s Co. suing the victimized merchants, who then filed their own suit against the company. Bloomberg Businessweek partnered with Los Angeles Times reporters Daniel Miller and Richard Winton, who’ve covered the story. latimes.com $11.3 million in counterfeit goods found in Shrewsbury storage facility, police sayLouisville CBP Intercepts Shipments of Counterfeit Designer Jewelry & Phone Cases Worth over $1.7 MillionSkimmers Found at 11 Walmart Stores in New York |
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