Warehouse thefts quickly turn in to ORC arrests Fountain, Colorado – In October 2011, the Loss Prevention Department’s ORC team at King Soopers, a Denver based grocery division operated by The Kroger Co., initiated an ORC investigation at their Fountain, Colorado, warehouse. The warehouse and product is owned by King Soopers, but is operated by a 3rd party logistic company. The ORC team became aware of over $200,000 in losses at the company’s warehouse. Partnering with Fountain Police Department and Pueblo Police Department Narcotics Unit, nine (9) search warrants were executed. The investigation revealed 2 warehouse employees, and others, devised a scheme to steal high valued ORC products from the warehouse and sell over $200,000 of these products online. It was discovered the group established an eBay account to fence these products. EBay’s PROACT team was instrumental in working with law enforcement and ORC investigators and provided a detailed report of the group’s online activity. To date, 3 individuals, Robert Manzanares, Nicholas Rodriguez and Joseph Martinez, have been arrested for the theft which so far is valued in excess of $500,000. The investigation continues and additional arrests are expected. (source krdo.com)  Contributor Denny Dansak, Corporate Manager, Organized Retail Crime, The Kroger Co.

ORC is a world wide problem and even happens in New Zealand Organised gangs of shoplifters are using aggressive tactics to steal trolley loads of high-priced goods to order, police say. Groups of up to six men and women were entering stores and filling shopping trolleys with expensive products such as meat, alcohol, electrical goods and clothing. "We believe they are stealing to order,'' said Hastings Senior Sergeant Stuart Fleming. They are a particular echelon, groups of male and female offenders, who are using this highly organized approach to it. "Groups between three and five or six, with vehicles, target the items they are interested in and are able to dispose of pretty readily." This type of shoplifting is on the increase and people targeting shops like this is getting more prolific. (Source nzherald.co.nz)

Coordinated shoplifting rings target Wilmington, NC, stores Organized shoplifting is fast becoming retail's biggest enemy and Wilmington, NC is seeing it as well with a recent case where a shoplifting ring was hitting retail stores from Home Depot to Victoria's Secret. (Source starnewsonline.com)

Small ORC female group busted at Naples, FL, Mall "There is small time shoplifting, (but) it’s the (organized retail crime) that really cleans your clock as far as theft," said Ron Worley, JCPenney’s Naples store manager. Two women are alleged to have stolen about $550 of clothing from department store JCPenney and police found another $1,500 in both women's vehicles parked at the mall. (Source marconews.com)