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KING COUNTY, Wash. — New funding to fight organized retail theft is now part of the campaign platform for Claudia Balducci, who is seeking to become the next King County executive.
Read More →A recent survey from the National Retail Federation revealed that 50 percent of retailers are more concerned with retail crime than they were just one year ago.
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Senate hearing shines light on organized retail theft
It’s time to set the record straight — claims that ORC losses are inflated due to inventory shrink are inaccurate
Read More →The suspects used a hammer to smash the locked front glass door of the West Seattle jewelry store.
Read More →Dive Brief
Walmart touts AI for fraudulent marketplace seller detection
The company uses AI-driven and real-time monitoring of product listings to search for policy compliance and IP infringement.
Read More →Cargo theft was in focus during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing focused on organized retail crime last week, a departure from the previous emphasis on store-based shoplifting and smash-and-grabs.
Read More →Support continues to blossom for the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025 (CORCA), which a slew of bipartisan legislators have joined together to co-sponsor.
Read More →A leading, nationwide trucking company told the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that cargo theft is a crisis impacting the entire supply chain that requires immediate action from Congress.
Read More →Walmart makes drastic change to fight theft amid worrying trend
The change could cause a major inconvenience for customers.
Read More →The Department of Justice charged members or associates of an Armenian organized crime ring with stealing more than $83 million worth of cargo from Amazon.
Read More →KENNEWICK, Wash. – Two people were sent to the Benton County Jail after police investigating a shoplifting incident tracked them to a motel room where they were storing several stolen goods, according to the Kennewick Police Department.
Read More →A 36-year-old man was arrested following an alleged theft incident at Home Depot at 1325 Fones Road SE in Olympia on Friday, June 13.
Read More →Retailers included in this operation were Home Depot, Ulta Beauty, Walgreens, T.J. Maxx, Kroger, Meijer, Macy's, Target, Walgreens and others
Read More →In a growing shift across the retail industry, Target has begun scaling back self-checkout options in its stores.
Read More →Carriers and their employees are increasingly victims of large crime networks, industry representatives tell Congress
Read More →On Tuesday, May 20, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed the State’s $78 billion budget with a slew of cuts to account for the $16 billion shortfall. In that budget, however, funding is still planned to continue supporting Organized Retail Theft fighting efforts.
Read More →A Chinese citizen who worked with his girlfriend to “return” 140 counterfeit iPads to Tri-Cities Target stores and others in the West has been sentenced in federal court.
Read More →Spokane, Washington – Acting United States Attorney Richard R. Barker announced that United States District Judge Rebecca L. Pennell sentenced Zhango Liang, 24, of Fuzhou City, China, to 264 days in prison on a fraud charge connected to a fraud scheme involving counterfeit iPads. At sentencing Judge Pennell acknowledged Liang served 101 days on related charges in Skagit County, Washington, for a total of one year in prison. Judge Pennell also imposed 3 years of supervised release and restitution of $326,000. The state and federal convictions for the fraud scheme are Liang’s first criminal convictions.Placeholder snippet.
Read More →GIG HARBOR, Wash. — A retail theft emphasis patrol in Gig Harbor led to 15 arrests, police said.
it worked with loss prevention personnel at "various businesses" around the city on the emphasis patrols on May 1 and 2.
Read More →Ninety-nine percent of retailers who responded to a recent survey say they were victims of crime last year, but why does so much of it go unreported?
Read More →At Bella’s Voice Thrift Store, a nonprofit secondhand shop benefiting animal welfare causes, shoplifting isn’t an occasional nuisance — it’s a daily battle.
Read More →A Seattle man with a long criminal record has been charged with first-degree organized retail theft after allegedly stealing more than $5,700 worth of merchandise from the Sunglass Hut at Southcenter Mall over two separate incidents last summer.
Read More →Congressman David Valadao (CA-22) introduced the Combatting Organized Retail Crime (CORCA) Act
Read More →'Nearly all retailers view federal legislation as a necessity to effectively combat this organized retail crime.
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KING COUNTY, Wash. — New funding to fight organized retail theft is now part of the campaign platform for Claudia Balducci, who is seeking to become the next King County executive.
Read More →A recent survey from the National Retail Federation revealed that 50 percent of retailers are more concerned with retail crime than they were just one year ago.
Read More →WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Lawmakers are sounding the alarm over a surge in organized retail crime, warning that criminal enterprises, not petty shoplifters, are driving a wave of thefts that’s devastating businesses across the country.
Read More →It’s time to set the record straight — claims that ORC losses are inflated due to inventory shrink are inaccurate
Read More →The suspects used a hammer to smash the locked front glass door of the West Seattle jewelry store.
Read More →Dive Brief
Walmart touts AI for fraudulent marketplace seller detection
The company uses AI-driven and real-time monitoring of product listings to search for policy compliance and IP infringement.
Read More →Cargo theft was in focus during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing focused on organized retail crime last week, a departure from the previous emphasis on store-based shoplifting and smash-and-grabs.
Read More →Support continues to blossom for the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025 (CORCA), which a slew of bipartisan legislators have joined together to co-sponsor.
Read More →A leading, nationwide trucking company told the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that cargo theft is a crisis impacting the entire supply chain that requires immediate action from Congress.
Read More →Walmart makes drastic change to fight theft amid worrying trend
The change could cause a major inconvenience for customers.
Read More →The Department of Justice charged members or associates of an Armenian organized crime ring with stealing more than $83 million worth of cargo from Amazon.
Read More →KENNEWICK, Wash. – Two people were sent to the Benton County Jail after police investigating a shoplifting incident tracked them to a motel room where they were storing several stolen goods, according to the Kennewick Police Department.
Read More →A 36-year-old man was arrested following an alleged theft incident at Home Depot at 1325 Fones Road SE in Olympia on Friday, June 13.
Read More →Retailers included in this operation were Home Depot, Ulta Beauty, Walgreens, T.J. Maxx, Kroger, Meijer, Macy's, Target, Walgreens and others
Read More →In a growing shift across the retail industry, Target has begun scaling back self-checkout options in its stores.
Read More →Carriers and their employees are increasingly victims of large crime networks, industry representatives tell Congress
Read More →On Tuesday, May 20, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed the State’s $78 billion budget with a slew of cuts to account for the $16 billion shortfall. In that budget, however, funding is still planned to continue supporting Organized Retail Theft fighting efforts.
Read More →A Chinese citizen who worked with his girlfriend to “return” 140 counterfeit iPads to Tri-Cities Target stores and others in the West has been sentenced in federal court.
Read More →Spokane, Washington – Acting United States Attorney Richard R. Barker announced that United States District Judge Rebecca L. Pennell sentenced Zhango Liang, 24, of Fuzhou City, China, to 264 days in prison on a fraud charge connected to a fraud scheme involving counterfeit iPads. At sentencing Judge Pennell acknowledged Liang served 101 days on related charges in Skagit County, Washington, for a total of one year in prison. Judge Pennell also imposed 3 years of supervised release and restitution of $326,000. The state and federal convictions for the fraud scheme are Liang’s first criminal convictions.Placeholder snippet.
Read More →GIG HARBOR, Wash. — A retail theft emphasis patrol in Gig Harbor led to 15 arrests, police said.
it worked with loss prevention personnel at "various businesses" around the city on the emphasis patrols on May 1 and 2.
Read More →Ninety-nine percent of retailers who responded to a recent survey say they were victims of crime last year, but why does so much of it go unreported?
Read More →At Bella’s Voice Thrift Store, a nonprofit secondhand shop benefiting animal welfare causes, shoplifting isn’t an occasional nuisance — it’s a daily battle.
Read More →A Seattle man with a long criminal record has been charged with first-degree organized retail theft after allegedly stealing more than $5,700 worth of merchandise from the Sunglass Hut at Southcenter Mall over two separate incidents last summer.
Read More →Congressman David Valadao (CA-22) introduced the Combatting Organized Retail Crime (CORCA) Act
Read More →'Nearly all retailers view federal legislation as a necessity to effectively combat this organized retail crime.
Read More →