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‘Organized Retail Crime’ Is Growing (And Not Just Because Of The Pandemic)

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Organized crime rings are taking advantage of the pandemic, looser police enforcement and a softening in anti-shoplifting laws to swipe tons of merchandise from retail stores and warehouses across the United States. KPIX-TV reported that the shop proudly advertised on Facebook Marketplace that customers “never pay retail.”.

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Consumers Turn To Package Lockers To Combat Porch Pirates

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With home security firm Ring reporting that nearly one in five homeowners in the U.S. have experienced package theft in the last year, companies like Sacramento, California-based package delivery locker system Luxer One are setting up package delivery systems to prevent porch pirates, CNBC reported Monday (Dec.