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Article: Bill introduced to combat organized retail crime.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
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- Law Enforcement Technology
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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A bill was introduced to Congress in July which addresses organized retail crime. The "Organized Retail Crime Act of 2008" would give law enforcement officials the tools they need to curtail ORC (organized retail crime) and protect consumers from unknowingly purchasing fraudulent or unsafe consumer goods.
ORC involves sophisticated crime rings that typically steal and stockpile huge quanitities of merchandise in a targeted area. They then resell the stolen merchandise through flea markets, swap meets, pawn shops and, increasingly, on Internet auction sites. In many cases, crime rings use the profits to fund other criminal enterprises.
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