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Article: Thieves milking baby formula for high profit, low risk
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 5, 2006
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It's one of the most frequently shoplifted items from any store -
- and it's not an iPod.
At $12 or more per can, baby formula is an expensive and highly
pilfered item that's flying off shelves and into the pockets of
profiteers.
And that stolen formula, which is often improperly stored and
therefore spoils, could end up right back in stores and in your
infant's bottle.
Baby formula, like razors, over-the-counter medications and
diabetes test strips, is highly sought after by organized retail-
theft rings that resell it on the black market.
"It's just a crime that over part of the last decade has become
more recognized by career criminals as a high-profit, low-risk
crime," said Jerry ...