According to a Forbes magazine article summarizing the National Retail Federation’s National Retail Security Survey 2022, “Retailers, on average, saw a 26.5% increase in organized retail crime incidents in 2021. In doing so, these groups can spot trends, identify organized crime groups stealing high volumes of goods across large areas, and formulate coordinated plans to counter them. Such groups are known as "data-driven partnerships" and one of them currently operates in Sacramento, California. Sharing this data with the Sacramento Organized Retail Theft working group helps everyone understand what’s going on, and how to deal with it. Instead, they are telling them not to engage with organized retail gangs, some of whom are quite prepared to become violent in order to complete their thefts.

Source: Forbes August 15, 2023 13:50 UTC