#organized-retail-theft

#organized-retail-theft

Coming out of the pandemic, many retail chains, political leaders, law enforcement officials and others told America there was an unprecedented level of shoplifting. Shoplifting became a political lighting rod, and videos of thieves smashing store windows and grabbing merchandise rocketed across the news and social media as a symbol of a breakdown across cities. But national crime data never showed a retail theft wave, though shoplifting did spike in certain cities like New York.