http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8770173/
Twenty-first century shoplifting
"The problem with external theft is it's a ghost," said Jerry Biggs, organized retail crime section coordinator for the drugstore chain Walgreens Co. "It's been a ghost for so long that it is now like having something that's been dormant and all of a sudden it's grown under the carpet and it's BIG."
*Swell article there. Note the impact of (a) eBay as
a fence, (b) barcoding as a box-stuffing method of fraud,
and (c) mobile, roaming, multi-jurisdictional smart-mobs.
No wonder shoplifting is huge all of a sudden –
they're robbing machinery.
*Thanks for sending that in, Mr. La Caze!
