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2023-07-26 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Mexican drug cartels are behind the surge in retail thefts

[Washington Examiner] Mexican cartels are quietly expanding their global criminal empires to include mass theft operations targeting big-box stores, luxury retail brands, and small businesses, then selling the stolen goods online and laundering the profits through Chinese brokers.

The same transnational criminal organizations, known as cartels, that have facilitated the greatest-ever human smuggling operation across the U.S.-Mexico border over the past two years and simultaneously caused the fentanyl epidemic in America now have a hand in organized retail crime.

"It’s a $70 billion a year enterprise — organized retail crime," said Eric DeLaune, special agent in charge at the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations, HSI, arm within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, during an announcement this week of a public-private partnership between HSI; U.S. attorneys in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi; and industry leaders from Albertsons, Home Depot, and Walmart to create an Organized Retail Crime Alliance.

These organized theft rings are not merely shoplifters — they are part of a larger band of criminals that has infiltrated every state.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-26 03:37|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
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#1 So does this activity contribute to global whatever, or is it a result of climate stuff?

Posted by Bobby 2023-07-26 09:06|| 2023-07-26 09:06|| Front Page Top

#2 "Diversity Is Our Strength"

Posted by Mullah Richard 2023-07-26 09:09|| 2023-07-26 09:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Burlington store in Sacramento is raided by trio of female shoplifters who make VERY slow getaway pushing shopping carts filled with stolen booty

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-26 09:48|| 2023-07-26 09:48|| Front Page Top

#4 CNN assures me this is being done because people need to eat.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-07-26 10:27|| 2023-07-26 10:27|| Front Page Top

#5 people need to eat

Kapok is very filling...

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-26 10:28|| 2023-07-26 10:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Try that in a small town.

Posted by Crusader 2023-07-26 10:50|| 2023-07-26 10:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Can’t they just steal it in Mexico and save on shipping?

Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-26 12:40|| 2023-07-26 12:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Mexicans, not ferals.
Organized Crime, not the unspoken common denominator.
Got it.

Posted by mossomo 2023-07-26 13:30|| 2023-07-26 13:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Just had a CNN piece about retail theft and the store was robbed three times during the filming, so need some distraction.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-07-26 16:22|| 2023-07-26 16:22|| Front Page Top

#10 #3 stolen booty

Libel lawsuit inbound.

Posted by Squinty Crusonter4971 2023-07-26 23:26|| 2023-07-26 23:26|| Front Page Top

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