Thursday, August 03, 2006

Merchants Fight Against Organized Theft / Chron.com, 31 Jul 2006

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4084254.html
ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
"Stores are worrying less about teens stealing CDs than about sophisticated criminals like Samih Fadl Jamal of Mesa, Ariz., the ring leader of a major organized theft operation that stole and resold millions of dollars of baby formula throughout the country. Such highly sophisticated groups have been targeting retailers for several years, but merchants are just starting to come together to fight organized retail theft, developing crime databases and establishing crime squads." [Organised Crime; Crime Reduction]