Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 8:37 PM | Joseph LaRocca The Colorado Organized Retail Crime Association (COORCA) will be launched on March 7th with the support of retailers, law enforcement and prosecutors. In addition, a new ORC bill will be heard on Thursday, February 23 in the Business Affairs Committee.
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 8:00 AM | Joseph LaRocca Last week the Los Angeles Area Organized Retail Crimes Association (LAAORCA) celebrated a record crowd of nearly 1000 attendees, service providers and diverse line-up of speakers from across the country. LAAORCA is a cooperative effort between retailers, the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, U.S. Secret Service and many other Southern California law enforcement agencies. The organization mission is to share case intelligence and work collaboratively on retail crime prevention and investigations.
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 8:00 AM | Joseph LaRocca The Los Angeles Area Organized Retail Crimes Association (LAAORCA) meeting is just one week away (Thursday, February 16th), at the Los Angeles Convention Center. As of this afternoon we have close to 900 attendees. If you’re a retailer or member of the law enforcement community and haven’t registered yet, please do so now at www.LAAORCA.org to reserve your seat.
Share Article Friday, February 3, 2012 at 8:43 AM | Joseph LaRocca Love them or loathe them, two football titans will fight it out on Sunday, and more Americans than ever will join them to celebrate the big game. According to a National Retail Federation release, 173 million people will watch the game, up from an estimated 171 million last year. Consumer spending for the Super Bowl will reach an all-time high, too, with the average game-watcher expected to shell out $63.87 on related merchandise, apparel and snacks.
Legitimate retailers aren’t the only ones cashing in this weekend. Across the country law enforcement agencies are uncovering scores of counterfeit Super Bowl merchandise.
Last year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies seized a record $3.56 million worth of fake Super Bowl-related memorabilia during "Operation Interception".
Sports fans should be on the lookout for telltale signs like poor stitching, inferior packaging and, of course, a too-good-to-be-true price.
Go Patriots!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 4:17 PM | Joseph LaRocca Our partners in Homeland Security have been developing a course for retail associates, loss prevention specialists and others, to identify and report suspicious purchases or thefts of products that bad actors could use in terrorist or other criminal activities.