Here's something I was pointed to today on the actual crime numbers vs. Target's claim that the Yakuza, the Mafia, the Purple Gang, and the Cornbread Mafia are all stripping the stores clean:
Is this relevant to Pam's story? Hard to say as stores like hers would be different from discount department stores like Target, but there may be higher meaning nonetheless.
Here's something I was pointed to today on the actual crime numbers vs. Target's claim that the Yakuza, the Mafia, the Purple Gang, and the Cornbread Mafia are all stripping the stores clean:
Is this relevant to Pam's story? Hard to say as stores like hers would be different from discount department stores like Target, but there may be higher meaning nonetheless.
I don't think I've seen any real evidence of an organized shoplifting ring. The news stories I've heard on this are long on speculation about organized theft and fencing, but I haven't heard about anything like the cops raiding a warehouse where the store all the stolen goods, or tracking down the people putting up the ads.
This is definitely relevant is the sense that Pam could be be experiencing theft in the store they work in, but that doesn't mean there's big, organized shoplifting gangs. The burden of proof is on the people claiming these gangs are behind the theft.
Here's something I was pointed to today on the actual crime numbers vs. Target's claim that the Yakuza, the Mafia, the Purple Gang, and the Cornbread Mafia are all stripping the stores clean:
https://popular.info/p/target-says-its-closing-9-stores
Is this relevant to Pam's story? Hard to say as stores like hers would be different from discount department stores like Target, but there may be higher meaning nonetheless.
I don't think I've seen any real evidence of an organized shoplifting ring. The news stories I've heard on this are long on speculation about organized theft and fencing, but I haven't heard about anything like the cops raiding a warehouse where the store all the stolen goods, or tracking down the people putting up the ads.
This is definitely relevant is the sense that Pam could be be experiencing theft in the store they work in, but that doesn't mean there's big, organized shoplifting gangs. The burden of proof is on the people claiming these gangs are behind the theft.