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The Secret World of Shoplifting

Every single day in North America, there are more than 600,000 shoplifting incidents. Eighty percent of us have stolen at least once in our lives. One out of every 10 of us shoplifts often. And now, organized crime has discovered that it's a low risk way to turn a handsome profit. The truth is ... stealing from stores is a big part of our consumer culture And it's a crime you pay for every time you step up to the cash register.

The Secret World of Shoplifting examines the rise in retail crime and how the consumer's quest for the lowest discount price fuels the market for stolen merchandise. Featuring astonishing security camera footage, the latest crime-fighting technology and interviews from both sides of the law, The Secret World of Shoplifting investigates why people steal, who is doing the stealing, what others are doing to fight it, and how retail theft affects us all.

Thieves call it 'The Five Finger Discount', but there's nothing funny about the true impact it's having on retailers, especially in these tough economic times. North American business will lose approximately $40 billion this year to what they call "Shrink." Some will be forced into bankruptcy.

In this fascinating journey into the "real world" of retail crime, specialists share their experiences and thoughts on why this crime is on the rise including: lawyer and retail theft expert, Terry Shulman, a former shoplifter who now helps others who can't stop stealing; Jerry Biggs, a retail crime investigator who demonstrates the techniques and the technology his team uses to track professional shoplifters; Florida Sheriff Grady Judd, who reveals how the arrest of a couple of shoplifters led his officers to a multi-million dollar crime syndicate; and Rick Osborne, a Canadian crime consultant who uses his own experience behind bars to explain where shoplifters fit into the business plan for gangs.

The Secret World of Shoplifting reveals the latest technology being used by store owners and shoplifters alike . It's a cat and mouse game as thieves counter every new invention designed to catch them. And now, the economic downturn has raised the stakes. Consumers are hunting down the lowest prices... at any cost. Often they don't know or don't want to know where all that cheap merchandise is coming from. Internet commerce, discount vendors and local flea markets are all part of the problem.

The Secret World of Shoplifting isn't just about stealing - it's about the test of honesty in an economic downturn.

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News & Politics

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• world
• canada
• stealing
• lie
• consumer
• culture
• shoplifting
• real
• truth
• history
• documentary

[RTCK562]

who cares, it doesnt cost us money because the companies selling us the products are making the items overseas and costing americans jobs, shoplifters are just taking it back for the working man, by selling it to middle and lower class people who might not otherwise be able to afford it, the shoplifters are taking the money they make and putting money back into the american economy by spending their money domestically. Screw the conglomerate empires

[SuperNismo23]

i shoplifted today haha

[whorebucks]

the police are the biggest thugs.

[theisoganders]

@SuperNismo23 lolz...! xP

[ShrinkTrends]

Shrinktrends. com

more ways shoplifters and employees steal

[DAJAZDJ1]

@plewis221 jails nothing kid a well earned rest for a few weeks layed in bed watching tv and playing playstation and its a good chance to hustle wimps and take there shit when i go to jail i guarentee within a week i have a mobile in my pad thats the best way to earn a lot of money by hiring it out to next man i go to jail on purpose to make money when im running low which is nearly always cos i smoke too many drugs

[DAJAZDJ1]

@plewis221 i have a job my job is im a professional shop theif and a good one

[DAJAZDJ1]

@DAJAZDJ1 tougher sentances would make me stop doing it not the joke sentances they give me now they always tell me the same bullshit how i have an apalling record for theft and they think by fining me £50 paid at £3 a week from my benefits is gonna make me stop no fucking chance your honour see u in a few weeks for another waste of time stuipd sentance anyone got any orders for me half shop price whatever u want bargains to be had if i get something worth £100 i sell it for £40-50

[DAJAZDJ1]

use tin foil to stop alarms going off line a carrier bag with foil and put whatever vyou want in that bag cos the security tags won't go off i can guarentee that cos its made literally thousands and thousands of £s if i would of saved that money instead of blowing the lot on drugs id be rich now but i'll be back in town tommorow playing games with them bitch ass babylon man id so love to blow up a police station with as many police in it as possible that is my dream FUCK THA POLICE FO REAL

[DAJAZDJ1]

im english and im a top class shoplifter and i ain't stopping cos of the petty sentances the courts give out i have been sent to jail 6 times but i went to open prison 3 times and i liked it but usually they give me a conditional discharge or a residence order which means i just have to live at my house basically theres no curfew with that either whats the point in stopping cos if i get court i get off with stupid sentaces o maybe 3 weeks in prison wow but i can make over £100 a day easily