HSI’s strong partnership with private industry groups, such as the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail (CLEAR), the National Retail Federation (NRF), the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) and others, are critical to our efforts to combat OTGs who seek to disrupt interstate and foreign commerce. Operation Boiling Point is Homeland Security Investigations' (HSI) response to OTGs profiting from ORC, cargo theft and other theft-related crimes that threaten the economy and security of the United States. ORC is a low-risk, high-reward income stream for domestic and transnational criminal organizations that greatly impacts inter-state and international commerce and the overall economic security of the United States. It is estimated that the average American family will pay more than $500 annually in additional costs due to the impact of ORC. These thefts are detrimental to both businesses, small and large alike, and the overall economy as they pose both societal and health risks to the community.Įstimates reveal ORC costs federal and state governments nearly $15 billion in lost tax revenue, not including lost sales taxes. In addition to the growing number of thefts that turn violent, consumers, local communities and businesses bear the costs of rising prices. ORC is not shoplifting, and these crimes are not victimless. As staggering as this number is, it doesn’t account for loss related to cargo theft nor the uptick in ORC during the COVID-19 pandemic. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) defines ORC as “ the association of two or more persons engaged in illegally obtaining items of value from retail establishments, through theft and/or fraud, as part of a criminal enterprise.”Īccording to the 2021 joint report released by the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and the Buy Safe America Coalition, in 2019, nearly $70 billion in goods were stolen from retailers.
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