Black Market Billions: How Organized Retail Crime Funds Global Terrorists (Gal Zentner's Library) (38 page)

20.
United Nations Security Council, Security Council Committee Pursuant to Resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, July 18, 2011.

21.
“The Globalization of Crime: A Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment,” United Nations Office on Drug and Crime, June 2010.

22.
A terrorist organization in Somalia with ties to al Qaeda that most recently took responsibility for the attacks in Uganda during the 2010 World Cup.

23.
Interview with Jack Gee, June 25, 2010.

24.
eBay Q2 2009 earnings report.

25.
Inteview with Paul Jones at the NRF conference in Atlanta on June 14th, 2010.

26.
Interview with Kris Buckner, August 5, 2010 at his office in Torrence, CA.

27.
Reuters, “Drugs, Terrorism and Shadow Banking,” Bernard Debusmann, March 26, 2010.

28.
Ibid.

29.
Ibid.

30.
This conversation took place during a small breakout session at the NRF conference in Atlanta, Georgia, June 15, 2010. The subject of the breakout session focused on employee theft.

31.
Ibid.

32.
Los Angeles Times
, “Court cases shed light on money transferring systems,” Tina Susman, May 24, 2010.

33.
The Cornerstone Report (a division of ICE), Volume III: No. 2, December 2006, “Prepaid Cards an Emerging Threat.”

34.
Interview with Joe LaRocca, April 6, 2010.

35.
New York Times
, “Street Vending as a Way to Ease Joblessness,” Jennifer 8. Lee, April 29, 2009.

36.
Author interview with Ali Issa, staff organizer with the Street Vendor Project, July 12, 2010.

37.
Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

38.
Ibid.

39.
“KC police bust what they call an organized retail crime ring operating in a nice neighborhood,” NBC Action News, July 1, 2010.

40.
Author interview with Dr. Read Hayes, National Association for Shoplifting Prevention, November 15, 2009.

41.
Phone interview with Jack Gee, June 29, 2010.

42.
Ibid.

Chapter 3

1.
I spoke with Detective Hahn at the LEAPS conference in Los Angeles August 5, 2010, where he described the scene at the Arden Fair mall in Sacramento.

2.
Ibid.

3.
University of Florida National Retail Survey 2009. “Shrinkage” refers to losses from both ORC rings and theft not related to ORC.

4.
Cargo Theft Training National Insurance Crime Bureau, Texas Department of Insurance, Fraud Conference Supervisory Special Agent Jerry Allen, November 12, 2010.

5.
Bureau of Justice Statistics Criminal Victimization in the United States, 2008 Statistical Tables and U.S. Census Bureau National Crime Victimization Survey 2010.

6.
I spoke to Timothy Elliot when he was working at Barneys on August 17th, 2010. After he left, I touched base with the current spokesperson, who confirmed Barneys does not comment on loss prevention matters.

7.
Traffic World
, “Cargo Security Unlocked,” A.G. Keane, 269(13), 2005, p. 10 (via the CRISP report “Organized Retail Crime: Assessing the Risk and Developing Effective Strategies”).

8.
CRISP report: “Organized Retail Crime: Assessing the Risk and Developing Effective Strategies.”

9.
Author interview with a human resources representative at Bloomingdale’s, April 21, 2011.

10.
New York Times
, “Shoplifters? Studies Say Keep an Eye on Workers,” Steve Greenhouse, December 29, 2009.

11.
Associated Press, “A Guilty Plea in Wal-Mart Case,” February 1, 2006.

12.
NRF 2008 National Retail Security Survey

13.
National Retail Security Survey 2010 by Dr. Richard Hollinger professor of Criminology at the University of Florida.

14.
Conversation with Paul Cogswell at the NRF Loss Prevention EXPO June 15th, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia.

15.
Phone interview with Jack Gee, June 29, 2010.

16.
Interview with Saks Fifth Avenue employee, September 2010.

17.
Interview with Kevin Tyrell, Section Chief, ICE-HSI Illicit Finance and Proceeds of Crime Unit, May 22, 2010.

18.
“Is Black-Market Baby Formula Financing Terror?” The
Christian Science Monitor,
Clayton, Mark. June 29, 2005.

19.
LPRC Organized Retail Crime Report.

20.
FinCEN Form 105, otherwise known as the Report of International Transportation of Currency or Monetary Instruments (CMIR), requires people who physically transport (carry, mail, or ship) funds or who cause the money to be physically transported, mailed, shipped, or received, in currency or travelers checks exceeding $10,000, into or out of the U.S., to file a CMIR. The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 does not cover cash, debit cards, or gift cards.

21.
The World’s Most Threatening Terrorist Source Networks and Criminal Gangs
, eds. Michael T. Kindt, Jerrold M. Post, and Barry Schneider, Palgrave Macmillian, 2009.

22.
Phone interview with Jerry Biggs, July 22, 2010.

23.
Interview with Gary Weisbecker on March 11th, 2010

24.
RILA Loss Prevention Research Council, Organized Retail Crime Annual Report 2009, Reed Hayes, Ph.D., CPP Loss Prevention Research Council and University of Florida.

25.
Ibid.

26.
Coalition Against Organized Retail Crime, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing on “Combating Organized Retail Crime: The Role of Federal Law Enforcement,” November 5, 2009.

27.
Statement of The National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Alexandria, VA, to the U.S. House of Representatives House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

28.
For statistical purposes, the FBI defines cargo theft as “the criminal taking of any cargo including, but not limited to, goods, chattels, money, or baggage that constitutes, in whole or in part, a commercial shipment of freight moving in commerce, from any pipeline system, railroad car, motortruck, or other vehicle, or from any tank or storage facility, station house, platform, or depot, or from any vessel or wharf, or from any aircraft, air terminal, airport, aircraft terminal or air navigation facility, or from any intermodal container, intermodal chassis, trailer, container freight station, warehouse, freight distribution facility, or freight consolidation facility.”

29.
Interview with Jared Palmer, April 10, 2010.

30.
ASIS Foundation, Connecting Research in Security to Practice, CRISP report: “Organized Retail Crime: Assessing the Risk and Developing Effective Strategies,” Walter E. Palmer, CPP CFI, CFE, and Chris Richardson, CPP, 2009.

31.
CRS Report Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress on Organized Retail Crime, Kristin M. Finklea, Analyst in Domestic Security, January 6, 2011.

32.
Interview with Detective Marc Zavala, August 9, 2010.

33.
Press release: “Stearns’ Cargo Theft Provision to Be Enacted as Part of Patriot Act Reauthorization,” July 21, 2005.

34.
Interview with Jared Palmer, April 13, 2010.

35.
Speech given by Joe LaRocca at the NRF Loss Prevention conference in Atlanta, Georgia, June 2010.

36.
Interview with James Cooper at LAPD headquarters, August 10, 2010.

37.
In
The 9/11 Commission Report
the government lists communication and private sector preparedness as one of the ways to prevent terrorist attacks: “We believe that compliance with the standard should define the standard of care owned by a company to its employees and the public for legal purposes. Private-sector preparedness is not a luxury; it is a cost of doing business in the post 9/11 world. It is ignored at a tremendous potential cost in lives, money and national security.”

38.
Interview with James Featherstone at the city of Los Angeles emergency management headquarters, August 9, 2010.

39.
Speech given by James Featherstone at the LEAPS conference in Los Angeles, August 5, 2010.

40.
Interview with Steve Sambar, Captain, Major Crimes Division, at LAPD headquarters, August 9, 2010.

41.
Author interview, August 6, 2010.

42.
Author interview with Detective Kent Oda, June 22, 2010.

43.
Interview with Joe LaRocca from National Retail Federation, April 6, 2010.

Chapter 4

1.
Author interview with Gary Weisbecker, June 2010.

2.
Phone interview with Jerry Biggs, November 20, 2009.

3.
U.S. Census Bureau e-stats report 2007.

4.
Sheriff Ed Dean of Marion County, Florida, at the 2009 National Cargo Theft Summit.

5.
Fleet Owner
magazine, “Target: Cargo Theft,” Sean Kilcarr, October 21, 2009.

6.
FreightWatch International, “South Florida Cargo Theft Gangs.”

7.
FreightWatch International, “U.S. Cargo Theft: A 2009 Review.”

8.
Ibid.

9.
Ibid.

10.
Wall Street Journal
, “Lilly Drugs Stolen in Warehouse Heist,” March 17, 2010.

11.
Author interview with Chuck Forsaith, June 15, 2010.

12.
Wall Street Journal
, “Lilly Drugs Stolen in Warehouse Heist,” March 17, 2010.

13.
International In-house Counsel Journal
, Vol. 2 No. 8, Summer 2009, 1169-1174, “The Effects on Cargo Theft in a Down Global Economy,” Jared S. Palmer, General Counsel, AFN, LLC, USA.

14.
Interview with Author, July 2004.

15.
International In-house Counsel Journal
, Vol. 2 No. 8, Summer 2009, 1169-1174, “The Effects on Cargo Theft in a Down Global Economy,” Jared S. Palmer, General Counsel, AFN, LLC, USA.

16.
Interview with Joe LaRocca, April 6, 2010.

17.
Coalition on Organized Retail Crime report 2009.

18.
ORC Annual Report, Dr. Read Hayes, January 12, 2009, and author interview with Hayes, November 17, 2009.

19.
Chicago Tribune
, “Streamwood Man Used His Business to Sell Stolen Items Online,” October 1, 2009.

20.
Online security newsletter, CSOONLINE.com.

21.
The Daily News,
“Prosecutors: He’s Victoria’s Secret Bra Thief,” Nicole Bode, September 2, 2008.

22.
New York Times
, “Vendors at Aqueduct Flea Market Seek New Home as Closing Nears,” Elizabeth Harris, December 16, 2010. Street Vendor Project, streetvendor.org.

23.
NBC New York, December 10, 2010.

24.
Fifth annual Organized Retail Crime survey. Methodology: completed by loss prevention executives from 115 companies, including department, discount, drug, grocery, restaurant, and specialty retailers.

25.
Author interview with Frank Muscato, April 3, 2009.

26.
Interview with Jerry Biggs, March 24, 2010.