In an increasingly complex economic landscape, where corporate power often seems boundless, a provocative question emerges: ...

Organizd crime, including drug smuggling is stifling Latin America's economy, according to a recent report by the World Bank. Photo by Carrasco Ragel/EPA-EFE June 27 (UPI) --Latin America and the ...

Still, the impact of organized crime on something as complex as economic development is hard to determine because it is not uniform. Organized crime may retard economic development if it strengthens ...

"Organized retail crime is what I call theft for greed, not theft for need," said Scott Glenn, vice president for asset protection at The Home Depot, which has been hit hard by organized retail theft.

Another occasionally frustrating element of the book is Wainwright’s insistence on drawing standard economic parallels to every aspect of organize crime captures his attention. The analogies often ...

National Retail Federation President Matt Shay responds to the data report that organized retail crime increased by 26.5% yearly in 2021 on "Varney & Co." ...

Economic Network of Organized Crime Revealed An approach based on network theory reveals the pattern of links between Mafia-controlled firms involved in organized crime and the rest of the economy.

Earlier this year, 20 different Dollar stores in the Detroit area were robbed within 22 days. To make matters worse, organized retail crime, in which groups of people work together to steal from ...

Crime rose during the pandemic but began to fall in 2022. The FBI released an annual report in October last year showing that in 2022, violent crime overall decreased to pre-pandemic levels.

Encouraging the growth of organized crime in Ukraine also has its own benefits for Moscow. Domestic criminal groups have helped Ukrainian men seeking to avoid conscription to leave the country ...

Glenn said The Home Depot investigated about 400 cases of suspected organized retail theft in the past year alone -- more than one per day -- and that the numbers are "growing double digits year ...