https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12514831/Wild-rise-flash-rob-mobs-making-hundreds-thousands-dollars-designer-goods-60-seconds-Crimewave-cost-California-19BILLION-year-state-sets-task-force-tackle-brazen-thieves.html
Exclusive: Wild rise of the 'flash rob
mobs' making off with hundreds of thousands
of dollars of designer goods in under
60 seconds: Crimewave will cost California
$19BILLION-a-year - as state sets up task
force to tackle brazen thieves
Daily Mail (UK), by Joe Hutchison
Posted By: Imright, 9/16/2023 10:19:53 AM
A distressing new crime trend known as 'flash rob mobs' is on the rise and likely to cost California a whopping $19billion a year, guidance from the LAPD warns. The incidents have become increasingly frequent in soft-on-crime California, where detectives in the state's largest police force are now assembling designated teams to tackle the problem. The groups have been pillaging stores including Nordstrom and Versace. In response to the recent spate, officials at the Los Angeles Police Department have formed a taskforce, named the the Organized Retail Crime Taskforce (ORCT).