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Introduction | |
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The Piracy Economy | |
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Organized Retail Crime Goes Global | |
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Why Is ORC SuchaThreat? | |
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The Promised Land: Money Talks | |
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Made in America: Homegrown Terrorism | |
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Recruiting from die Inside | |
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From Prison to Gangs to die World's Most Notorious | |
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Terrorist Group | |
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Access to Funding Gets Creative | |
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Burrowing In: The Hezbollah Finds a Home in die | |
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U.S. and South America | |
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From America to South America: Ties Get Stronger in the Tri-Border Region | |
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When a Deal Isn't a Deal | |
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Getting a Shoe of Luxury die Cheapest Way Possible | |
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The "Real Deal" | |
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Dying for a Deal: The Recession Doesn't Make | |
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Aspirations Go Away | |
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Big Takedowns Take Precedence Over | |
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Smaller Offenders | |
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Counterfeiters and ORC Move Their Operations Online | |
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eBay's Swift Responsev | |
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Too Little, Too Late | |
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Lurking in the Shadows: Stolen Gift Cards | |
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Bought Online | |
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Easy to Obtain, Easy to Sell | |
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Fake-out: Retailers Fronting as Legitimate Stores | |
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Protecting Yourself: Know the Signs of E-fencing/ORC | |
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The Cost to the Stores | |
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The Blame Game | |
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Insider Information: Employee Theft and ORC | |
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Human Resources Fail: Hiring the Wrong People | |
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Wholesale Scam: Terrorist-Affiliated Warehouses Sell to the Little Guy | |
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Taking a Bite Out of the Balance Sheet: Economic Downturn Fosters Cargo Theft | |
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Coordinating Information in Real Time: LAPD and APD Case Studies | |
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Follow the Money | |
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The Money Trail and the Business of | |
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Cross-Border Trade | |
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The Warehouse: Ground Zero for Cross-Border Trade | |
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Profile of a Purchaser | |
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Keeping Shelves Stocked Through Cargo Theft | |
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Coveted Items: Over-the-Counter Drugs | |
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Profde of a Cargo Thief | |
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"Shell Stores": A Conduit for Organized Retail Crime | |
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Shell Stores Move Online | |
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A Hotbed of Stolen Merchandise: Flea Markets | |
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Nabbing the Bad Guys: Classifying Organized Retail Crime as a Felony | |
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Insurance Companies: The Missing Link | |
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The Gray Market: Another Retail Facilitator of ORC | |
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Laws Have Been Passed, But Are They Helping? | |
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Profile of a Booster and a Fence | |
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Moving the Merchandise: The Role of a Fence | |
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Being Convicted as a Level 1 Fence: More Like a Slap on the Wrist Than a Slap in die Face | |
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The Level 2 Booster: Inside the Mind of a Potentially Dangerous Criminal | |
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Other Forms of Theft from a Level 2 Booster | |
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Level 3 Boosters and Fences: A High-Level Organization Equals High Profits | |
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Level 3 Boosters: Frequently Lifted Merchandise | |
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Curbing Boosters and Fences: What Does and Doesn't Work | |
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Family Ties | |
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When Family Funds Support Terrorism | |
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Assad Muhammad Barakat and His "Family" | |
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Illegal Entry into the U.S. Is Not Difficult if You Have Money | |
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The Great Entrepreneurs: Terrorists | |
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The Trust Factor: The Basis of Any Organized Retail Crime Ring | |
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Money Laundering 2.0 | |
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The Three Stages of Money Laundering | |
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Organized Retail Crime and Latin America | |
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Funneling Money Through the Black Market | |
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Peso Exchange | |
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The South American, Mexican, and African Connection | |
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The Political Agenda | |
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Homegrown Terrorism: How Retail Theft and Piracy Has Funded Terrorist Operations | |
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Rebel Kids: Extremist Ideas Financed Through International ORC | |
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When Things Went Awry | |
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ORC Funding by Way of Somalia: A Tale of Two Misguided Kids | |
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As Local as Down the Street | |
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Funding Evil Under the Guise of Charitable Contributions: The Mosques | |
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Muslim Charities: Capitalizing on Natural Disaster and Religious Empathy | |
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Terrorist Fund-Raising Via Charities Finds Roots in the U.S | |
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Charitable Donation Loopholes: How the IRS and Banking Systems Failed to Prevent Fraudulent ORC Funds from Financing Terrorist Groups | |
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Charities Turn to a Cyber Audience | |
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Why the Government Can't Regulate Charities | |
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Strange Bedfellows | |
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How Banned TVs Funded Bombings | |
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The Business of Cigarette Smuggling | |
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The EC Versus R.J. Reynolds Tobacco | |
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The Role of Money Brokers and Money Launderers | |
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The History of Cigarette Smuggling | |
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Cigarette Smuggling Funds Local Terrorism Around the World | |
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Chiquita International Brands: "Either You Pay Me, or I Am Going to Kill You." | |
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Dole Foods' Involvement with the Colombian Paramilitary | |
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Putting a Band-Aid on a Broken Leg | |
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The Failure of Preventative Measures | |
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Acting Locally, Thinking Globally | |
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Types of ORC Theft Prevention That Are Supposed to Work But Don't | |
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A Bottom-Line Breakdown of Costs | |
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Legal Issues: Defining ORC Versus Shoplifting and Shrinkage | |
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Regulating the Resale Market | |
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Letting the Bad Guy Get Away | |
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Regulation Epic Fail: How Banking BSAs and AML Programs Let Terrorist Funding Slip Through the Cracks | |
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Continued Failure to Regulate IFTs: The Costs to Local and Federal Governments as Well as Retailers | |
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Failure to Regulate Hawalas | |
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IFTs Get Sophisticated: Stored Value Cards | |
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Bulk Cash Smuggling Comes in a Smaller Package | |
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Retailers Feel the Pain of SVC Fraud | |
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Credit Card Fraud Is Even Worse | |
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RICO Defined | |
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Why ORC Rings Still Exist: Money Laundering and the RICO Statute | |
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More Problems with RICO: It's in the Definition | |
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Laws That Once Protected Potential Terrorists Have Changed | |
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Defining "Material Support" and "Coordination" | |
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Epilogue | |
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Glossary | |
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Endnotes | |
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Index | |