Video: Authorities launch ORC task force

July 10, 2013
Federal authorities in conjunction with Florida law enforcement officials have launched a new task force focused on ORC

Alysa D. Erichs, special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations office in Miami, and Rich Mellor, vice president for loss prevention at the National Retail Federation, discuss the impact of organized retail crime. Federal and Florida law enforcement officials said Tuesday they are creating the nation's first task force to tackle the growing problem of organized retail theft, which victimizes nearly every store nationwide and costs retailers some $30 billion in losses each year. (Video courtesy the Associated Press)