When the going gets tough, the tough pilfer.
High unemployment is giving people with less pocket money more free time to roam around stores. ... The recession also is creating a perfect environment for organized shoplifting gangs to flourish. That's because it's easier than ever to fence stolen goods such as designer jeans, flat-screen TVs or fashionable handbags.
Shoplifting increased by as much as 15 percent nationwide in 2008 and is thought to be rising in 2009. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says theft is up in many counties across Georgia, as are gray-market sales and pawn shop traffic.
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