Comment on Is the 'rise of retail theft' problem in America overblown?

• Smite6645@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Current Affairs article from 2017

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  • Smite6645@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The article links to a reddit post, which has been dated - so not sire of the source data.

    Here’s a recent article with the same points and similar figures.

    The Guardian

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    • BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks to both of you. Damn.

      Workers in the US have an estimated $50bn-plus stolen from them every year, according to the Economic Policy Institute, surpassing all robberies, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts combined. The majority of these stolen wages are never recovered by workers.

      Not surprised, honestly, but I’d never heard that comparison before.

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