Investigative reporters exposed these bad bosses, and now comes the hammer of the law.

Retailers are locking up merchandise and closing stores nationwide, citing an explosion in organized theft. Could their losses be attributable to more than just shoplifting?

Why has the media gone all in on small time scofflaws when organized financial crime is robbing people straight from their paychecks?

Police unions, the retail lobby, and other critics of criminal justice reform have seized on viral images of package theft and shoplifting to push for a rollback of California’s efforts to reduce its prison population.