Phoenix -Maricopa County Prosecutor’s Inspector Bureau The amount of organizational retail theft case was almost twice as compared to the previous year in 2024.
The office recently announced that it had received such an incident of 891 in 2024. This has increased by 45 % from 616 retailed retail cases received by the office in 2023.
“I succeeded in a 300 organized retail criminal case in the calendar year last year in 2024,” said Rachel Mitchell, a lawyer in Maricopa -gun. KTAR NEWS 92.3 FM Thursday.
Reasons why retail theft cases organized in Maricopa County are rising
Mitchell has revealed that the increase has increased when submission does not necessarily reflect the increase in crimes.
“That means that there is an increase in cooperation. [and] Mitchell said, “an increase in efforts by the law enforcement agency. “The emphasis on taking these people to take responsibility is functioning because it has acquired more cases and has accused more cases.”
She has been a straightforward enemy of retail since her first in 2022. That year, she created a task force that focuses on the battle with this issue. She later expanded Task Force Reach through a “safe shopping” campaign in 2023.
she There is also a web page in the office There are details of various cases to introduce the prosecution’s efforts.
Details regarding the increase in organizational or theft of Maricopa County
Mitchell is passionate about this problem for a wide range of adverse effects. She added that it was much more devastating and must not be mistaken for shoplifting.
“We are often talking about one of the people who have adopted a large amount of resurrected items, or the large items that can be resold with a lot of money,” said Mitchell.
These crimes can steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from companies. In some cases, the loss may be counted to millions.
“I often go to supply this money to other criminal acts, such as drug smuggling, human smuggling, and trafficking,” Mitchell said. “We say that all places are not the same, and we want to make sure that Maricopa -gun is not a place you want to commit such a crime.”
Susan Monday of KTAR NEWS 92.3 FM has contributed to this report.
