Law Enforcement and Corporate Collaboration: Teaming Up to Take Down Organized Retail Crime

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST

Location: Room: 6D

Moderator(s)

Larry Lundeen

Vice President, Global Investigations
Walmart, United States

Speaker(s)

Claire Rushton

Senior Director, Global Investigations, Crimes Against the Business
Walmart, United States
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Raul Aguilar

Deputy Assistant Director
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), United States
Matt Lotspeich

Senior Director of Global Investigations, Federal Law Enforcement
Walmart
Sara Lockman

Senior Director of Global Investigations, Data Analytics
Walmart

Presentation Description: Organized retail crime (ORC) poses a serious threat to consumers and local economies, costing stores an average of over $700,000 per $1 billion in sales in 2020 – a figure that is steadily rising. Retailers must prioritize sharing information internally, with law enforcement agencies, and with competing retailers in order to effectively thwart organized retail crime. These relationships are the key to creating a comfortable and safe shopping environment for customers, associates, and public safety officials alike. During this workshop, we will provide participants with an evidence-based analysis of what constitutes Organized Retail Crime, including best practices to respond, investigate, and combat the rise in organized retail theft across the country that put communities in harms’ way.