Shoplifters use aluminum to foil store security

アルミホイルをバッグの内側に貼って、セキュリティセンサーを無効化し、万引きを重ねていた犯人逮捕。

全米1日当り万引き被害額 $29mil.。shoplifting cost retailers in the United States more than $10.7 billion in 2002 - the last year statistics are available. That's roughly the cost of auto theft on the American economy and more than $29 million a day.

組織化された犯罪集団の存在。Part of the reason those numbers are so high: most of the shoplifting is performed by organized crime rings.

捕まえても訴追するのも一苦労。Catching the shoplifters is just the beginning though. Cpl. Reynolds doubts Mr. Silva and Mr. Equavil - both of whom are out on bond - will ever appear in court. "We won't see these guys again," Cpl. Reynolds said. He thinks they will move a few states away, far enough so Maryland won't extricate them, and start over again. そんな。

だから盗まれないのが一番、ということになる。Mr. LaRocca said the best way to stop shoplifters is to scare them off before they steal anything.