The Story
The Truth About Shoplifting examines the rise in retail crime and how the consumers’ quest for the lowest discount price fuels the market for stolen merchandise. Featuring surprising security camera footage, the latest crime-fighting technology and interviews from both sides of the law, The Truth About Shoplifting investigates why people steal, who is doing the stealing, what others are doing to fight it, and how retail theft affects us all.
In this fascinating journey into the “real world” of retail crime, specialists share their experiences and thoughts on why this crime is on the rise including: lawyer and retail theft expert, Terry Shulman, a former shoplifter who now helps others who can’t stop stealing; Jerry Biggs, a retail crime investigator who demonstrates the techniques and the technology his team uses to track professional shoplifters; Florida Sheriff Grady Judd, who reveals how the arrest of a couple of shoplifters led his officers to a multi-million dollar crime syndicate; and Rick Osborne, a Canadian crime consultant who uses his own experience behind bars to explain where shoplifters fit into the business plan for gangs.
Directed by Andrew Blicq (The Truth About Liars, Vietnam: Canada’s Shadow War) The Truth About Shoplifting reveals the latest technology being used by both store owners and shoplifters alike and how with every invention of loss prevention technology, an invention to assist theft is made. And now, the economic downturn has raised the stakes. Consumers are hunting down the lowest prices... at any cost.
The Truth About Shoplifting isn’t just about stealing...it concludes with some tough questions about how our honesty is tested every time we decide to spend.
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Duration(s):
International Broadcast Version / DVD - 52 min
CBC Version - 42 min (Title: The Secret World of Shoplifting)
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