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Podcast: Closer Look
Episode: How is it even possible to shoplift $1.3M worth of booze from the LCBO?
Description: Earlier this year, the Retail Council of Canada released an alarming report about a "national crisis" facing its members: skyrocketing rates of theft, violence and organized criminal activity.This week, police in Halton Region added to the long list of examples.Three people were arrested for their role in what the cops described as a “large-scale liquor trafficking operation” that moved more than $1.3 million worth of stolen booze across the Greater Toronto Area. Police say the ring included at least ten groups of organized thieves who stole bottles from various LCBO outlets.