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U.S. Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) recently introduced the Improving Federal Investigations of Organized Retail Crime Act (H.R. 7499), a bipartisan bill to improve how law enforcement handles organized retail crime.
According to a 2019 report by the Retail Industry Leaders Association and Buy Safe America Coalition, as much as $68.9 billion worth of products were stolen from retailers in 2019. Additionally, the report found that retail crime results in $125.7 billion in lost economic activity and over…