Introduction                                       1  (8)
  Part I The Piracy Economy
    Chapter 1 Organized Retail Crime Goes Global   9  (22)
      Why Is ORC Such a Threat?                    11 (2)
      The Promised Land: Money Talks               13 (4)
      Made in America: Homegrown Terrorism         17 (2)
      Recruiting from the Inside                   19 (2)
      From Prison to Gangs to the World's Most     21 (4)
      Notorious Terrorist Group
      Access to Funding Gets Creative              25 (2)
      Burrowing In: The Hezbollah Finds a Home     27 (1)
      in the U.S. and South America
      From America to South America: Ties Get      28 (3)
      Stronger in the Tri-Border Region
    Chapter 2 When a Deal Isn't a Deal             31 (22)
      Getting a Slice of Luxury the Cheapest       34 (2)
      Way Possible
      The "Real Deal"                              36 (2)
      Dying for a Deal: The Recession Doesn't      38 (1)
      Make Aspirations Go Away
      Big Takedowns Take Precedence Over           39 (1)
      Smaller Offenders
      Counterfeiters and ORC Move Their            40 (2)
      Operations Online
      eBay's Swift Response                        42 (2)
      Too Little, Too Late                         44 (1)
      Lurking in the Shadows: Stolen Gift Cards    45 (1)
      Bought Online
      Easy to Obtain, Easy to Sell                 46 (2)
      Fake-out: Retailers Fronting as              48 (3)
      Legitimate Stores
      Protecting Yourself: Know the Signs of       51 (2)
      E-fencing/ORC
    Chapter 3 The Cost to the Stores               53 (24)
      The Blame Game                               54 (1)
      Insider Information: Employee Theft and      54 (2)
      ORC
      Human Resources Fail: Hiring the Wrong       56 (5)
      People
      Wholesale Scam: Terrorist-Affiliated         61 (3)
      Warehouses Sell to the Little Guy
      Taking a Bite Out of the Balance Sheet:      64 (3)
      Economic Downturn Fosters Cargo Theft
      Coordinating Information in Real Time:       67 (10)
      LAPD and APD Case Studies
  Part II Follow the Money
    Chapter 4 The Money Trail and the Business     77 (20)
    of Cross-Border Trade
      The Warehouse: Ground Zero for               80 (1)
      Cross-Border Trade
      Profile of a Purchaser                       81 (2)
      Keeping Shelves Stocked Through Cargo        83 (1)
      Theft
      Coveted Items: Over-the-Counter Drugs        84 (2)
      Profile of a Cargo Thief                     86 (1)
      "Shell Stores": A Conduit for Organized      87 (2)
      Retail Crime
      Shell Stores Move Online                     89 (2)
      A Hotbed of Stolen Merchandise: Flea         91 (1)
      Markets
      Nabbing the Bad Guys: Classifying            91 (2)
      Organized Retail Crime as a Felony
      Insurance Companies: The Missing Link        93 (1)
      The Gray Market: Another Retail              94 (1)
      Facilitator of ORC
      Laws Have Been Passed, But Are They          95 (2)
      Helping?
    Chapter 5 Profile of a Booster and a Fence     97 (22)
      Moving the Merchandise: The Role of a        100(1)
      Fence
      Being Convicted as a Level 1 Fence: More     101(3)
      Like a Slap on the Wrist Than a Slap in
      the Face
      The Level 2 Booster: Inside the Mind of a    104(2)
      Potentially Dangerous Criminal
      Other Forms of Theft from a Level 2          106(2)
      Booster
      Level 3 Boosters and Fences: A High-Level    108(4)
      Organization Equals High Profits
      Level 3 Boosters: Frequently Lifted          112(3)
      Merchandise
      Curbing Boosters and Fences: What Does       115(4)
      and Doesn't Work
    Chapter 6 Family Ties                          119(20)
      When Family Funds Support Terrorism          121(2)
      Assad Muhammad Barakat and His "Family"      123(4)
      Illegal Entry into the U.S. Is Not           127(5)
      Difficult---if You Have Money
      The Great Entrepreneurs: Terrorists          132(4)
      The Trust Factor: The Basis of Any           136(3)
      Organized Retail Crime Ring
    Chapter 7 Money Laundering 2.0                 139(20)
      The Three Stages of Money Laundering         141(10)
      Organized Retail Crime and Latin America     151(1)
      Funneling Money Through the Black Market     152(3)
      Peso Exchange
      The South American, Mexican, and African     155(4)
      Connection
    Chapter 8 The Political Agenda                 159(20)
      Homegrown Terrorism: How Retail Theft and    160(3)
      Piracy Has Funded Terrorist Operations
      Rebel Kids: Extremist Ideas Financed         163(1)
      Through International ORC
      When Things Went Awry                        164(1)
      ORC Funding by Way of Somalia: A Tale of     165(3)
      Two Misguided Kids
      As Local as Down the Street                  168(1)
      Funding Evil Under the Guise of              168(1)
      Charitable Contributions: The Mosques
      Muslim Charities: Capitalizing on Natural    169(3)
      Disaster and Religious Empathy
      Terrorist Fund-Raising Via Charities         172(1)
      Finds Roots in the U.S.
      Charitable Donation Loopholes: How the       173(2)
      IRS and Banking Systems Failed to Prevent
      Fraudulent ORC Funds from Financing
      Terrorist Groups
      Charities Turn to a Cyber Audience           175(1)
      Why the Government Can't Regulate            175(4)
      Charities
    Chapter 9 Strange Bedfellows                   179(22)
      How Banned TVs Funded Bombings               180(3)
      The Business of Cigarette Smuggling          183(2)
      The EC Versus R.J. Reynolds Tobacco          185(1)
      The Role of Money Brokers and Money          186(2)
      Launderers
      The History of Cigarette Smuggling           188(1)
      Cigarette Smuggling Funds Local Terrorism    189(3)
      Around the World
      Chiquita International Brands: "Either       192(3)
      You Pay Me, or I Am Going to Kill You."
      Dole Foods' Involvement with the             195(6)
      Colombian Paramilitary
  Part III Putting a Band-Aid on a Broken Leg
    Chapter 10 The Failure of Preventative         201(18)
    Measures
      Acting Locally, Thinking Globally            202(2)
      Types of ORC Theft Prevention That Are       204(3)
      Supposed to Work But Don't
      A Bottom-Line Breakdown of Costs             207(8)
      Legal Issues: Defining ORC Versus            215(1)
      Shoplifting and Shrinkage
      Regulating the Resale Market                 216(3)
    Chapter 11 Letting the Bad Guy Get Away        219(24)
      Regulation Epic Fail: How Banking BSAs       222(1)
      and AML Programs Let Terrorist Funding
      Slip Through the Cracks
      Continued Failure to Regulate IFTs: The      223(1)
      Costs to Local and Federal Governments as
      Well as Retailers
      Failure to Regulate Hawalas                  224(3)
      IFTs Get Sophisticated: Stored Value Cards   227(1)
      Bulk Cash Smuggling Comes in a Smaller       228(2)
      Package
      Retailers Feel the Pain of SVC Fraud         230(1)
      Credit Card Fraud Is Even Worse              231(3)
      RICO Defined                                 234(1)
      Why ORC Rings Still Exist: Money             235(1)
      Laundering and the RICO Statute
      More Problems with RICO: It's in the         236(3)
      Definition
      Laws That Once Protected Potential           239(1)
      Terrorists Have Changed
      Defining "Material Support" and              239(4)
      "Coordination"
Epilogue                                           243(4)
Glossary                                           247(24)
Endnotes                                           271(28)
Index                                              299