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And according to them, he had a little space to sleep and a little place to cook.

And the rest of it, according to them, was storage for all of the stolen merchandise.

For Vault Studios, I'm Will Johnson.

You're listening to The Daily Crime.

The guy had a black bag, big heavy-duty black bag.

He would just put the stuff in there.

What they'll do is target-specific product.

In fact, in a lot of cases, they'll have shopping lists of things that they've been told to steal.

It's the holiday shopping season, so we thought we'd tell you about organized crime rings that

are ripping off retail stores around the country.

I'm joined by Consumer Advocate reporter Tiffany at KHOU in Houston.

Tiffany, thanks for being here.

Thank you.

Thank you for having me.

This is a really interesting topic.

Yeah, and it's sort of like you take shoplifting and then

you like bust it out into something millions and billions of dollars bigger, right?

Yeah, I mean, this is what's sort of described as professional shoplifting. It is organized

from top to bottom. And other consumers that are out there see this going on.

And it's hard to wrap your head around, but it's really happening.

And it's happening at the most popular stores that we all shop at.

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