Group of up to 50 people shoplift about $100K worth of luxury items from L.A. mall; used bear spray against guards
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Between 30 to 50 people swarmed the Nordstrom at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Woodland Hills, making off with thousands of dollars worth of luxury handbags and high-end clothing, an LAPD spokesman told NBC News.
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This is organized crime.
Loosely by definition sure, but not real organized crime
Looks like run of the mill theft to me. Sure, perpetrated by a lot of people at once, but without proof of a legitimate business operating as a money laundering front for the proceeds of the fenced goods, this isn't organized crime.