Crimes Against Business Committee

Overview

The Crimes Against Business Committee consists of leaders in the retail industry who gather together to develop strategies for addressing the different criminal activities that affect the industry.

This committee serves as a forum for networking, benchmarking and ideas-sharing on pressing challenges throughout the year. Efforts to fight organized retail crime (ORC), working with online marketplace platforms to address criminal activity, and mitigating gift card fraud are just some of the key topics this group addresses. Working together and sharing knowledge across the retail industry is essential to be better prepared and more effective in preventing crime and loss.

The Committee’s top 3 focus areas for include:

Leading practices for deterring, investigating, and prosecuting organized retail crime (ORC).
Impact of decriminalization and appropriate response strategies to various types of crime
Emerging theft and fraud schemes

*If you would like to join the committee as a retailer member or as a strategic partner please reach out to Khris Hamlin/Adora Belcher.
Contact Khris.Hamlin@rila.org /Adora.Belcher@rila.org

Crimes Against Business Committee at RILA's Retail Asset Protection Conference 2025