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A former NYPD robbery squad detective says the threat of Black Friday theft has turned a holiday weekend into shoplifters’ “Super Bowl” with retail robbery turning into a “multibillion-dollar business.”

A 2024 report released by the National Retail Federation claims that retail theft has increased by a whopping 93% in 2023 versus 2019, adding there was also a 90% increase in dollar loss due to shoplifting. The organization estimates 186.9 million Americans will shop between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday.

Former NYPD Detective Patrick Brosnan told Fox News Digital that organized retail theft is no longer simply “petty shoplifting,” adding, “this is a whole different deal.”

Brosnan said organized retail theft has become a “very profitable busin

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