On the proliferation of pickpockets and pilferers

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on October 20, 2009 at 10:41 am

NPR’s Marketplace checks in with a local private eye to gauge how the economic troubles are changing the dynamics of thievery. Now here’s a growth industry.

Whenever you’re paying maybe upwards of $20 for a can of formula in a store, it’s pretty easy to sell at a flea market for $8 to $10 a can. And it’s quick cash. It’s quick profit for people. And they’re not stealing it to provide for their family, they’re stealing it because it’s a way to make a living at the flea market.

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