Travel Crew Intelligence Sharing Meeting - Sponsored by AKTEK

The Western States Organized Retail Crime Alliance (WSORCA) is pleased to host the next Travel Crew Intelligence Sharing Meeting on August 6 from 1:00–3:00 PM PST.

This virtual session will convene investigators, local, state, and federal law enforcement partners, as well as prosecutors from multiple states, to address high-level traveling crew offenders impacting jurisdictions across state lines.

The meeting will focus specifically on crews operating within the western United States, as well as national crews traveling into or through the western region.

Presentations:

Tap to Pay Traveling Crews

Adam Parks

Assistant Special Agent in Charge

Homeland Security Investigations

ASAC Adam Parks will provide an update on the rapidly evolving Tap to Pay traveling crew trend, discussing investigative challenges, emerging tactics used by organized criminal groups, and opportunities for collaboration across jurisdictions.

Intelligence Initiative Update

AKTEK will provide the latest updates on the Travel Crew Intelligence Initiative, including recent successes, intelligence-sharing efforts, and how participating agencies and retailers can leverage the initiative to identify and disrupt traveling offenders more effectively.

Meeting Objectives:

• Identify and examine top traveling crew offenders operating regionally and nationally

• Assess affected retailers and jurisdictions

• Share actionable intelligence and investigative strategies

• Strengthen cross-state collaboration and coordination

• Enhance partnerships among investigators and multi-state stakeholders

• Support multi-retailer investigations

• Clarify investigative strategy and case jurisdiction

• Connect appropriate partners to ensure case alignment

• Advance cases toward arrest and prosecution

This meeting is intended to enhance communication, improve information sharing, and promote coordinated enforcement efforts throughout impacted regions.

We look forward to working collaboratively to strengthen our collective response to organized retail crime.

If you would like to present a traveling crew offender impacting multiple states, please submit relevant information to WSORCA directors jeremy.girard@target.com or ed@wsorca.org.

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