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One major type of package theft is porch piracy, which has been defined as, "Taking possession of a package or its contents, outside of a residence or business, where it has been commercially delivered or has been left for commercial pickup, with intent to deprive the rightful owner of the contents or even try to sell the contents.
A porch pirate is someone who steals a package from a doorstep before the recipient can bring it inside. Or, they open the package on the spot and steal its contents.
Porch pirates have targeted nearly 40% of American shoppers Americans ordered 21.7 billion parcels (or about 65 packages per U.S. resident) in 2023, according to the global shipping company Pitney ...
Package thieves, often called "porch pirates," pose a growing threat to online shoppers. Over the past year, criminals have stolen some $12 billion worth of goods delivered to people's homes ...
"While porch piracy is a year-round opportunistic crime, there is an uptick in these specific cases during the holidays," Sheriff Carmine Marceno tells PEOPLE
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Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, and vessels used for piracy are called pirate ships. The earliest documented instances of piracy were in the 14th century BC, when the Sea Peoples , a group of ocean raiders, attacked the ships of the Aegean and Mediterranean civilisations.
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Police are looking for a man caught on camera stealing an Amazon package from a home in Lansing. The theft happened Wednesday at a home on Holly Way, near Pleasant Grove ...