News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Pilots Strike at Cargo Carrier Serving DHL, Amazon.com. Parent comment

Re:Pilots Strike at Cargo Carrier Serving DHL, Amazon.com by eli_gottlieb on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @06:41PM (#13018669)
Wage theft is actually the single largest known form of theft in the USA right now[1].

>No one knows exactly how big a problem wage theft is, but in 2012 federal and state agencies recovered $933 million for victims of wage theft. By comparison, all the property taken in all the robberies of all types in 2012, solved or unsolved, amounted to a little under $341 million.

[1] -- http://theweek.com/articles/642568/biggest-crime-waves-ameri...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Pilots Strike at Cargo Carrier Serving DHL, Amazon.com by ci5er on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @11:10PM (#13019929)
I'm not sure I'd be overly eager to hang my hat on either number. Here's the FBI's stats on property crime in the US in 2012 [1], which they claim is higher than $341M.

[1] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Pilots Strike at Cargo Carrier Serving DHL, Amazon.com by toomuchtodo on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @07:17PM (#13018865)
Thanks for this! I'm interested in projects to automate the detection and reporting of wage theft.
[ Parent | on HN ]