[renewiltord]

Are you saying there is some hidden reason why people are doing this? The straightforward reason is that this is a valuable fungible good that you can easily fence. This kind of thing has always been a target for the criminal element. Watches before this. Chains.

We don’t need another social science thesis over this. Just like the blonde millionaire in San Diego who organized a crime ring in California, there are people who know how to run other criminal organizations.

[_Algernon_]

Yet somehow - just like school shootings - this appears to be a much worse problem in the US compared to many other countries.

[throwaway48476]

Its only a problem in certain parts of the US. There are some towns where people don't lock their car doors.

[TMWNN]

Other people are saying that it's the norm in some other countries for couriers to require a OTP at delivery, something that is very rare in the US.

Doesn't that imply that those places have package thievery problems far worse than in the US?

[echoangle]

Why do you think that?