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Moulton said that "the frustration is we can't get anybody to look at this. There's no law-enforcement organization that is following up."

The local FBI office cited competition for its investigative resources as the reason it has not addressed the organized retail theft problem.

"Terrorism is the No. 1 priority in the state of Washington, and we have fewer and fewer resources to devote these days to other criminal activity like retail theft," said Special Agent Robbie Burroughs.

There's been a lot of speculation on the structure of retail-theft rings: Are they crime syndicates? Terrorist funding schemes?

A U.S. Treasury Department terrorist-financing task force called "Green Quest" lists the theft and resale of infant formula as well as interstate cigarette smuggling as ways by which terrorist groups finance their operations.

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