Stolen goods sold on Amazon, eBay and Facebook are causing havoc for major retailers

Over the past year, large-scale robberies have swept through stores like

in San Francisco’s Union Square and a nearby Nordstrom, which was robbed by 80 people.

Law enforcement and retailers have warned the public that this isn’t traditional shoplifting. Rather, what they’re seeing is theft organized by criminal networks.

And there’s a reason it’s on the rise.

“What fuels this as an enterprise is the ease of reselling stolen…