Is CES a thieves' paradise?

January 14, 2013

The International CES is packed to the rafters with the latest in shiny, often expensive high-tech gadgets, so it's no surprise that theft is a problem for companies exhibiting at the show. Several vendors who rent space on the show floor said they had been victims of crime over the week of the show. They were mostly incidents of petty theft, or petty larceny as it's called in the state of Nevada, though one company said its booth had been broken into overnight. Las Vegas police say it's hard to get a fix on the amount of crime at the show, since some incidents go unreported and others are reported only to security guards hired to work at the Las Vegas Convention Center. "If we don't see a report filed, it basically didn't happen," said Detective Vinnie Jones of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Tourist Crimes Unit. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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