The dramatic video footage often appears on TV news and social media: A large group of people storm into a store, smashing display cases and snatching loose merchandise before escaping in minutes ...

One very popular example of a flash mob is the March 2009 video that featured over 200 participants in Antwerp, Belgium, Central train station who spontaneously broke into choreographed dance steps to ...

Dec. 3 (UPI) --A five-year FBI report shows shoplifting incidents related to flash mob groups are responsible for more than $8 million in stolen goods. On Wednesday, the uniform crime reporting unit ...

When brazen groups of thieves in all-black clothes and hoodies sprinted into the Nordstrom at the Topanga Mall, the Yves Saint Laurent store at the Americana on Brand in Glendale and a pop-up Gucci ...

On December 3, 2025, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program released “Reported Flash Mob Shoplifting Incidents: 2020-2024” on the FBI’s Crime Data ...

Flash mobs can be lots of fun and the craze is growing. For the uninitiated, a flash mob is a group of people who plan to descend on a store, shopping mall or other public place with an impromptu song ...