According to Emmeline Taylor, professor of criminology at City, University of London, even affluent shoppers are now happy to attempt theft if they can innocently blame the transgression on a technology failure. Last week Marks & Spencer chairman Archie Norman hit the
The Metropolitan Police will begin using “game-changing” facial recognition software to catch London’s most prolific shoplifters. As part of a new trial, Britain’s largest police force has asked 12 retailers to provide images of 30 of the worst offenders who steal from
A gang of alleged shoplifters were arrested after members of the public pulled them from their BMW before they could make an escape. The video, which surfaced on social media, showed the shoplifters filling their car up with “high value goods” they
Two professional mums have told how they turned to stealing items from supermarkets for an unlikely reason. The middle-class women told how they are chasing the high of leaving shops with stolen goods, all while leading successful careers and raising families. Several
Shopkeepers in a UK town are being plagued by shoplifters – with one person comparing the town centre to “Jurassic Park and Jeremy Kyle”. Businesses in Bolton town centre say they are being targeted by shoplifters every day – with Greater Manchester
A shop assistant was fired after 13 years on the job after she tried to stop a gang of thieves from stealing from the Rincon, Georgia business. Donna Hansbrough intervened after spotting three people loading up their carts with what was later
Police are hunting for a ‘brazen sex toy thief’ as an adult store owner counts the mounting cost shoplifters are having on her small business. Helen Shepherd, who owns Sinsins Boutique of Love in Norwich, says she has had about £2,000 worth of stock stolen