Monthly Archives: December 2024

According to the Securing Industry website, raids on the counterfeit goods trade in London has netted £2.75m-worth of counterfeit products, including clothing, bags, trainers and watches.

The City Of London Police, Metropolitan Police and other agencies seized the counterfeits at just two shops in Camden.

According to the Sky News website, a police unit launched to crack down on the surge in shoplifting has arrested 93 members of 28 organised crime gangs.

The gangs are believed to be behind more than £4m worth of thefts, specifically targeting shops and supermarkets all around the country.

According to the HR Magazine website, as HR manager who worked for a consultancy and a property and construction company fraudulently paid herself £100,000.

Farah Ahmed – jailed for three years – pleaded guilty to seven charges, including fraud by abuse of position and perverting the course of justice.

The Standard website reports that London shops lost a record £15 million of items due to a shoplifting epidemic sweeping across the capital.

The spike is in line with national shoplifting figures, which show that shoplifting has risen 30 per cent since the pandemic and the ensuing cost-of-living crisis.

The Civil Society website reports that a Save the Children employee and two others have been found guilty of gift aid fraud that totalled £1.5m.

Kwabena Duodu, a former finance business partner for the charity conspired with two pastors of London churches to falsely claim gift aid.

As reported on the Express website, Bath – one of the UK’s most affluent cities – is experiencing a huge surge in shoplifting.

Residents believe it’s the city’s wealth which has caused it to be a target, as data shows the crime is escalating quicker than anywhere else in the country.