Monthly Archives: March 2025

As reported on the Warwickshire Police website, five men who were working at a parcel courier company conspired to steal high-value items including computers, TVs and electric bikes.

The men placed new delivery labels over existing parcels, in order to get them delivered to addresses under their control.

The BBC News website reports that Devon and Cornwall Police have been working with CCTV control centres and business groups to coordinate responses to offenders who target stores on the high street.

By having officers in both locations they were better placed to react to shoplifting reports.

The Perth & Kinross Council website reports that the council’s Trading Standards team recently nearly 300 items of counterfeit clothing and handbags.

The products, all of very poor quality and with generic labels, were seized from a retail premises in Perth and will be destroyed.

The Essex Police website reports that a finance manager stole more than £180,000 from her employer to fund a lavish lifestyle.

Anita Mirmohammadi had used her personally-issued company credit card to fund herself, as well as making fraudulent invoices to extract even more money from the company accounts.

The BBC News website reports that almost £400,000 worth of counterfeit goods have been seized, including vapes and headphones, from a business in Rotherham.

Electronic devices, counterfeit vapes, vape liquids and cartridges were discovered after information was provided by members of the public.

The This Is Money website reports that a UK tech company that cracks down on counterfeit handbags and jewellery is mulling a listing on the London Stock Exchange.

Quantum Base makes security labels similar to QR and barcodes – but applies quantum physics to create unique ID tags to an atomic level.