Category Archives: Civil Recovery

According to the Hunts Post website, Keir Starmer has promised retail workers he will crack down on crime and reverse what he called a Tory “Shoplifter’s Charter”.

In a speech at retail union USDAW’s conference, he pledged to reverse a policy that means shoplifting of goods under £200 is not investigated.

According to the Guardian website, Chinese authorities, working with UK police and agencies, have targeted Pandabuy, the online sales platform accused of supplying counterfeit goods.

Police raided the Hangzhou office and several warehouses of Pandabuy after reported legal action by 16 brands over copyright infringement.

The Retail Gazette website reports that JD Sports is introducing tagging sprays across its stores nationwide as it ramps up security measures in its fight against shoplifting.

The sprays leave a synthetic DNA and a UV marker on property and criminals, which can then be used to link assets to owners and criminals to crime scenes.

The LBC website reports that Tesco has resorted to locking its protein bars in security boxes as part of the latest wave of anti-shoplifting measures.

Photos taken at a Tesco Express store in London, show a range of different flavoured bars secured in individual containers bearing security warnings.

The Spalding Voice website reports that a District Council employee spent £8,470 on company cards after her mental health deteriorated due to her workload.

During a financial investigation, Beverley Paskell’s spending had been traced over a two-year period.

According to the Wales Online website, a man got a job at a school after lying that he was a qualified teacher.

Adrian Ferguson spent months as a science teacher at Cardiff West Community High School, but it emerged he had made a series of false claims in his application.