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According to the This Is Money website, the Co-op Group suffered £80 million in losses from shoplifting across its food business in 2024.

The group, which trades from over 2,300 food stores across Britain, has been one of the worst hit retailers with a marked increase in thefts in recent years.

The Mail Online website reports that a butler stole more than £200,000 worth of jewellery and luxury goods from his employer.

Andrew Stothard used his boss’ credit card to withdraw thousands of pounds to buy expensive gold and silver coins.

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.