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According to the BBC News website, shoplifting will be targeted like organised crime as part of a plan to help police to crack down on theft.

Specialist analysts and officers will join forces to gather intelligence on crime gangs behind much of the shoplifting across England and Wales.

A financial controller stole more than £3 million from his employer, resulting in the loss of dozens of jobs when the firm went into administration.

Rhys Jackson – jailed for nine years – also fraudulently claimed for three government-backed Covid-19 bounce back loans, receiving £150,000.

According to an investigation published on The Sun website, some TikTok accounts are dedicated specifically to the theft of high value cosmetics.

Dubbed ‘NikTok’, one user account’s video scored a British supermarket chain 10/10 for shoplifting opportunities, claiming its make-up aisle “doesn’t even have cameras”.

According to the This Is Money website, Patisserie Valerie’s CFO has been charged with a multi-million pound fraud which resulted in the collapse of the chain.

Christopher Marsh – and his wife Louise – are accused of ‘inflating’ figures in the bakery chain’s annual accounts for three years, from October 2015.

The Sun website reports that ministers are considering removing serial shoplifters’ right to a jury trial under a possible crackdown to clear the backlog in courts.

Prolific offenders should be dealt with swiftly by magistrates handing out sentences, freeing the crown courts to hear more important cases.

The Metro website reports that a 69-year-old grandmother has been jailed for 18 months for stealing £163,000 from her employer over a 13-year period.

Patricia Bennett used the proceeds of her thieving to fund caravanning holidays and trips to Spain, as well as a pop-up pub in the back of her newly refurbished garden.