Category Archives: Shoplifting

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.

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.

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.

According to the Mail Online website, a group of shoplifters dubbed the ‘Morrisons Four’ by police, stole £120,000 of goods from British supermarkets.

They were ordered to steal from more than 50 branches of Morrisons by gangs from Romania, who then resold the goods through a wholesaler and car boot sales.

According to the Mail Online website a national police unit set up to tackle the scourge of shoplifting in the UK has identified more than 20 gangs and 200 criminals fuelling the epidemic.

Operation Opal has also identified 61 vehicles the gangs use to move shoplifters and goods around the country.

The Sun website reports that high street stores are slapping security tags on advent calendars worth just £2 — as shoplifters gear up for Christmas.

Retail favourites including WHSmith and Tesco are among those ­fitting anti-theft devices to even cheap festive treats, including the Bluey advent calendars.