Category Archives: Shoplifting

The Mail Online website reports that a Romanian ‘professional’ shoplifter who stole goods worth over £3,500 has been pared jail as she is ‘struggling’ financially.

During a 100-mile thieving spree, Manuela Dinu hit stores in Northamptonshire, Cheshire and Leicestershire, along with up to two male accomplices.

The BBC News website reports that owners of independent shops in Norwich city centre have said there is “very little” they can do about shoplifting.

Bookshop owner Leanne Fridd, said shoplifting has put up the cost of insurance, adding: “It really does have an impact on us, especially as a family business.”

As reported on the BBC News website, a shoplifter who stole 798 Cadbury’s Creme Eggs has been jailed for eight months.

Layton Richards, from Portsmouth, targeted 19 shops across Hampshire, Dorset and West Sussex, and took £3,463.96 worth of produce and products.

As reported on the Business Matters Magazine website, shoplifting offences are soaring, with criminals seemingly operating “without fear of apprehension.”

The Office for National Statistics reported a 30% increase in annual shoplifting offences, with 443,995 incidents recorded in the year to March 2024.

The Mail Online website reveals that just 12 organised crime gangs are allegedly behind a quarter of all shoplifting offences across England and Wales.

A joint operation between police and retailers has revealed that some foreign offenders working for gangs are flying in to steal on budget flights.

According to the BBC News website, the head of security at the Planet Organic chain has said the company loses “£900,000 a year” from shoplifting.

Richard Fowler said some shoppers feel “entitled” to steal from the chain, because they shop there regularly.