All Crime articles – Page 19
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Analysis & FeaturesWhen duty calls
The black market in booze and fags is booming. The Grocer joined Customs, police and Trading Standards…
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News
FWD claims success as four are arrested following C&C thefts
Criminal intelligence gathered by the FWD has led to four arrests in 10 days.
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News
Filco gets aggressive to fight shoplifting
Filco MD Ian Hunt has pledged to take aggressive action to combat shoplifting.
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NewsVictimless? Shoplifting costs retailers £840m
The cost of retail crime soared by a third last year and, most worryingly for retailers, only a fraction was related to last summer’s riots.
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NewsDoor-to-door boxes to flog black-market lamb
The amount of illegal lamb’s meat entering the food chain has soared by as much as 250% this year.
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Analysis & Features
Feeling the pinch
Shoplifting is on the up, with the squeezed middle as well as ‘crime tourists’ now getting in on the act. What can be done to tackle the problem, asks Simon Creasey
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News‘Looters tried to cash in stolen scratchcards’
A hard-working newsagent whose store was looted and torched has been left scared and sickened after thugs who stole scratchcards went to his other store to collect their ‘winnings’.
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Comment & Opinion
The cool blue approach to stopping shrinkage
Forensic daily analysis combined with cross-department teamwork slashed stock losses at Iceland, says…
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Analysis & FeaturesFish Special: At the pirates’ convenience
With Fish Fight 2 about to get under way, discards will be thrust back into the limelight. But there’s a bigger problem floating on the high seas as Simon Creasey discovers
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Analysis & FeaturesRubbish publicity for mults as police swoop on bin diver
News that a bin diver faces trial has not just thrust the spotlight on freeganism, but also the amount of food the mults chuck out, says James Halliwell
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Comment & Opinion
Fair's fare
Last week the papers were up in arms over the news that a shopworker in Essex had been arrested after helping herself to a pile of spoiled stock thrown out by Tesco following a power cut.