All Crime articles – Page 18
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Features and analysisShop worker threatened with imitation gun, meat cleaver and hammer in armed robbery
On Monday, three males entered Mid Calder Convenience Store and stole several items before fleeing
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Features and analysisPolice Scotland launch dedicated team to tackle the root of retail crime
It follows £3m funding from the Scottish Government
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Features and analysisDover gets new Community Alcohol Partnership scheme
Town of Dover to become the latest area to benefit from a Community Alcohol Partnership
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Features and analysisStore of the Future: Anti-crime technology
With crime on the rise, retailers are having to future-proof protection for their stores
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Features and analysisStore charity donation stolen from homeless hub
150 bottles of Lucozade donated by Trudy Davies have been stolen from outside a charity
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Features and analysisScottish Anti-Illicit Trade Group relaunches to combat counterfeit crime
The Scottish Anti-Illicit Trade Group has relaunched this month, with the aim of combating counterfeiting in Scotland
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Features and analysisIllegal cigarette selling shopkeeper jailed for over three years
A retailer who sold illegal cigarettes in three counties has been sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison and ordered to pay £20,000 in costs
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Features and analysisResponsible Retailer of the Year: Costcutter Epsom
Being a responsible retailer is at the heart of everything that happens at Costcutter Epsom
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Features and analysisCrime Prevention Retailer of the Year: Scotmid Leven Street
When faced with high levels of theft at the Edinburgh store, Scotmid had to take preventative action
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Features and analysisOne in four shoppers witness physical or verbal abuse of shop staff
These incidents have included acts of racial or sexual abuse, physical assault or threats involving weapons
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Features and analysisHartlepool retailer stripped of licence after ‘dangerous vodka’ found on open sale
Trading Standards also seized 194 illegal vapes
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Features and analysisRetail crime cost Scottish retailers almost £20,000 per store last year
The Scottish Grocers’ Federation has released its latest Crime Report
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Features and analysis£500k worth of illegal tobacco discovered in storage unit
Walsall Council Trading Standards teamed up with West Midlands Police and a specialist search dog team as part of Operation Shadow
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Features and analysisHome Secretary praises retail industry in Second Reading of Crime and Policing Bill
Home secretary Yvette Cooper outlined the details within the upcoming bill to MPs
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Features and analysis80% of stores caught selling corrosives to minors in Gloucestershire undercover sting
The products sold included brick and patio cleaner, plughole unblocker and caustic soda drain unblocker
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Features and analysisLocal shops lost £316m to retail crime in 2024
The ACS’s latest 2025 Crime Report found that shop theft has reached a record high
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Features and analysis‘Nicotine free’ vapes found to contain nicotine
National Trading Standards has issued a warning following a study on nicotine free vapes
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Features and analysisImperial Brands calls for a rethink on tobacco excise rate to protect retailers
Imperial Brands calls for a rethink on tobacco excise rate to help protect retailers from theft and illicit trade
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Features and analysis66,000 illicit nicotine pouches destined for UK seized in Kent
66,000 tubs of nicotine pouches have been detained by the Kent Trading Standards’ ports team
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Features and analysisACS ‘strongly’ encourages retailers to host local MPs in their stores
A recent store visit saw retailer Amit Puntambekar discuss his experience with retail crime