All Crime articles – Page 2
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NewsMPs hold first parliamentary discussion on criminal high street businesses
MPs have held the UK’s first parliamentary discussion dedicated to tackling criminal activity on the high street, amid growing concerns that some shops are being used as fronts for money laundering and organised crime
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News“Everyone wins except the criminals” - Essex Police on fighting retail crime
Essex Police has issued three initiatives to tackle retail crime and protect staff from abuse
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NewsThe Fed says the abolishment of PCCs won’t stop its work around retail crime
Following the new police and crime commissioners are to be abolished, the Fed says it will continue its work on crime
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NewsTrading Standards urges government investment to tackle rising high street crime
Trading Standards has called for increased government investment to help tackle rising criminal activity on UK high streets
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NewsWATCH: Violent robber uses wheelchair disguise to steal beer
A 19-year-old who pretended to be disabled to steal beer from a supermarket has been jailed for more than three years after violently attacking staff who challenged him
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NewsIndependent convenience retailer in Kent shares industry’s concerns with his local MP
Retailer Viral Joshi explained the issues affecting independent retailers to his MP last week
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NewsCCTV reveals men suspected of multiple Preston knifepoint store robberies
Police release images of two men following several knifepoint robberies around Preston
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NewsShoplifter charged as part of West Midlands Police’s Operation Marigold
West Midlands Police have charged a man with a series of shop thefts across Bloxwich and Walsall
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NewsPolice and crime commissioners to be scrapped by 2028
Police and crime commissioners will be abolished in England and Wales by 2028 to save £20m annually for front-line policing
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NewsEssex Police now using app to stay alert for shoplifters
Essex Police has announced it’s now using an app to specifically tackle retail crime
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NewsMajor operation disrupts illegal tobacco and vape trade in Essex
More than £75,000 of illegal tobacco and vapes have been seized in Essex as part of a major operation targeting high street retailers
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NewsProlific Sussex Champagne shoplifter jailed
Sussex Police have convicted a man who stole almost £3k of alcohol and more from numerous stores
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News924 arrested in UK’s largest crackdown on high street business crime
More than 920 people have been arrested in a major operation targeting criminal activity linked to high street businesses across the UK
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NewsRetail Trust urges shoppers to share ‘smiles of respect’
The Retail Trust’s Let’s Respect Retail is a national movement to ‘bring humanity back to the high street’
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NewsMet Police arrest over 140 people in week-long London crackdown
The Met has made more than 140 arrests during a crackdown on crime in the West End
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NewsRespect for Shop Workers Week: 71% face verbal abuse from customers
More than seven in ten retail workers experienced verbal abuse from customers in the last year, according to new figures from Usdaw
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NewsRetail association backs national campaign to protect shop workers
As Respect for Shop Workers Week begins, Bira is joining with Usdaw to promote the cause
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NewsPolice and retailers unite for Safer Business Action Week
Police forces, Business Crime Reduction Partnerships and retailers across the UK are joining forces for Safer Business Action Week (10-16 October)
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NewsRetail staff share stories of abuse from customers
Shop workers have shared their experiences of physical and verbal abuse from customers as part of the Let’s Respect Retail campaign