All Crime articles – Page 23
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Features and analysisNumber of illicit cigarettes, tobacco and vape seized in Hull doubles
More than 2.4m counterfeit cigarettes, tobacco and vapes were seized by Hull City Council’s Public Protection Team during 2024
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Features and analysisShop thefts involving violence now to be classed as robbery
The NBCC has produced a guide for businesses to help them understand different crime classifications and what they mean
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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