All Crime articles – Page 9
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Advice Guide
How to spot a fake £20 note
There are key security features to look out for so you don’t get caught out with a counterfeit £20 note
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Features and analysis
Retail crime scheme success in West Midlands
The scheme is a partnership between police, rehabilitation centres and retailers
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Interviews and Profiles
How I used AI technology to stop 15 shoplifters in two weeks
Nisa Virginia Quay is cracking down on crime with smart software
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Features and analysis
Retail staff attacked during store robbery
Five teenagers arrested in connection with an attempted robbery on an off-licence in Wrexham
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Features and analysis
Shopworker attacks lead to jail sentence
Craig Johnson has been jailed for two store robberies that saw shop staff assaulted
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Features and analysis
Three shops closed in Northumberland due to selling illegal tobacco
Three shops in Ashington that were caught repeatedly selling thousands of pounds worth of illegal tobacco have been ordered to temporarily close by magistrates
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Features and analysis
Prosecutions secured over illicit tobacco sales
Illicit tobacco and cigarettes were seized in two raids on a store in Lincolnshire
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Interviews and Profiles
Automated gantry foils thieves at Raven’s Budgens
The Navarra system stopped robbers from stealing thousands of pounds worth of tobacco
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Features and analysis
Savewell Direct buying group ceases trading
Durham Police is investigating an incident of internal fraud
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Features and analysis
Walsall retailer fined following illicit tobacco discovery
Trading Standards Officers seized 6,000 illegal cigarettes and over 1kg of illicit hand-rolling tobacco
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Features and analysis
Police Scotland steps up to tackle abuse against retail staff
Almost 300 cases of abuse against shop staff in Scotland were reported to police in the first three months of new legislation
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Features and analysis
Stockton store shut down by council following illicit tobacco seizure
More than 200,000 illicit cigarettes were seized from the store and a nearby flat
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Features and analysis
Vaping expert partners with Oldham City Council & Geek Bar to tackle counterfeit products
A leading vaping industry expert is working with Oldham city council in Manchester to tackle counterfeit and non-compliant products on behalf of Geek Bar
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Features and analysis
Retailer prosecuted for selling counterfeit tobacco in Salford
A businessman has had over £11,000 worth of counterfeit tobacco taken from his premises and has been prosecuted.
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Features and analysis
Major illicit tobacco and cigarette seizure made in Grimsby
Almost 300,000 illicit cigarettes and 2,615 of illicit tobacco have been seized in Grimsby as part of Operation CeCe
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Features and analysis
Retailers urged to report their experiences of crime
The ACS Crime Report 2021 revealed that 89% of shopworkers experienced verbal abuse over the past year.
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Features and analysis
Amendment to Crime Bill welcomed by retail industry
An amendment to introduce tougher penalties for crimes against shopworkers has been tabled to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
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Dear Jac
Self scan checkouts pose theft risk
Are self scan checkouts vulnerable to customer scams? Jac Roper investigates
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Advice Guide
How do face covering restrictions differ throughout the UK?
We break down what you need to know when it comes to face coverings throughout the UK.
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Features and analysis
ShopKind campaign urges support for retail staff
New research has found that 38% of shoppers have witnessed violence and abuse against shopworkers.