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Yes, shoplifting isn't the easiest thing to try and prevent but a technique we use is linked series identification. We link offenders to multiple offences and then have them dealt with in one instance.

This saves the courts, police and the retailers time as they only have to deal with the offender once. This also reduces the chance of court appearances for witnesses and victims due to more early guilty pleas due to the amount of evidence against the offender.

Furthermore, it also leads to longer custodial sentences rather than the defendant being able to say its a one off even though they have more than likely been to court on several occasions for single offences.

We have proven that this is effective when trying to reduce theft at a venue as the offender moves on to other locations upon being released from prison as they don't want to get linked to multiple offences again. If your venue is known as an easy target, thieves talk to each other and more will flock to your venue.

Its time to reduce business crime.