Shoplifting will be treated as a ‘high-harm’ cross-border crime on par with robbery, burglary and fraud by a new specialist national police team. The squad of intelligence analysts will be tasked with identifying the organised criminal gangs blamed for fuelling a 37 per cent increase in shoplifting in a year ...
See Details: New national police intelligence unit to crackdown on shoplifters: Squad will finally treat crime on par with robbery, burglary and fraud as organised gangs plunder Britain's high streets, garden centres and even charity shops