shoplifting UK

The industry is ‘frustrated’ with ‘inadequate’ measures taken by the government to prevent retail crime and prosecute offenders, a survey showed.

The government is under increased pressure to tackle a shoplifting epidemic that has been estimated to cost the economy billions of pounds.

Children as young as 12 have been brought to the UK to shoplift for organised crime groups, with links to firearms and drugs.

Research shows that approximately 2.5 million incidents of unpaid fuel occur every year.

Government will roll out Operation Pegasus after getting the big supermarkets onboard to pass CCTV images of shoplifters onto the Police National Database.