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Police chiefs have warned gangs could be exploiting Brits to carry out crimes on their behalf.

Foreign gangs 'exploiting' Brits to steal from high streets as shop thefts soar by 50% in London

The supermarket chain has said it will roll out bodycams across all 960 stores in the UK.

Lidl staff to be given body cameras across more than 960 UK stores in £2m bid to tackle surge of shoplifting

The men reportedly took the drinks out of the store in two shopping trolleys without paying.

Police hunt shoplifters who stole over £2,000 of alcohol from Sainsbury's

Should supermarket self-checkouts be binned to help tackle shoplifting?

Let's stop using self-checkouts to help us crack down on shop theft, writes Johnny Jenkins

The new facial recognition technology can match up CCTV footage with custody images

‘Game-changing’ facial recognition tech to be used in crackdown on London shoplifting

Home Bargains is offering customers with information on shoplifters up to £500 in rewards.

High street chain offers customers £500 reward to ‘snitch' on shoplifters using new hotline

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Retailers losing £3.5m per day in stolen goods amid shop theft surge as cost of living crisis bites

Retailers losing £3.5m per day in stolen goods amid shop theft surge as cost of living crisis bites

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Viagra targeted by thieves

Viagra and contraceptive pills targeted amid shoplifting surge

The policing minister has urged the public to 'citizens arrest' shoplifters

Customers risk ‘getting hurt’ if they tackle shoplifters, warns Tesco boss in stand against calls for citizen's arrests

The policing minister has urged the public to 'citizens arrest' shoplifters

Make a citizen's arrest: The public should tackle shoplifters as police 'can't be everywhere,' minister says

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Kit Malthouse called for tougher police action on shoplifters

Legislation won't solve shoplifting crisis without tougher action from cops, former policing minister tells LBC

CCTV footage of thieves will be checked against official databases.

Police to use 'game-changing' facial recognition tech to check thieves against passport databases

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Priti Patel calls for crackdown on thefts from shops

Shopworkers need more protection: Priti Patel calls for police crackdown after surge in thefts from shops

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