Every
year crime costs British shops around £2 billion – that’s a burden
of around £33 for every man, woman and child (over £130 for a family
of four!)
Goods stolen from shops are often
sold on in street markets, car boot sales, smaller stores, over the internet and
also by “hawkers” selling in your pub, at your place of work or directly
to you at home.
Many of us quite unintentionally
support criminals by inadvertently buying stolen goods.
Quite
apart from the financial cost, retail crime fuels drug abuse with cash made from
the
| sale
of stolen goods regularly funding addicts buying drugs such as heroin, cocaine
and crack. .jpg)
gives you an | | opportunity
to help fight retail crime - it's confidential and you may even earn a reward
of up to £250 for the information. |
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