Criminal Gangs Traffic Women and Children to UK to Shoplift: Watchdog

Published on December 13, 2023

Women and minors are being trafficked to the UK to shoplift in stores across the country, a retail crime watchdog said. Girls as young as 12 and 14 were found to be brought to Britain to work for organised crime groups with links to drugs, firearms, and human trafficking. An Eastern European gang of more than 150 shoplifters has been identified by Retailers Against Crime (RAC), a non-profit partnership committed to preventing retail crime. RAC told the BBC that members of the gang would steal items in bulk to send abroad, with around 15 children currently working for the organised crime group. The 154-person group is based in Glasgow but has been reported to move across the country to shoplift....

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