Britain | Organised retail crime
Why shoplifting is rising in Britain
Gangs are behind more theft from shops
The thief was in no hurry. Seeing a pile of electric fans arranged near the front of the shop, on a busy street in Brixton, south London, he sauntered in, tucked one under his arm, and sauntered out. The cashier, fiddling with a broken self-checkout till, didn’t notice. If she had, it is unlikely she would have tried to stop him.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Stealing away”
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