Kids Recruited for Shoplifting by Organized Crime
Update: 2026-01-05
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Children as young as four are being recruited by organized crime groups to shoplift, echoing the Fagin character from Oliver Twist. A senior police officer warns that these vulnerable children, often in foster care, are doing the dirty work while the real criminals stay hidden. Shoplifting has doubled since the pandemic and jumped twenty percent since the new government took power. Groups of young boys are terrorizing shops and eateries in places like Eltham in southeast London. Stats show over five hundred thirty thousand shoplifting offenses last year, with fewer than one in five leading to charges. Politicians call for more officers and live facial recognition to catch repeat offenders.
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