Dispatches

Secrets of the Shoplifters (2005x19)

Air date: Sep 19, 2005

Dispatches examines the staggering scale of shoplifting which costs retailers and ultimately consumers billions of pounds every year. While the general public largely consider shoplifting a trivial and 'victimless' crime, theft from stores is increasingly lining the pockets of drug addicts and gangs of organised criminals who are stealing to order.