{
  "id": 19492928,
  "title": "Police to target 500 chronic shoplifters in retail crime crackdown in England and Wales",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/police-to-target-500-chronic-shoplifters-in-retail-crime-crackdown-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T11:46:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/11/police-target-chronic-shoplifters-retail-crackdown-england-wales"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tactics to include GPS tagging for repeat offenders, high street bans and tougher sentences Five hundred of the most prolific shoplifters across England and Wales will be targeted in a police crackdown on retail crime, with tougher sentences, high street bans and GPS tagging. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, said up to 17 police forces would target the repeat offenders in their area,…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}