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Stopping cable thefts - All Areas
Smart technology is being used to help police stop thieves making off with cable which has rocketed in price because of a world copper shortage.
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Date: 01/08/2008
Source: South East Business
Author: Unknown
Stolen cash traced using coded water - All Areas
A man who recruited children to carry out robberies has been convicted with the help of “invisible water” (Adam Fresco and David Brown write).
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Date: 19/07/2008
Source: The Times
Author: Unknown
Fagin's Diciples - All Areas
Teens recruited in McDonald’s earned £100 a time for raids that netted £100,000
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Date: 19/07/2008
Source: Daily Mail
Author: Unknown
Somerfield steps up war on thieves - All Areas
Somerfield is deploying a new weapon in the fight against thieves who break into stores when they’re dosed.
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Date: 12/07/2008
Source: The Grocer
Author: Unknown
Crackdown on £360m gangs who plunder Metal for scrap - All Areas
A crackdown on gangs who steal metal worth almost £360 million a year from churches and railways started yesterday.
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Date: 09/07/2008
Source: Daily Mail
Author: Unknown
DNA code bid to thwart metal thieves - Tyne and Wear - All Areas
A new initiative to safeguard homes and other buildings in Newcastle from metal thefts is now underway.
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Date: 07/07/2008
Source: Newcastle Journal
Author: Unknown
Scheme tackles metal thieves - Tyne and Wear - All Areas
A Scheme to protect homes and buildings from metal thefts using a special invisible liquid is now well under way.
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Date: 05/07/2008
Source: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Author: Unknown
Copper thieves hit by shock tactic - All Areas
Thieves who endanger lives by ransacking electricity substations for scrap metal could be in for a shock, electricity bosses have warned.
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Date: 03/05/2008
Source: Scarborough Evening News
Author: Unknown
New bid to tackle roof raids - All Areas
Police are marking lead on buildings with the same identification tags as televisions and DVD players after a spate of metal thefts in the North East.
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Date: 01/05/2008
Source: The Newcastle Journal
Author: Unknown
Leave criminals high and dry - All Areas
The Watermark that may leave criminals high and dry.
An evaluation of SmartWater Technology Ltd: Offenders’ Perspectives
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Date: 01/04/2008
Source: Product and Image Security Magazine
Author: Unknown