Plans to electronically tag burglars, robbers and thieves will see just 1,500 crooks monitored

Plans to electronically tag burglars, robbers and thieves will see just 1,500 crooks monitored – despite 1.5 million offences last year Plans to electronically tag serious burglars will see just 1,500 crooks monitored The flagship scheme was announced byPrime Minister Boris Johnson last week Sources said scheme would apply to criminals sentenced to 12 months … Read more

How to keep your shed and ‘shoffice’ safe from crooks

Keep your outbuilding safe from crooks: £30m-worth of gear has been nicked from garages and ‘shoffices’ in the last three years – so here’s eight tips to get secure Over 70,000 outbuilding thefts reported in England and Wales since 2018 Spike in sheds and the ‘shoffice’ during lockdown has exacerbated problem  Take some simple steps and … Read more

Foreign crooks deported from UK hits record low number

Record low number of foreign crooks are being kicked out of UK after deportations slumped by 34% last year, figures reveal Just 3,374 were booted out – a third fewer than 2019 and lowest figure for decade The Home Office has struggled amid coronavirus-related travel restrictions  Numbers have been falling for four years from peak … Read more

Cyber crooks targeting more victims but stealing small sums of cash to avoid detection, report warns

Sneaky cyber crooks are targeting more victims but stealing smaller sums of cash to avoid detection, report warns Online thieves are taking as little as £10 from thousands of accounts unnoticed Method dubbed ‘silent stealing’ and involves fewer risks than large amounts The UK has reached ‘epidemic levels’ with estimate cost at £190billion a year  By … Read more

TONY HETHERINGTON: ‘Rescue’ crooks preying on victims of liquidation

TONY HETHERINGTON: How ‘rescue’ crooks are preying on victims of Quinshaw liquidation By Tony Hetherington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories … Read more

Crooks con £55,000 a day out of lonely hearts in lockdown

Crooks con £55,000 a day out of lonely hearts during an online dating boom in lockdown By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 February 2021 Romance fraudsters are stealing more than £50,000 a day during an online dating boom in lockdown. There was a … Read more

Crooks are increasingly given a caution instead of being prosecuted, new report reveals 

More criminals are escaping with a slap on wrist: Crooks are increasingly given a caution or put on ‘restorative justice’ scheme instead of being prosecuted, new report reveals Study says Covid-19 pandemic had ‘clear and profound’ effect on justice Police are issuing more cautions rather than taking offenders to court during lockdown   Experts fear it … Read more

BBC pundit Garth Crooks ridiculed by fans for claiming Joel Matip played against Spurs

BBC pundit Garth Crooks is ridiculed by fans for including Liverpool’s Joel Matip in his team of the week after he ‘survived one or two scary moments’ against Tottenham – even though he didn’t even PLAY! Joel Matip made it into BBC pundit Garth Crooks’ Premier League team of week But fans were quick to … Read more

Complaints over cold call crooks double during lockdown

Complaints over cold call crooks DOUBLE as the scammers cash in on coronavirus lockdown By Laura Shannon, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 5 December 2020 Telephone pests are stepping up their efforts to harass, pressurise and steal money from the elderly with a deluge of ‘nuisance’ … Read more

Covid road closure chaos ‘helps crooks flee police’

Covid road closure chaos ‘helps crooks flee police’: Measures brought in to make way for low traffic neighbourhoods fuel crime and hold up ambulances, report claims Hundreds of roads across the country are being closed to make way for LTNs  Officials say that the Government schemes have cut pollution on busy streets Schemes have also … Read more