International rugby player charged over alleged £70,000 crypto theft Sport Business An international rugby player has been charged with fraud over an alleged crypto theft worth £70,000. Former NRL rugby league star Trent Merrin was arrested this week and charged with dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception. The seven-time Australia international and former Dragons and State of Origin forward, 36, stands accused of stealing from [...]
Inaccurate crime rate statistics have gaslighted the British public Opinion The UK government knows very little about the people it governs. From crime rates to the labour market, this has real consequences.
Retail crime ‘spiralling out of control’ despite £1.8bn spent on protection Retail Retail crime is “spiralling out of control”, hitting a new high last year despite billions spent on protection. Losses from customer theft reached a record £2.2bn, while retail violence and abuse increased over 50 per cent to more than 2,000 incidents a day, according to the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) Annual Crime Survey. More than [...]