Focus of operation is a number of organised crime gangs which travel the country to carry out shoplifting on a large scale
Operation focusing on a number of organised crime gangs that travel the country to carry out shoplifting on a large scale
Operation Táirge was launched in December 2023 in response to complaints from businesses that not enough was being done to prosecute shoplifters and protect retail staff.in September show that theft crime is at its highest level in five years. There were 5,354 incidents over the previous 12 months, with nearly half involving theft from a shop.
Some of those charged had racked up a long list of suspected offences before being arrested. Last month, Gardaí in north Dublin arrested a man aged in his 50s before charging him with 46 counts of theft and one count of assaulting a retail worker. A further 22 people were arrested and charged as part of ongoing investigations into thefts across north Dublin.“It not only has significant economic impacts on our retail sector, but also on staff retention, recruitment and personal safety.
According to estimates by the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, the crime costs retailers more than €1.62 billion a year. Retail crime costs Ireland €339.31 per capita. Gardaí maintained a close relationship with police forces in Northern Ireland and the UK throughoutthe operation and detectives used an intelligence-led approach to identify gangs engaged in retail crime.Gardaí have also targeted black markets where stolen goods are sold and have targeted the major gangs “through the use of organised crime legislation and proceeds of crime legislation.”
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