No Smoke without Fire

In the Spotlight for this episode of Retail Crime Uncovered, Emmeline looks at how proposed tighter legislation on the sale of tobacco and vape products could potentially increase the activities of organised crime groups. Having recently published the report ‘Lighting Up: How Tobacco Track and Trace Could Illuminate Stolen Goods Markets and Other Serious Crimes’, Emmeline outlines the issues being experienced by retail, freight and wholesaler industries as criminals look to profit on the lucrative black market for illegal tobacco. She speaks to Dr James Martin in Australia to learn from the experiences Down Under and talks through the consumer response in the UK Newscast with the Sunday Times Consumer Affairs Editor, Louise Eccles. Dr Grant Drawve explains how some USA retailers are clawing back control over self-service checkout in the USA Newscast, and she is joined by Gijs Wauters-Verbeke in Belgium for the Country Focus to talk police tactics!