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1 day agoUndercover police flood City of London shopping district in Christmas shoplifting crackdown
Undercover police officers are being deployed in the City of London to catch brazen shoplifters in the act at Christmas. Retail crime - said to cost the capital of 16.7million a month - will spike during the festive period. The Standard went out on patrol with Home Office minister Mike Tapp to see how covert units are cracking down on the scourge. Around 10am, a 40-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of theft from Boots on Moorgate.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day agoPolice spied on group set up to expose wrongdoing in Met, inquiry hears
Undercover Metropolitan police officers secretly monitored the Hackney Community Defence Association and its founder Graham Smith for a decade, collecting personal information and surveillance reports.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days agoPolice officer in spycops scandal deceived two women at same time, inquiry told
Mark Jenner had a relationship with a leftwing activist, known as Alison, for five years without disclosing to her that he was in reality an undercover officer who was spying on political campaigners. During those years, he was married to his wife, who knew nothing about her husband's relationship with Alison. His wife gave birth to his child during this time. She became the first wife of an undercover officer to testify at the inquiry when she gave evidence on Tuesday.
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