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Carolyn Young: Retail NZ Chief Executive says retailers are celebrating a Police crackdown crime
There's a view retail crime's reduced as penalties have strengthened.
The Ministry of Justice's latest data shows finalised charges for theft from a retail premises were more than 21,000 for the year to June, more than tripling since 2022.
Retail NZ believes offending's dropped as much as 30% since last year.
Chief Executive Carolyn Young told Andrew Dickens retailers are reporting more crime, which means they're able to capture more offenders that account for a number of these issues.
She says repeat offending is high, with around 60% of offences carried out by 10% of the offenders.
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