FOI 231/25 Handling Stolen Goods

Enquiry Reference:  231- 25                                                             

I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.

Under the Freedom of Information Act please can I request the following information broken down by the following calendar years: 2017, 2018, 2019 ,2020 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

1) How many investigations have been launched into businesses for breaches of Section 22 of the Theft Act 1968. I.e. how many businesses investigated for “handling stolen goods” 

2) Of those how many resulted in a charge or summons.

Answer

Nil

Having made enquiries within the Force searches brought back all crimes relating to 54 – Handling Stolen Goods and read through all the MO comments in which non relate to the business being the suspect.

Most comments relate to the suspects stealing products or items from commercial sites rather than the business being involved in the handling of stolen goods.

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Yours sincerely

Information Rights Decision Maker