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Losing Your Mettle: is the law failing to stand up to metal theft?

New analysis on metal theft raises questions on its success and on how it has encouraged a shift from petty to large-scale organised
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Scrap dealer laws come into force to target metal theft

New regulations have come into effect in England and Wales to target rogue traders who buy and sell scrap metal. From 1 October all
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Winning the war on metal thieves

Metal theft is a common, costly and fast-growing crime. The battle lines have been drawn and Government, the police and businesses
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Criminals target hi-tech items as theft from rail passengers rises

Thieves targeting smartphones and tablets have contributed to a 16 per cent rise in theft on the UK’s railway network in the last
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Cable thieves ignite metal theft debate in Scotland

The pressure is mounting on the Scottish Government to push through new regulations to clamp down on metal thieves after extensive
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Metal marking trial combats targeting of electricity substations

A pioneering metal marking process is being trialled in Wigan at a cost of £170,000 to crack down on metal theft from
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Lead theft shot down by new ballistic technology

Trace-in-Metal Ltd has launched an answer to the on-going problem of lead theft from heritage buildings. The new technology uses air
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Railway cable thieves face prison following police investigations

Two Romanian nationals have been jailed for a total of almost five years after pleading guilty to stealing more than 200 metres of
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Major drop in cable theft as rail network wins the war on thieves

New official industry figures show the number of metal and cable theft incidents across the UK railway network dropped by two thirds
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Bridge forced to shut as thieves strip 900m of stainless steel wire

A bridge in South Wales has been forced to close for several weeks on safety grounds after thieves stole huge sections of the
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