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The steps you can take to tackle an intruder or burglar in your own home - and what force you can use to defend yourself
Crime and fraud issues in international trade: theft of goods, money laundering, cyber crime, employee fraud, infringement of intellectual property.
Check out schemes for crime prevention and community safety with your council
How to solve a pest problem with foxes, moles and mink using traps, snares and other methods.
Environment Agency survey of informed stakeholders suggests 18% of all waste in England may be illegally managed
Officers from the Environment Agency and the Joint Unit for Waste Crime visited two landfill sites in the north of England in a day of action.
Assaulting a retail worker to be made a standalone criminal offence.
A record number of offenders at risk of homelessness will be temporarily housed in basic accommodation as part of a national initiative to cut crime, Prisons Minister Damian Hinds has announced.
The government's plan to further reduce retail crime, building on the Retail Crime Action Plan announced in October 2023.
A new strategy has been launched to tackle the domestic and international threat of serious and organised crime.
The policing minister writes to police chiefs to set out the importance of harnessing innovative technologies to support police in preventing and solving crimes.
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