Articles Tagged with ''theft prevention''

The median dollar value of items and cash stolen during completed household burglaries increased 54 percent from 1994 to 2011.

$1.2 million in cash was discovered missing from a Swiss International Air Lines jet after it landed at John F. Kennedy Airport.

One in 40 employees was apprehended for theft from their employer in 2012.

The metal shutters or screens protect businesses from theft, say local business owners, but the Miami City Commissioner says they're an eyesore that deter pedestrian traffic.

Theft of mobile devices – smart phones and tablets – is now the “fastest-growing street crime” in America and the incidents are turning more violent.

More than $1 million worth of jewels due to be lent to movie stars at the Cannes film festival were stolen from a hotel room in the French Riviera town.

A new report on employee theft and embezzlement reveals that 2012 had both the largest corporate and municipal embezzlement cases in US history.

Months after the original heist, police have detained 31 suspects across three nations during an early-morning sweep Wednesday. 

18 people have been indicted in the scheme, which involved stealing raw copper from an Arizona mine, disguising it as scrap metal and then selling it to China via the black market. 

In Arizona, law enforcement just broke up a copper theft ring that stole $10 million in the metal. In Kansas, an energy firm hit by thefts said it will make ratepayers cover the losses.