Britain's Shoplifting Gangs - Exposed | Dispatches | Channel 4 Documentaries

[@Bigchungywungy]

Isn't it just amazing how this Channel 4 journalist has a look into this case and is by far more effective than the UK police? It's actually embarrassing how pathetic our legal system is.

[@helpyousleep7386]

the police forces are more interested in fillling their woke quota's than looking after the public. have you noticed some of the specimens walking around in police uniforms of late???

[@femboycookies]

@@aj478 That's because it's a waste of time to the police. They cannot convict them of a crime unless the value of goods exceeds past £200. It is up to the shop owner themselves to discipline these individuals. It's sad but to the police which is overstimulated in drug and violence cases they aren't going to come and arrest someone who steals a packet of custard creams and some pickled onion monster munch.

[@louisebakerlifeandwellness3391]

My thoughts exactly...this country is so weak

[@oneoflokis]

​@@femboycookiesReally? In the 1990s, I saw some cops called into a large supermarket to charge some little boy who had nicked a Cadbury's Creme Egg.. They insisted on prosecuting, even though my mother actually offered to pay for the sweet! 🤷‍♀️

[@6c61]

@@femboycookies They stole hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of stuff, far more than £200 on a single trip. The police just can't be bothered.

[@lloyd12-i6v]

Please look into the organised begging gangs. It’s amazing that you caught these guys and the police couldn’t exactly why they come here. Thanks again

[@Itspriscillaalvarez]

I saw once a doc on a TV(prpb chanel 4 where the guy was pretending to be a homeless person and how much money people could make

[@teresagreen8505]

@@Itspriscillaalvarez there are people pretending to be big issue sellers operating under false badges and photos up and down the country. Stand right next to cash machines, ready to steal you pin and get someone else to mugg you for card,

[@davie8906]

Gypos

[@fluorescentbubbles6498]

i’ve seen them gathering together to beg. also they pretend to be muslims as well as trying to get empathy from people who are alone

[@davie8906]

@@fluorescentbubbles6498 There used to be one that begged outside local 'food warehouse',with her man nearby. I wagged my finger at her and said "haram. Hadith say no beg from Jews. Shame on you,bad muslime" (I'm not Jewish,but she didn't know that) hasn't been back since. It might just be a coincidence,but try it 😉

[@BelfastManUtdTherapy]

This should win awards. From what started as a typical shoplifters caught on camera type show, the depth of work, research, risk and dedication of the team behind the show and those journalists who went undercover, has exposed MORE than the police detectives could do. The police need more funding and resources. Thanks channel 4, what a career an investigative journalist must be.

[@PaulAnnett-e2j]

F play youtube music youtube 😅😅 0:00

[@PaulAnnett-e2j]

😂❤

[@masterlightjames950]

Who told you the police don't know them and how to catch them?

[@christynorman7288]

We can't find the police properly as all the money is going on the immigrants and their multi appeals like the Bangladeshi Shamima Begum four appeals the last one at the EU Court of Human rights. Inc translator's and interpreters. The huge sums are also going to foreign aid.....there is no money left to protect us. Our military is reduced to 40,000 regulars and because of Teresa May the control of them has gone to the UN and Europe. The leaving of the EU cost us 48 billion pounds. They left the Irish border open, the fishing rights a mess, the EU Court of Human Rights etc so Starmer can press gang us back into the corrupt EU Peace out 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍀

[@purestorage1086]

Is bullshit journalism... they don't talk about the welfare system in Romania of 50 pounds per month and the minimum wage of 500 pounds ...can you live with these money in Romania?? We have the same prices for goods as UK

[@danielbtwd]

What's crazy is that you will be arrested for hurting someone's feelings on social media, but major criminals operate with impunity.

[@CaseyWiggin]

The investigation from this Channel 4 journalist was incredible

[@purestorage1086]

Now you know who stolled the chicken shampoo and toothpaste:((( and omg they are romanians

[@purestorage1086]

Just don't visit a Romanian doctor...I think he will change your teeth and steal them :))

[@purestorage1086]

Is bullshit journalism... they don't talk about the welfare system in Romania of 50 pounds per month and the minimum wage of 500 pounds ...can you live with these money in Romania?? We have the same prices for goods as UK

[@sh1461]

This is what you call investigative journalism if only they were more people like you in the world

[@lauramolony]

There used to be. Another really good investigative reporter was Roger Cook. Had his own programme The Cook Report.

[@olliestudio45]

Total cost of shoplifting in the UK "£1.8 bn in 2023" ....vs....Total debt loaded onto Morrisons by foreign equity during leveraged buyout £6.2bn -- leading to prices increases of over 10 percent.

[@Stracciways23]

its all copy past systeems there everywhere journalist youtubers infleuncer of defens force

[@purestorage1086]

Nothing about the welfare system in Romania like 50 pounds and the minimum wage of 500 pounds per month...can you live with 500 pounds?!

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

Yep . Bravo !

[@huporhaha1]

So sad. I tend to shop at Morrisons regularly. I walked past the petrol pump a few weeks ago and saw a £10 note. Then I saw a wad of notes blowing around the forecourt. I picked them up and held them for all to see, I handed the notes in to customer services. They counted it and there was £310 in total. A week later my local Morrisons phoned me to say that the money had been reunited with its owner. I had just lost my lovely husband. The owner was so grateful for my honesty that he put £40 in an envelope for me for a reward. I will put it towards my husband's headstone. I don't know the identity of the person who originally lost the cash but honesty is the best policy.

[@Suzy-sp8lv]

Condolences 💐 and love your honesty ❤

[@kidda74]

That's really sad, I'm sorry for your loss! You're a good person for doing that, so many wouldn't.

[@jaykay7120]

God bless you I’m sorry for your loss

[@Ellandback1]

God bless you. So sorry to hear about your husband.

[@iloveACID]

🎉 😊 bless you

[@mfg45beta74]

Love your work. I tell people that I investigate, "Tell me your story, and I'll work with you to present your side. But if I figure out something you didn't tell me, everyone will know." Good investigation, well done.

[@pipandcol]

My neighbour is proudly a prolific shoplifter...........but funnily enough when he went on holiday to Dubai he didn't steal anything...................WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?

[@MY-zx6lz]

he only brought all his stolen stuff to his indian friends that work in dubai - they cannot afford to buy anything in dubai - they eat sleep and work - send money home to Asian areas ... no need for him to steal there - secondly - the shops there are well managed and not set up with dozens of items on the shelves!

[@icc64]

Scared to death , hope dubai have serious detention than here , well done to this journalist and all the team , 😅 to shame the police 😢

[@fdc2023]

Name and shame your neighbour ❤

[@pipandcol]

@@fdc2023 My wife saw them in Premark.....And observed them stash about 5 rails of clothing under the pram they had .....she approached security and said ..."some people have just stuffed a lot of stock in a pram and left".......the security guard said..."if we don't see it.....we can't do anything about it"........

[@SwimBikeRunFastest]

Dubai has no Morrisons?

[@wayneronnie7402]

I've been to Romania a few times for holidays and visits.. it's a lovely interesting country full of nice people. All the scumbags are over here

[@squeakysoliloquy83]

Nice people. I've been there once and once was enough. Every place I've been in the world, I've met wonderful people but in Romania they just want to party, get drunk and dance badly to shite music. They've got zero style, zero class but bags and bags of ego. It's a country of fools.

[@user-bw8mc1zx1h]

@@ismamuwonge7816 Brexit freedom of movement

[@ckzf1842]

@@ismamuwonge7816Because we stupidly let them in - we are NOT in the EU anymore, and we still let them in ! 😳

[@jinlee2617]

​@@ismamuwonge7816They learnt from the very best to loot and steal. Britain's pride !!!

[@Ktf2309]

@C_C_C1I am

[@cbjgdicad1]

Our country needs radical change.

[@brokenshoe1775]

Its already been changed radically by leftist ideals and mass immigration. I dont think the Britain from the 90s when I was a kid will ever come back.

[@faequeenapril6921]

Going after organised crime like this is extremely difficult because they tend to get some corrupt police officers. The fact so many things are linked together its going to be nearly impossible to deal with this.

[@judderzm2252]

To right it does but its only gonna get worse .

[@leehawk7068]

I think starting with the laws needing a good shake up and courts dishing out appropriate punishments Problem is courts rather slap fines on people make money than actually punishing people with a decent sentence But also stores can do more to stop or rather make it a lot harder by not allowing customers coming into stores with bags especially bags big enough to hold lots KF items I live abroad now and how they do things here certainly works shoplifting does happen but not much simply because they would get jailed if convicted and sentences can range from 4 to 12 years Stores don't allow customers to carry bags into shop floors to stop people stuffing items in bags customers have to leave their bags at a courtesy booth tho women can take handbag Also here they usually have plenty security guards as well many KF whom are packing normally a handgun but have seen some malls where guards are lacking shot guns haha hell even police here sometimes seen packing M16s no kidding So yep it's no wonder shoplifting is rarely heard of here So yes there are things super markets can do to minimize shoplifting but I guess it might piss some people off especially leaving bags at courtesy booths even I do here when carrying my laptop can be a bit inconvenient

[@torbenm2375]

The Donald has the correct answer. But then again, you wanted Labor so badly. Enjoy what you have voted for.

[@EL_bball]

Awesome journalism and documentary. Should win an award!

[@purestorage1086]

Is bullshit journalism... they don't talk about the welfare system in Romania of 50 pounds per month and the minimum wage of 500 pounds ...can you live with these money in Romania?? We have the same prices for goods as UK

[@meyou4950]

Now that is what a real journalist looks like , well done.

[@joancollins522]

Such an informative documentary.....and the best part of it is the way this presenter is so good at narrating....a lovely, calm type of voice....no over-emphasising or dramatic music in the background like some channels.....this fella is a credit to Dispatches....

[@naomibk-d3l]

Wow what a comment , I certainly agree with you

[@shinyguru]

Lost my job to people like this. Shop just couldn't make money due to the amount of stealing and we eventually shut down in 2019

[@wasimasghar1295]

I hope things are well. I understand I am hoping to try to stop them.

[@Hot_Cold_Blue]

same at Iceland London Finchley Rd

[@carlsmith9847]

​@wasimasghar1295 got no chance

[@errydeo8865]

These people operate coz these guys sell those thingss to the poor who can't afford them is stores! Let's look at the root cause of the problem,not the problem!! B4 there used to be poundland shops! Nowadays even Poundland things are up as hell!

[@top87dutycornerboy]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@heartfullyhonest]

When I lived in UK I was once helped on my way home from an operation at NHS hospital in London, by a young Romanian who told me how hard it is for them to survive. A couple of weeks later I found out that a total of ten of them are living in a welfare housing that was originally assigned to an Indian family. They charged 350GBP per person plus utility costs. The house was barely big enough for 5 people. With everything accounted for, this family was making anywhere upwards of 5000GBP tax free and in cash from these guys, and of course the government welfare assistance. When I reported them, only the Romanian guys got the short end as they were not legally in UK at the time. The Indian family still receives welfare and housing.

[@danni11uk]

makes you think how useless the police is, they are unable or unwilling to further investigate this matter and a journalist did their job for them

[@danwhiffinmusic]

They don't have the resources

[@creationrebel9698]

If police took a camera person with them, people would queue up to talk to them 😅

[@Stenchmaster84]

@@danwhiffinmusicPeople don’t understand how under staffed and under resourced police across the country are. No point blaming the police, blame the politicians

[@Carolinel673]

Let’s be honest most people would buy the stolen goods at half price or 1/3rd . I have bought shoplifted stuff over the years .

[@Slinkyserpents]

@@danni11uk they all piss in the sane bucket this is fir tge sake if the public in England we gavnt kicked off in the manner intended, the timeline is shifting n shifted bt it’s only a small speed bump , knowledge in the hands of many is a blessing in the hands of a few it’s a curse

[@iainreid6292]

The fact the Police can't even do their job in the most videoed country on earth - you must feel stupid.

[@Grokku.61]

The UK police are useless 😂

[@leelhasa1559]

Earth’s biggest mass surveillance system is named Skynet and located inside Communist China as it jostles with Lady Liberty for global domination. Oh dear, the stuff they won’t tell you kids at China-funded British universities ;)

[@Grokku.61]

the UK police is useless 😂

[@domashmore6247]

Only CAMERAS FOR PARKING SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY DEEM THE WRONG Place..The uk IS A JOKE. and that IS AN Understatement

[@wagmiorngmi]

The police exist to protect the Establishment from the people. People wrongly believe the police are here to serve and protect them. They are not. Say something bad about the government or its agendas and watch how quickly they are smashing your door down and locking you up for 10 years for saying some truth about the immigrants on Facebook. All the evidence is right there from the Blackpool stabbings. The police and the Establishment don't give a singular frig about shoplifting, burglaries, ra pes. Their job is twofold : 1. to rake in as much revenue for the State as they can through fines - speeding for example. 2. to sit there on twitter and facebook all day watching for anyone criticising the government or its policies, with immigration being the current hot potato.

[@fpxpGetReal]

The Indian guy should face at least 20 to 30 years in prison with the gang members as well. There is no deterrent 🤬🤬

[@luisluis5306]

Im from a Indian background, fraud is massive in my community.

[@rossstewart9475]

The Indian guy is an actor: 41:20 he looks right at the "hidden" camera.

[@fpxpGetReal]

@ Really ? I thought it was actual footage 🤷🏻‍♂️ That sort of acting job could get him in a lot of trouble if people don’t know different .

[@Grafters-h5v]

What for shoplifting don't talk out ov your butt you numpty 😂😂

[@AB-im6de]

@@rossstewart9475Yeah, no…that’s a hidden camera on the person recording.

[@rachelhudson8362]

I worked in a department store many years ago( 80's). As part of our staff training we were told that there were organised gangs who would travel by the coach load.

[@flowerjpotter1629]

Very brave journalism.

[@Slinkyserpents]

@@flowerjpotter1629 some folks miss the woods for the 🌳 🌲 , il throw a 🦴 fir those folks….”we are a product of our environment “

[@iainreid6292]

I 've eaten braver currys. The police needs to start policing. Jokers.

[@ABESW0RLD]

Brave?😂😂

[@rossstewart9475]

Dishonest journalism: 41:20 their "wholesaler" looks right at the "hidden" camera...

[@Slinkyserpents]

@ no he was looking at the teleprompter he.d forgotten his lines.🤤😳

[@agentfisher2978]

Are we pretending we dont know who's doing the Pickpocketing and Shoplifting?

[@flowerjpotter1629]

Looks like it's a big secret...!

[@BollocksToThat]

Gypos

[@timgilligan3885]

I'm not

[@timgilligan3885]

Who is?

[@timgilligan3885]

Why the capitals?

[@Knowledgeseekerinfinity]

I work in the security industry in uk and i am thankful that at least someone is focusing on this issue. This is becoming a big issue and police is not doing much about it.

[@calibre8718]

I used to be a store detective, don't they have them anymore?

[@HMD1986-]

As a guard . The law takes their sides . I was going almost get sacked because he assaulted me and I punched him in the face. Shoplifter threatening you . Waiting for your shift finish. And useless police don’t back you up . Uk is the heaven for criminals. The system hate nice people

[@purestorage1086]

Is bullshit journalism... they don't talk about the welfare system in Romania of 50 pounds per month and the minimum wage of 500 pounds ...can you live with these money in Romania?? We have the same prices for goods as UK

[@dynagaming2693]

@@purestorage1086 How is not wanting thieves bullshit? You come over to the UK to steal and then sell because you don't make enough in Romania? How is that their problem?

[@dynagaming2693]

@@calibre8718 In the U.S. loss prevention staff are not allowed to even intervene anymore. You have to call the police, and try to keep the person on the property without touching them, which normally doesn't work. Due to the whole defund the police movement over here, police officer hiring is at an all time low, so sometimes the police don't even show up, as they prioritize violent crimes over retail theft.

[@dobrivojesemen2698]

THIS JOURNALIST DESERVES AT LEAST AN OBE FOR HIS WORK! AMAZINGLY DONE! BRAVO! YOU ARE BRINGING BACK TRUST TO JOURNALISM!

[@marcbarlow2274]

Worked in Retail security for a number of years and got to see this kind of stuff happening almost daily by groups and gangs.

[@GeorgiaNash-ul7qh]

There selling to families though, Personally know some of these people and they support small communities.Families cant afford super market prices anymore especially for things like meat.

[@LukeHolland-f9v]

​@@GeorgiaNash-ul7qhbollox, it does not mean you steal, the amount of stress involved when rats come into a store and think it's their right to steal, we are all in the same boat pal, most are still rowing, a few are rats that will jump ship the second there is one.

[@Skygrey2943]

​@LukeHolland-f9v Most won't steal, but they would buy shoplifted stuff at half price in the pub.

[@gilllarr9285]

Meat theft has been going on for years, nothing new there, powdered milk, alcohol coffee razor blades, it’s not that no one can afford it, it’s just easy to get rid of, the shop lifters sell the stuff at a very much cheaper price. The other issue, during and just after covid a lot of big super markets cut back dramatically of security, I’m so glad I’m not a store detective any more

[@MrCostaC]

I don’t understand how they’re walking out with a trolley full of goods and those goods have alarm tags on them so why isn’t it alerting security?

[@SamNLanger]

This was really quite a journey! Great investigative journalism!

[@pabo-qv3nx]

I've heard many times before shoplifting increases prices for customers. My question is who is stealing gas/electricity because every year for last couple of years the prices have gone up and will go up next year twice. It's all down to GREEDY CEOs of supermarkets and energy companies.

[@marklittler784]

Get a card meter and top up before it goes up !!!

[@gazajadebrown9866]

💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❗

[@TheMushroom246]

we do pay more for theft and as for gas n electric we have been paying for all the people that do not pay for energy they use its true channel four did a documentary on it ..i saved it ..i have a look for it...take care

[@pabo-qv3nx]

@TheMushroom246 It's all down to GREED. I read the ceo of British gas salary went up from £4 million to £8 million. Who's the thief?

[@oneoflokis]

💯👍

[@2gooddrifters]

I once pointed out a shoplifter to the security guard. He told me he comes in every day and steals his dinner. He could do nothing.

[@The_torero]

OMG.😂😂😂😂

[@JimBanksy]

The Indian guy should face prison for fraud, How many has he brought into the UK?????????

[@JimBanksy]

[@CurryLeafPlants-d8t]

Lets hope UK police will take some action against Prime Value Distribution-and his owner Rajesh Hiralal MANEK If you look his company details on Govt website, he owns 5 business 2 active partners , one is Singapore national so they probably sending all stolen goods to Singapore and East Asian countries

[@Yosi-de9ns]

the whole Leicester and Birmingham

[@domashmore6247]

I bet the Indian guy has about ten names..

[@knightofceylon-ms1us]

​@@CurryLeafPlants-d8tMust be an Indian origin Singaporean but I'm hundred percent sure these goods wouldn't be allowed into Singapore. Definitely other East Asian nations...

[@TanjuWhally-James]

We need parts two and three of this documentary, PLEASE!!!

[@bogdanstamate4827]

Police will be jobless afterwards 😂

[@jda974]

This is top investigative journalism that should embarrass the police who either is incompetent or don't care. Or both.

[@cynthiamorris1874]

Hurty words are more important to them these days, what a backward country we have become.

[@ageoflove1980]

There is a third option you overlook. Why would the police pay for the Morrisons security? If the store cuts costs everywhere, doenst employ security guards, open automated cash registers to further cut staff costs... Why should the police float the bill for the security consequenses of that? I mean, if you can just literally grab a 1000 quid worth of stuff and just walk out... What sort of business are you exactly running? If you want to get rich by cutting corners everywhere, sure, but dont ask the tax payer to solve the issues you run in to as a result of that.

[@jda974]

@@ageoflove1980 I agree with what you're saying however my point is not about preventing the crime from happening. Police can't stop that. But they could investigate, arrest and bring these criminals to face justice. These journalists did half of that.

[@ageoflove1980]

@@jda974 Well yeah, they could but that costs society a lot of money. One single prisoner costs the taxpayer over 50,000 quid a year. Not to mention the costs of the policing, the trials and all that. And just handing out fines is also quite pointless... A 1000 quid fine isnt going to do anything if they can make that back with a single haul. And if all that would solve the problem, then sure. But im afraid the only thing you achieve there is combat the symptom, not the cause. If these stores continue with their frankly ridiculous business practices, there would be a whole new group doing the exact same thing before you know it. You cant change human nature, and as long as you can just walk in, grab 1000s worth of stuff and walk out, people are going to do that. The police simply has a finite amount of resources and they rather spend it on more serious crimes instead of some corporation that cant be arsed to employ a security guard and actual cashiers because its shareholders dont like spending money.

[@purestorage1086]

Is bullshit journalism... they don't talk about the welfare system in Romania of 50 pounds per month and the minimum wage of 500 pounds ...can you live with these money in Romania?? We have the same prices for goods as UK

[@arupsan]

Best documentary I watched regarding investigating journalism

[@djmandrick]

In my local shop the shoplifting has got so bad you have to queue at the counter first to even get a basket to put your things in now. Another area a large co-op that had been there for decades was shut down in the last few years. People were walking in grabbing all the meat and toiletries and just walking out. No employee is going to fight a shoplifter for chicken and sausages. Got so bad and blatant it was a security risk for those working there, for other people just shopping and it wasn't worth doing business anymore. The knock on effect for the old people in the area who couldn't drive or go very far was substantial. Lots of them used to go there as their little walk just to talk to someone or bump into someone they knew and buy the few bits they needed for the day. My gran was one of them. So sad.

[@FunkyTomo]

That's a shame for the old folks.

[@Crazycanuckk]

We can’t get baskets to shop with as they are constantly stolen. I’m not sure how many shopping carts are stolen but we still have those thankfully.

[@dubman071]

This is fucking crazy how they easily siphoning whole UK😢

[@julieemery8963]

😡😡 its insane

[@julieemery8963]

It wouldnt surprise me if the gov wasnt aware & having a stake in the profit😡

[@manl1kemoe]

I mean if you think about it the true people siphoning are the supermarkets. These guys are at least selling it for cheap to the locals

[@DMWBN3]

Officer saying g he's no idea why someone would steal so much toothpaste & strepsils. Is he fckn stupid? Winter = colds & need for cough sweets. Toothpaste .... domt even need to explain. Keystone Cops.

[@DMWBN3]

​@@manl1kemoe ⬅️⬅️⬅️stupidest comment ever.

[@hoomannili]

Just witnessed a case of this in West London Azda Express, two guys picked up bottles of wine and just walked out with no resistance. I spoke to to the staff and they said it happens very frequently and police have no interest in tackling them.

[@monicanath4859]

The one in Acton, Brentford or Ealing?

[@FunkyTomo]

Prob scared of getting stabbed in London. . . What a farce this country is.

[@youneslarsson5691]

and security on their mobile 8 hours

[@historybehindthemyth9892]

18:22 Gipsies/Roma have originated in India, not Romania, they have been in Europe for hundreds of years, including in the UK for 500+ years, they have mixed in with the Irish Travellers. The Roma came from the Dalit subgroup, their original name in sanskrit was Doma डोम. The biggest number of Gipies other than India are in Turkey, not Romania. Spain (Gitanos), Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia etc. also have a lot of them. This reporter thinks because Roma/Romanian sounds similar, they are the same people. Romanians are a mix of Balkan and Slavic Europeans, they are totally different people. Romania used to be called Dacia in antiquity and Dacians were a sub-group of the Thracians (Orpheus was Thracian), some Roman emperors had Dacian and Thracian origins. The name Romania comes from the Roman conquest of Dacia. Gipsies were literally ensl-ved by Romanians in medieval times because they were foreigners, so how could you confuse them?

[@skh5580]

I also understand Roma are discriminated against in Eastern Europe due to their culture and they look different. Correct me if I am wrong.

[@historybehindthemyth9892]

@@skh5580 The gipsies/Roma are partly Indian, percentages can vary since hundreds of years have passed. Romanians are a mix of Balkan and Slavic Europeans.

[@MartinRiggs123]

Romania has by far the biggest population of Roma people anywhere in the world (1.85m ish). Possible to be Roma and Romanian. I don’t think he’s confused

[@konstantinivanov1986]

Although you are correct most of the thieving and pickpocket gypsies ,roma or whatever you want to call them come frome Romania.

[@purestorage1086]

Let's talk first about the welfare system in Romania is like 50 pounds per month and the minimum wage is 500 pounds can you live with these money?!

[@samdub]

Zeno should be wanted for that haircut.

[@Nigel068]

Good point...that should be a crime in itself! 😂

[@pondeify]

he should visit a turkish baraber....support another type of criminal in the uk

[@DIDAMI.Experience]

In Lisbon they hire police officers as supermarket security. It helps to reduce shoplifting.

[@adamgordon2572]

Not in the UK, the police are lazy and can’t be bothered 💯

[@Nick51100]

They also beat the shit out of shoplifters when I was last there 😂

[@kumstuke]

​@@Nick51100nice

[@LouOhare]

lol my closest boy is Portuguese .. Portugal is having the same issues England is full of third world animals committing crime the police ain’t doing nothing

[@Ymma58]

Here they are scared of being called racist ​@@Nick51100

[@123moe]

I work in a supermarket and it's insane how much co-ordianted/group shoplifting happens, and that the same groups tend to come back a few times over a few weeks

[@koby4094]

@123moe great! Screw big rip off merchant co operations. I haven't paid for groceries/ alcohol in 2 years!

[@gerardmarlow1461]

Doh!

[@koby4094]

@@123moe it's great. Not paid for shopping in 2 years and couldn't care less

[@Jmr-o5e]

@@koby4094 so everyone who goes in and pays for their food has to pay more in order to pay for what you stole. And still you will find a way to justify that. The companies arent the only scumbags in this situation … look into the mirror

[@Jmr-o5e]

@@koby4094 pos (look it up ya nonce)

[@owenmclain3327]

Big change from a country who used to chop off hands for stealing bread where a peasent was actually stealing to eat. To organized theft on a grand scale and virtually goes on without consequences.

[@ProgressistheProcess]

In other words, you never get it right lol

[@nikikaurkhalsa]

I am Canadian and it happens here in Canada 24-7 every single store. Shop lifting and beating the security person in the store. This is insane

[@LuciferDoos]

Lekker onthou Apartheid Kry vir julle!!!Diefookers sal tot jou kind steel

[@norwegianzound]

Are there lots of Romanians in Canada as well?

[@nicolaemadalincirstea3453]

@@norwegianzound Are you being ignorant ? Do you think only Romanians can steal ? What about Brits stealing ? Every nations has their own scumbags.

[@AntonyoKnight]

😮 beat security?!

[@TheManC96]

​@@norwegianzoundthese guys are gypsies, not Romanians. Something like that never happens in Romania, because the police actually cares and does its job.

[@hereshoping6992]

All I see is pure enrichment

[@whyshouldwecare3267]

Well what do you expect, the native population doesnt want to do this work.

[@nrgoose]

This country is broken, nothing works anymore. 😥😥

[@geeksworkshop]

What doesn't work, your free phone?

[@veronicaboyce6794]

And it will get worse. Fare Dodgers and shoplifting have increased tenfold. Security have a nerve to follow genuine shoppers around the store while the real criminals are taking to order and walking straight out the store. As for B&M they need to employ experience security officers. Yesterday it was a shoplifters paradise the two crooks was lifting right in front of Security, he did absolutely nothing.

[@Danfrank24]

This is what happens when multimillionaires obsessed with money open the borders to line their own pockets.

[@robcarter55]

@nrgoose Can't agree tax collections work fine and the Starmer thought police are on the ball.

[@BigOz-dy3vl]

Yes your right 😂

[@Gina-w5v]

But the cashier and shop assistant asks us to see our folded empty shopping bags Seriously

[@SeeScotland]

I've been at the coalface in the private security industry tackling this problem, for a number of years. Very often the police aren't interested. In my opinion theft of this nature has been decriminalised, giving criminals a green light, with no consequences.

[@Bazza1993ify]

I feel you man I was a security guard for Mitie contracted Sainsbury’s for four years and I’ve stopped dozen of shoplifters. The repeat offenders that keep doing it they only spend a few weeks or months in prison soon as they get out they start again. As for the shoplifting gangs well they’re Eastern European mostly with one security guard on duty what can you do to stop them? Besides calling the police even then they don’t take interest or take hours to turn up.

[@Roybatty443]

I see prime value distribution is alive and well. I had to laugh when I saw the quote on their website “We are always on the lookout for new suppliers or customers to expand our business reach”😂

[@katarinavidakovic4718]

Really they still live and kicking wau crazy

[@adenwellsmith6908]

What's interesting is that Zeno has a company [disolved]. Ie. Done a runner. C4 clearly wasn't doing its research since it gives his address. Coventry.

[@CurryLeafPlants-d8t]

Lets hope UK police will take some action against Prime Value Distribution-and his owner Rajesh Hiralal MANEK Yes still active company, if you look his company details on Govt website, he owns 5 business 2 active partners , one is Singapore national so they probably sending all stolen goods to Singapore and East Asian countries

[@ibzkhalil1283]

​@@katarinavidakovic4718That's what makes it "ORGANIZED" Sherlock 😂🤣🤌

[@a.m.i.r7385]

Wholesalers buying from shoplifters, shoplifters stealing from supermarkets, supermarkets buying from wholesalers.. what a cycle. 😮😮😮

[@thecargotsold]

The spotter is the same guy doing the investigation 😂😂😂

[@covermin]

I am not surprised at the level of criminality that's taking place all over the world.

[@gabriellazar4133]

This is the globalism result

[@sarab8818]

I had 3 paragraphs to write but if I do I will get arrested and sent to prison...

[@beat66]

You admited it.

[@gmathieson7184]

@@beat66 even just the thought of it was a crime

[@eamonnbyrne8400]

I know the feeling pal.

[@Blossombabe612]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@JBSMHY2032]

How long have you been shoplifting?

[@tanyacurtis2884]

Amazing work done by this channel 4 journalist. And it seems that the rabbit hole just goes deeper and deeper 🤔 . Thank you.

[@purestorage1086]

Is bullshit journalism... they don't talk about the welfare system in Romania of 50 pounds per month and the minimum wage of 500 pounds ...can you live with these money in Romania?? We have the same prices for goods as UK

[@pinwheel8723]

Come on though, the prices of things are absolutely outrageous. The only way to stop this happening to businesses comes down to the government.

[@tonigrant8195]

Happy to see you've not concealed their faces as most reporters do!

[@rossstewart9475]

No point in concealing the faces of paid actors: 41:20 the "wholesaler" looks right at the "hidden" camera.

[@TheMightyJohnFu]

@@rossstewart9475 jesus man, you are willing to die on that hill aren't you? Think for a moment, that camera is hidden in an object, It's plausible that the guy just looked at the object. One glance isn't definitive proof of an actor you silly sausage

[@peterseager4717]

England is known as a easy touch from here to Timbuktu 😂😂😂

[@mercyln9090]

Not Timbuktu, but Budapest and Bucharest more like. Timbuktu is in Mali...in Africa

[@NCHLT]

Didn't know Timbuktu had so many gypsies!

[@ibzkhalil1283]

​@mercyln6646so what's wrong with Africa huh ??? What, you think we live in caves ??? 🤌🤌🤌🤷🙄

[@dubman071]

No wonder why fucking steaks are locked up in plastic even in CO-OPs

[@johnphillips4783]

Co-Op rob their own customers on a daily basis. Not saying they deserve to be robbed but they definitely ask for it. They've always charged well over the odds even before the rise in costs.

[@crotchet1586]

Co-op is one of the most expensive shops now.

[@johnmurray9526]

Co-op have similar gangs that target their shops. I was talking to manager in our co-op few weeks ago.

[@johnmurray9526]

@@crotchet1586 least its uk owned! Rather spend money in there tbh

[@crotchet1586]

@johnmurray9526 How very patriotic of you.

[@mikeYouTube3048]

Amazing journalism! Well done, lad!

[@HDIrwin]

I used to work in a department store in the 80s and the security staff were all ex-armed services and in plain clothes. They were extraordinary in their attitude to their work. If something got stolen and they failed to spot and stop the perpetrator they were gutted. They took real pride in stopping theft, and they were prepared to physically stop shoplifters to the extent I witnessed full blown fights. I'm not sure what the law is now, or if policy is governed by the employers, but if shoplifters know they can steal without being challenged physically the problem will continue and grow, particularly with the influx of foreign gangs. I particularly feel sorry for shop workers who have to deal with this behaviour and also small businesses who are really impacted by theft. Unfortunately, this is another aspect of declining standards in British society which has been governed by weak leadership and acceptance of persistent criminal behaviour. This country is slowly committing suicide.

[@FunkyTomo]

There is still some old school security guards in my town. The boots guy regularly can be seen chasing them through the town then rugby tackling them to the ground. Quite the spectacle! All kids have their phones out for TikTok 😂

[@headlesschicken99]

That's happening to such scale. Yet, I get funny looks while selecting a mascara in Boots as if I'm about to pull the biggest heist in retail history!

[@Winter67-o5v]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mavisborbon2008]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@adekunleadeusi3100]

When you see certain Demographic opening shops all over the streets, it’s an indication of shady things going on behind the scene Sad thing is 99% of them are tax dodgers

[@CHILLINGRobo]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅

[@snowflakemelter1172]

In my town the Travellers loot the shops on a daily basis , the pay for nothing , even sending very young kids in the shop to steal so that they avoid prosecution. They use Greggs as a free meal station and eat as much as they want and walk out, the staff have been told not to do anything about it.

[@carolynmcwilliam7981]

Never ever been to a greggs where you eat before u pay, plz leave locations... 😅😅

[@snowflakemelter1172]

@carolynmcwilliam7981 every single location , there are sandwiches, cold drinks, bread and cakes and hot chicken, soups in the front of the store and the rest is behind the counter . You obviously haven't been to any of the stores.

[@raybans8712]

Yes I see travelers especially kids just brazenly walk into bakery’s and just swipe things off the shelves and walk out. The police don’t bother with prosecution as they won’t turn up to court anyway and be in a different town next week.

[@inkaglio]

I can confirm it's true - the staff are told to never confront shoplifters. My daughter works in a city centre Greggs and they see it all hours of the day, several times a day and can do nothing about it. It's so frustrating!

[@top87dutycornerboy]

I do that too 😂😂😂

[@MondoBeno]

I worked at a school where the Gambian janitor would pick up pencils, pens, rulers, calculators, and notebooks, off the floor (and probably pilfer some from the supply cabinet), and every two months he'd barrel-ship it back home, where his mother would sell it in the market. His brother moved to the USA, went to work as a hospital janitor, and pilfer supplies. Brother #3 went to work on a construction site, and you guessed it. Their family back home ended up with the biggest operation at the market.

[@milkywaykid3440]

Go and try this in the UAE 🇦🇪 I double dare you, you wouldn’t have any hands left to steal..

[@Saddam-N-S]

You are comparing UAE to slum deprived England 😂😂😂

[@milkywaykid3440]

Oil has helped the job along, 70 years of subversion, corruption of church and the Christian faith, the promotion of sexual perversions, violence, drugs and alcohol also have assisted. This is a multilateral takedown over multiple generations. I know a man who ran his car on chicken shit for 14 years…CHICKEN SHIT…best bit, zero pollution. UAE would look very different if oil was taken out of the equation. Let’s not get into timeline manipulation and interstellar conglomerates…

[@ljones2087]

@@Saddam-N-S and yet people still flock over here because they don't want to live in an arid, backwards shithole.

[@mwd331]

@@Saddam-N-SI guarantee you live in the UK though, why not go live in the paradise that’s the UAE?

[@ejc636]

Having lived in the UAE you better not steal. Swear or disrespect the local people. If so your not coming home on the next flight. Be warned

[@gailplatt1]

So your telling me if everyone stops stealing tomorrow prices will go down 😂

[@Cheese44456]

@gailplatt1 no chance, they need to stop housing the illegals and get people off dole

[@RobertCollins-fq5tw]

I don't think so, Tesco Sainsbury's morrison, they make billions in profits every year robbing us, good luck to the professional shoplifters.

[@mistahugespliff1265]

Not on your Nelly. We're Brexitted. Time to enjoy our inflation

[@Saddam-N-S]

It’s getting worse in April 2025

[@Cheese44456]

@mistahugespliff1265 not the 41000k spent on migrants in hotels, billions upon billions having no effect then ?

[@JCJW101]

I work for a major retailer and their tolerance for theft is insane. If they bothered to link up and work with other retailers they could cut down most of the organised shop lifting by 50% which would be millions.

[@annchurchill2638]

This level of shoplifting, which we also see in the U.S., is new INDUSTRY.Usually all mature women.

[@zaraparadise]

They should have kept the Romanian informat identity hidden for his safety

[@markbellew4194]

Or he cud go back?

[@muddydog6605]

Also maybe not played the interview of the female shoplifter naming the ringleader

[@mark-y2w9u]

@@muddydog6605 Do you really care ?

[@furryfury.]

That’s what I thought. Now that guy wouldn’t be able to help them anymore because he’s exposed.

[@gilllarr9285]

@@markbellew4194 They do all the time, then come back here for more shoplifting, they even train their children to do it

[@in-x-orable2769]

Channel 4 Documentaries are always dropping bangers! Where my popcorn at?

[@Flipping_Ell]

I see this sort of stuff at the car boot in Peterborough ALL the time.

[@mrsullied]

"this is all stolen & it's a secret." Bless this man 😂❤

[@UserSC87]

I love how the guy just outright says "it's stolen" lol.

[@timgilligan3885]

Good journalism. Thanks.

[@annandall9118]

I worked for IKEA a few years ago. There was an organised gang of thieves working all the ikea stores around London. Ikea knew who they were but were powerless to do anything about it. As a cashier I saw the sharp end of it. The thieves would either have someone working on the tills who let them walk through or they would physically threaten cashiers to take payment on dodgy cards/cheques ect. It was bad.

[@monikatoth5697]

Was this IKEA at Tottenham? If yes, I'm not surprised it shut down a few years ago..

[@annandall9118]

@monikatoth5697 No. I worked at the Lakeside store. Its still going strong. I'm not surprised the Tottenham store closed. I remember the day it opened and they were selling the first 20 ektorp sofas for a £1.00. Some one got stabbed in the fight for a sofa. It was all over the news. Tottenham is a bad, bad place.

[@EdgyMTB]

I get lost in IKEA the moment I walk through the door, it's like a horrorstory maze... how do shoplifters get in and out of there so quickly? 😅

[@jep1912]

And folk wonder why you should never trust this type of 'shopkeeper'.

[@miimiii8287]

Why can't they be deported ???!!!

[@katarinavidakovic4718]

Good one crayzi country

[@elvinl.490]

Some Mayor said Diversity is our strength .

[@danni11uk]

laws in this country too soft and too much paperwork and labour to get them punished

[@danwhiffinmusic]

Good question!

[@bgate1984]

ECHR

[@MarcLawson-m6q]

Brilliant investigation!

[@springtroll]

romanian dont make job

[@shibbymiyah6614]

Very little consequences for these shoplifters unfortunately. Even if they get jail it will only be a few weeks

[@ryanunderwood1798]

And all that money out the taxpayers pocket just to get them there, until they're arrested and charged again and again

[@redlightspellsdanger7177]

The jails are not only full but crumbling

[@julieemery8963]

Absolutely no deterrant, they know the prisons are full & the jps is corrupt, its for anyone

[@julieemery8963]

Everything & anything😩😩 they arent fussy😩😩

[@samlui3591]

Did you watch the ending of the documentary??!!.

[@user-fj5xj8fj6f]

Great job, this guy should seriously think of working in contract with the Police, great methodologic investigation.

[@mahmudakhanom2349]

Thanks for the upload 😊

[@Kimmy234L]

The police organising that raid was about as much use as a chocolate teapot...so they were watching the house prior to the raid, right? 🙄 ...that was embarrassing, and they were even laughing at themselves 🙄 The sentence the thieves received, they'll both be out in 7 months tops. The whole judiciary system is a joke, and it's the average shopper who's not a criminal that are penalised with higher prices for these organised crimes. All the high street shops, supermarkets, and police need to crack down on these thefts and start making examples of them. Give them two years for 1st offence 4 years for 2nd and 10 years for 3rd offence. Everyone who's an opportunitist is going to jump on the band wagon Don't let us get any closer to anarchy...

[@julieemery8963]

Why are the cops saying we didnt get to find out, wtf are they doing😩😩

[@amazer747]

Looking for hurty words on social media. It's easier and you hardly need to leave the warm office.

[@adamgordon2572]

Because they can’t be bothered doing their job 💯

[@aidanhoneyman8544]

because they always go for easier arrests like someone going 5mph over the speed limit or calling someone a cunt on Facebook

[@chriscs9080]

Because someone obviously gets a profit from these gangs...dont ask who.

[@jmc6327]

This guy going undercover in this area is crazy he didn't get found out more because he asks questions that are so obviously suspicious he's working with tv or law.

[@syryder3236]

I saw a seagul steal a sausage roll from greg’s once, how it sleeps at night i’ll never know

[@snowflakemelter1172]

Probably on a roof somewhere.

[@syryder3236]

@ pigeons can go for upto 3 years without sleep so the probability as you put it of being asleep on a roof after stealing a greg’s sausage roll is not as high as you think actually

[@georgemorley1029]

Was it a Romanian seagull? Did it pass it to an Indian seagull?

[@mercyln9090]

😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅

[@syryder3236]

@@georgemorley1029 this was many years ago when Greg’s sausage roll’s were alot cheaper, we had a brief conversation i hate the bloomin crumbs i said, he said he liked them, he may have shared it he seemed quite nice regardless of being a sausage roll thief

[@mikb5587]

A high trust society cannot allow low trust cultures to settle here.

[@eddieb7716]

These big grocery store chains have decided they only need self checkout and got rid of most of there cashiers right by the front door what do they expect.

[@georgemorley1029]

Cheaper to sack people and not pay wages/tax/pensions than it is to feed criminal gangs with hundreds of thousands of pounds of losses.

[@abdulqaiyum1432]

well said

[@kh-ro5su]

shoplifters steal, what good is a cashier going to do when they're going to walk out with what they want either way? moron

[@godsstruggler8783]

I remember watching Roger Cook; probably before this journalist was even born. The standard of investigative journalism back in the late 1980s was exceptional. There were others who went before him in the 1970s, including the greatest of them all - Mr John Pilger. If anybody has not heard of him, some of his fifty or so documentaries are here on KZbin. They are a treat to behold, as are the few documentaries on the man himself. This particular documentary was a vast improvement on what we've been force fed under the guise of journalism this last twenty years or so. I hope the man at the centre of it is allowed to grow into his calling without pressure to conform to 'editorial lines' otherwise known as agendas. Well done to all involved 👍

[@NEXTLEVELAWARENESS]

Funny how this increases the price for the customer but they don’t lose any profits

[@laylah150]

They make the customers and waged staff eat the cost.

[@Jmr-o5e]

They do lose profits, you dunce. They close stores because of it. Redorect your anger to the shoplifters. At least the stores are doing something constructive. Cant say the same for the thieves, they just cost us money. Grow up Think

[@monkeywithgun]

I should start doing my weekly shop at car boots 😂

[@marcbrown9001]

Honestly I'm disgusted with the state of my country. The whole country has become runned down & crime ridden. Makes me feel like this is a version of hell.

[@dereksmallsuk]

It's a cesspit for sure. An absolute CESSPIT in many places in England. What a DUMP!!

[@johnkelly1083]

It's going to get much worse.

[@lsreggi6087]

@johnkelly1083yeah if we keep letting immigrants in

[@luns486]

As someone with British parents who was born and raised in Australia, but has lived in Britain for several years as an adult, I couldn’t be happier that my parents made the decision to leave when they did. Currently on holiday in the uk with my British partner and while I’ll always have a soft spot for England, I’m so so glad I don’t have to live here.

[@Jmr-o5e]

It is hell, not a “version” of it

[@jamesmc1272]

High trust England meets the worst of multicultural influence. Started with Blair, I am disgusted with the politicians who have ruined England, we were never asked.

[@antonyleemulvey8226]

Usual suspects. Pack them off

[@tonytucket]

Can you be more Specific as who you mean?

[@Sam-bz1hr]

​yes non british typically arrived via boat @@tonytucket

[@tobiasgriffin]

And drug addicted

[@BESTOFTHEBEST123]

Polish 😅

[@CraigOC1482]

​@@tonytucketROMANIANS there i said it. They are the scourge of society if they aren't sitting down begging with a little dog they are pickpocketing. The women wear them skirts that they can literally steal half a shops worth in 1 go I seen a video one time of a mother and daughter emptying what they'd been caught stealing and it was actually worthy of an applause the amount they can put up their skirts

[@mikerope5785]

shoplifting to get rich is more depraved than doing it to feed an addiction. They're both bad, but the addict you can at least sympathise with them because their existence is torture which drives their desperation.

[@Slinkyserpents]

@@mikerope5785 100% bt in alll fairness only those who have experienced such addictions personally or thru family or friends really do sympathise the rest really see all as the same. If homeless ur lazy. If addiction it’s deliberate if arrested n detained ur guilty folks only understand when they have experienced such fir themselves.

[@FunkyTomo]

I agree. The addicts won't be taking as much as these organised gangs.

[@Phillip-p1e]

Yeah an addict will take £30.00s of merch and they've got their fix for a couple of days....

[@rebelwave100]

06:44 _Presenter: Where do you sell £100,000 of eyeliner?_ Me: (sarcastically) Essex _Presenter: The one bit of information I do have ...is that these good are ending up in carboot sales in Essex...._ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@trz678y]

To a shop in Rome

[@julieemery8963]

TOWIE, they’ll have a nice christmas with all the cheep products

[@danielsuciu73]

As a Romanian immigrant in the UK this absolutely angers me. I came over in 2014, got my documents in order applied for a job and been paying taxes since. Worked my a$$ off from a KFC pots washer to now an Operations Manager. Proper vetting is needed before you let people into the country. If you are contributing to the country’s economy I have no issues but if you are a pest and trying to fiddle your way around the system “go back where you come from” (borrowed the good old phrase lol).

[@1fan689]

Obviously shoplifting is wrong, but, on the other hand, what is the incentive to make an honest living at this point? People could work 24hrs a day and still not make enough for a place to live

[@RDCFemmes]

Integrity, self-respect, morals etc

[@LukeHolland-f9v]

Two wrongs do not make a right. End of.

[@BillyP13]

Your view will change when it happens to you.

[@salehothman449]

Look at the Corruption at the top end and you shall quickly figure it out. 🙏

[@rowannestripe2964]

You do have a point. And poverty always encourages crime! I'm not condoning it though

[@adamscott217]

25:35 Shouldn't they be hiding the snitches identity and not the criminals ? ... lmfao

[@FRM101]

clever reporter, found a way to communicate what we all suspected (9:40) 😂

[@bluemeadows40]

so the only 2 that went to prison was the woman that was obviously forced to do it, great work channel 4.

[@Jmr-o5e]

Channel 4 doesnt decide who goes to prison

[@SuperHoggs]

Great piece of journalism

[@springtroll]

yes its the watergate of morrisons

[@vijaykumarxd007]

This is true journalism

[@jayzswayz4897]

"I wonder what they'll do with all the goods" uhhhh, sell them ??

[@aliyah7869]

32:18 😂 there’s thousands Romanian in England who steal and you come to me 😮😮😮😂😂😂😂

[@DIDAMI.Experience]

🤣🤣🤣

[@MachineUltraX]

all of em proud to be gipsy in romania but in other countrys that they commit any crime they say are romanians. They got no brain .

[@The_torero]

The audacity.😂😂😂😂

[@capcyvasile]

They way he said it in romanian you know he's chill cause he been through police and they don't have evidence against him and he throws the words like that, he knows he's involved but not admitting, but know a lot of people that does it, and like the reporter said, people done it for him.

[@abdulqadir9637]

😂😂