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Live facial recognition in UK shops triggered record repeat offender alerts in 2025

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The live facial recognition crime prevention platform Facewatch sent more than half a million real-time offender alerts to retailers in 2025. That’s more than double the number issued the previous year, as organised and repeat retail crime continued to escalate across the UK. The live…

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