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National police intelligence unit opens training to tackle organised retail crime

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A new team within Opal, national policing’s intelligence unit for serious and organised acquisitive crime, will soon begin the process of gathering, scoping and analysing information about organised retail crime groups referred from a number of different sources. The team, funded by the Pegasus partnership…

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