Of the Russian stores in 2021, cheeses and sausages were most often stolen or attempted to be stolen: 20.3% of incidents accounted for this category of goods. In second place were dairy products (19.6%), in third place were alcoholic beverages (18.7%). The top five most stolen categories are coffee (15.3%) and seafood (12%).
Izvestia obtained this data from the Stop Shoplifter video analytics system report. It works on the basis of the NtechLab face recognition algorithm and is installed in retail chains in 76 Russian cities, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and others.
The list of the most stolen categories of goods from year to year, if it changes, then only slightly, experts say. In last year’s Stop Shoplifter study, for example, the top 5 did not include alcohol or seafood, but did include confectionery and cereals.
However, if you look at similar studies over the past 10 years, the list of “priority” goods for thieves is stable, and it includes what is easier to resell, said Konstantin Sergeev, security director of the Monetka retail chain and chairman of the Association of Retail Security Experts. Known places and buying, and further sales.
“Often these are catering points – small cafes and restaurants that stimulate the theft of alcohol. Some of the products are offered at a discount in various messengers,” he said.
At the same time, according to him, identifying a stolen bottle is quite simple. If, when scanning an excise stamp in the service of the Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Market, the database does not display the time and place of sale of the product, then it is highly likely that it was stolen.
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Source: IZ
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