Enda Brady: UK correspondent on UK stores cracking down on shoplifting with facial recognition technology - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

A handful of UK-based retailers are incorporating facial recognition technology to crack down on shoplifting. 

UK police are employing pre-existing live facial recognition (LFR) technology to create a database of offenders with the aim of reducing retail crime.

UK correspondent Enda Brady says between 340,000 to 8 million shoplifting incidents occurred in 2022, and this is costing companies at least $2 billion per year.

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