Posted: 29.12.2022 10:36:00

More petty thefts in supermarkets registered in Italy due to crisis

In Italy, low-income citizens have to commit petty thefts in supermarkets, as the country is experiencing economic instability and growing prices, Agenzia Nova reports

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According to the news agency, the number of evidences of poverty is increasing monthly. Since petty thefts in supermarkets are most often not reported to the police, so these are mostly learnt about from the store employees.

For example, one of the security guards, who works in several supermarkets on the eastern outskirts of the Italian capital, informed that during his 6-hour work shift he discovered about a dozen petty thefts, but over the past two weeks their number has doubled.

A saleswoman of one of the shops in the centre of Rome noted that the elderly usually try not to pay for fruit, and the shop heads most often forgive thieves, even giving them what they need for free.

"These small episodes tell about the bitter and harsh reality of those who are in unstable economic conditions and live in poverty," the agency states.

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