theft
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Fuel theft continues to "place a significant and unacceptable strain on fuel retailers, impacting businesses financially and placing additional demand on policing resources", according to Supt Lisa Maslen.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Tipped workers experience high rates of poverty and are vulnerable to wage theft.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
Jho Low, the alleged mastermind behind the theft of $4.5 billion from Malaysia’s government investment fund, 1MDB, filed for a pardon, the Journal reported earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Interior scenes set at the Palais were staged and shot apart from the festival period, as was the precise choreography of the jewel theft.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
He and his friend Max Brod did the full Mona Lisa tour: they stared at the blank wall and then they went to a silent comic film on the theft.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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