Stock Losses | Property Offences by Outsiders and Employees

In 2014, theft-related crime in Frankfurt rose by 6.6 per cent and accounted for 36.5 per cent of total crime; shoplifting in particular (up 13.4 per cent) was responsible for this increase. Our commercial investigators from Frankfurt are deployed primarily in cases of theft and embezzlement by employees, but also in cases of losses of goods, machinery or fuel caused by unknown third parties. Free consultation: +49 69 1201 8431.

Theft of Company Property – Detectives Ready to Assist

The offence of shoplifting, which belongs to the category of mass crime, is generally understood as property offences in the retail sector committed by persons from outside the business. Preventing shoplifting and apprehending offenders falls within the remit of so-called store detectives, who belong to the security industry. Professional investigation services such as Kurtz Investigations Frankfurt rarely, if ever, deal with these typically low-value thefts, but instead handle systematic property offences that accumulate major losses over an extended period. The perpetrators are very often disloyal employees using varied strategies. While external offenders have to act quickly when stealing company property, as they wish to leave the scene as soon as possible, employees working within the company logically have the entire day to commit their thefts and can therefore operate covertly.

If you are experiencing conspicuously frequent stock losses, do not hesitate to contact our investigators at Kurtz Detective Agency Frankfurt: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-frankfurt.de. We observe the target person(s), set up theft traps, insert one of our detectives into your company as a supposed employee if necessary, and aim to provide you not only with court-admissible evidence but also, if desired, with notarised acknowledgements of debt from the perpetrators.