Equipment theft: a global crisis

Lewis Tyler Editor, Demolition & Recycling International

06 May 2025

Rental firms around the world are being hit by an epidemic of stealing. International Rental News editor, Lewis Tyler, looks at the figures and asks what is being done to stop it in the US, UK and Europe.

Photo: OleCNX via AdobeStock Photo: OleCNX via AdobeStock

As dawn rose on Wednesday 5 March in the UK towns of Padiham and Burnley, police officers from Cheshire Police made a series of dawn raids searching for evidence of construction equipment stolen from rental firms.

The police executed eight warrants, arresting a total of 10 people on suspicion of…

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