Here’s an innovative and interesting application of the web to stop shop lifting.

Home Bargains, a discount retailer, has a Crime Busters channel on its site where it publishes CCTV images of individuals that it would like to speak to in connection with suspected criminal activity.

“We are offering a reward of up to £500 per instance for information leading to the arrest and successful prosecution of anyone committing a criminal offence in our stores. If you have any information please contact us by filling in the form on the right, calling our confidential hotline number, 0151 547 4452, or speaking to the Store Manager in the relevant Home Bargains store.”