Inside the UK’s £16m chocolate black market where shoplifting gangs steal treats in bulk to sell in ‘dodgy’ shops & pubs
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April 4, 2026
CHOCOLATE is being stolen to order by criminal gangs as the soaring price of cocoa fuels a booming black market trade. Stores have been hit in the run-up to Easter — and this week Leah Harding, 37, was jailed after stealing 320 Cadbury’s Creme Eggs in Peterborough. Days earlier, thieves stole 413,793 KitKat bars from...
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