US EditionGermany updates: Welfare payments up by €4 billion last year
GERMANY, AUG 3 – Retailers faced a 20% increase in losses due to shoplifting in 2024, driven by professional gangs and aggressive offenders, with 98% of cases going unreported, officials said.
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Germany updates: Welfare payments up by €4 billion last year
Payments of basic state welfare benefits grew by several billion euros in 2024, according to the German government. Retailers are reporting a surge in shoplifting. Read more on these and other stories from Germany.
·Bonn, Germany
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Citizens' money payments increased to 46.9 billion euros last year, an increase of about four billion euros compared to 2023. On average, 711 euros were paid out per month.
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