Q630: I want to advertise for the return of an item I lost or had stolen, is it legal?

Questions

• Can I pick wild flowers growing at the side of the road?
• How can I prevent my mobile phone being stolen?
• How long do I have to report an incident to the police?
• I am moving house and I am worried about the next occupants using my mail for identity theft, is there anything I can do?
• I am the victim of a crime that has happened abroad, what do I do?
• I have got my bank statement this morning and there are some transactions on it that I have not made, what should I do?
• I have lent something to a friend / relative / partner and they have not given it back, what can I do?
• I know someone, who is committing benefit fraud, what should I do?
• I want to buy a car that has been advertised on the internet, how can I tell whether or not it is genuine?
• Is there a legal requirement to report a crime?
• My car has been stolen, what should I do?
• My vehicle has been broken into several times, can I install CCTV equipment in it?
• Someone has broken into my house and taken some property, is that burglary?
• Someone has hired some property from me and failed to return it, is it theft?
• Someone has run off without paying for a meal in my restaurant
• What is identity theft and what can be done about it?
• What is the law relating to fraud?
• What is the law relating to the sale of scrap metal?
• What steps do the police have to take with regard to victims of crime?