Powerful Theft and Loss Prevention

Accurate, Effective, Compliant

Today, more than ever, retailers need smart detection devices to combat theft and loss.  Retail shrinkage - which encompasses shoplifting, internal fraud, and errors - costs the Australian retail sector a staggering $4.5 billion annually.

Smokeshield’s two intelligent AI Agents enable retailers to significantly reduce theft and loss, in a fully compliant and cost-effective way.

Special Limited Offer of Pilot Program for Retailers

1. Meet your new Theft Agent

Our Theft Agent alerts you of these six theft-related behaviours in real-time, before the stolen goods walk out your door.

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Loitering near high-value areas

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Concealment in bags, clothing, or carts

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Skip-scanning at SCO or under-bagging at checkout

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Group-based distractions

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Exit without purchase after browsing

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Suspicious patterning

How it works: end-to-end detection

The Theft Agent operates with your existing CCTV and camera system, monitoring specific behavioural patterns throughout your premises, using the following process:

Pose Analysis

Pose Analysis

Detects suspicious posture and motion (e.g., leaning, crouching, reaching).

Object Proximity & Motion

Object Proximity & Motion

Tracks hand–item interaction to flag concealment attempts (e.g. item moved toward pocket/bag without return).

Behavioral Pattern Modeling

Behavioral Pattern Modeling

Spots suspicious sequences like loitering, circling, or no put-back.

Suspicion Score Engine

Suspicion Score Engine

Combines inputs into a dynamic risk score per person.

Real-Time Alerts

Real-Time Alerts

Triggered only when score crosses confidence thresholds (e.g., 85%).

  • Once a suspicious behaviour is identified, it tracks that individual across store zones and camera angles.
  • It builds a complete incident timeline from approach to exit and alerts you if the programmed “theft incident” threshold confidence score is crossed.
  • Your team review instantly and take appropriate action.
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Detects concealment, distraction, exit without purchase, and more.

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Uses your existing cameras and infrastructure.

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Deploys fast with no custom sensors or cloud compute.

How accurate is the Theft Agent?

  • It is context-aware, and considers past and present actions of each person.
  • It has high accuracy across diverse body types and behaviours.
  • Consistent performance across store formats.
  • Has an optional feedback loop, so your staff can flag alerts as true/false to improve accuracy over time, with no retraining required.

The smartest theft detector in Australia

  • Our AI Agent techology is layered onto existing cameras and VMs.
  • Multi-camera tracking and zone awareness.
  • Built to plug into current LP workflows, not replace them.
  • Real-time analysis of intent - not just motion.
  • It surfaces actionable events - without identifying individuals - so your loss prevention and ops teams can focus investigations where they matter most, and be compliant with Australian Privacy laws.
  • Scalable across store formats and easy to deploy.

Why the AI Theft Agent is significantly better than alternatives

The alternatives to our Theft Agent are lacking.

  • Motion sensors, EAS tags, and guards are expensive and offer limited visibility across the store.
  • Motion-only systems trigger excess alerts and fatigue operators.
  • Most systems only capture isolated actions - not continuous behaviour across zones.
  • Most tools lack AI-driven behavioural context - they don’t detect loitering, concealment, or coordinated actions.
  • VMS, POS, EBR, and alarms operate in silos—slowing investigations and response.

Proven Across Retail Environments

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SPECIAL Limited Offer

FREE 60-Day Trial of Theft Prevention AI for Retail Stores

Expressions of Interest are now open for Australian retailers to take part in Smokeshield Security’s pilot for Theft Prevention AI. The pilot includes a free 60-day trial for a limited number of eligible retailers who register their EOI before 14 November 2025. We will be in touch with successful applicants shortly after that date.

“Theft Prevention AI is a new frontier for Australian retail. This pilot is about giving retailers a safe way to explore how AI can support their teams, reduce shrink and build confidence heading into one of the busiest times of the year.” Natalie Vogel, CEO

Eligibility

Retailers with at least 5 stores are invited to submit their Expression of Interest to be considered for the pilot program.  You must already have CCTV cameras in place in each store.  

Register your EOI for our Pilot Program

2. Meet your new Loss Agent

Our exceptionally smart Loss Agent will alert you instantly of three types of losses that happen at checkout.

Customer Not Present

Customer Not Present

Identifies fraudulent refunds when no shopper is visible at checkout.

$200k recovered from void abuse in 30 days

Exception Based Reporting

Exception Based Reporting

Automatically flags patterns like voids, refunds, discount stacking, item skipping.

$100,000 recovered from item not scanned

POS to Video Sync

POS to Video Sync

Self-Checkout Loss: Non-scans, barcode switching, walkoffs, item on cart

95% detection of non-scan fraud

It’s not just theft - It’s leakage

The challenges of loss prevention faced by retailers include:

  • Voids, refunds, and no-sales are often manipulated by employees.
  • Traditional EBR is slow and manual.
  • Non-integrated video makes validation difficult and time consuming.
  • Self-checkout introduces new avenues for loss.
  • Most systems can’t see behaviour - just data.

Retail sales losses

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How it works

Reduce checkout fraud and review time with AI that matches POS data to real-world behaviour, giving you solid evidence to take action.

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Evidence all in one place

Close cases faster with defensible documentation:

  • You can monitor all lanes and stores from one screen.
  • Filter by risk type, location or store format.
  • Conduce cross-channel searches by terminal, employee or pattern.
  • Store all case files, notes and video in one secure hub.
  • Control access by case or role; share securely with internal or external teams.
  • Export synced video and audit trails with password protection. Streamline handoffs to HR, legal, and law enforcement.
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Next Generation AI like you’ve never seen before

US based AI technology company Dragonfruit.ai has partnered exclusively with Smokeshield Security to give Australian businesses access to their world-leading Intelligent AI Agents. The advanced video-analytics tools are purpose-built for modern retail and warehouse environments. These AI agents are behaviour-driven, not tracking faces or identity - focusing solely on loss-prevention outcomes.

Dragon Fruit is an award-winning global company based in USA with a team of experts & innovators in the retail space. It has been recognised by Gartner as a top computer vision platform, joining Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe, and others.

The technology difference

Easy Setup and Usage

Easy Setup and Usage

Plug it in and we do the rest. The easy-to-use tools keep the training process minimal.

Tuned for your infrastructure

Tuned for Your Infrastructure

Split AI balances on-premise and cloud analysis to keep bandwidth and costs low.

Robust and Comprehensive

Robust and Comprehensive

Our single platform solves multiple use cases seamlessly, across various departments.