I didn't read the whole article, so I don't know if it mentioned the game show's two winners (that I am aware of):
One guy drove the car onto a moving train (we hope he had a ramp).
One guy floated the can out into the middle of a lake using some kind of raft.

So while it was propoganda for the Russian cops (as they almost always won, beating the living daylights out of the contestant), it only encouraged the more creative thieves to be, well, more creative.

It's TNT, not T&T.

Gang campaigns are too much fun. Start with around 300 BP, availability 6, and you're good to go! Man, this makes me nostalgic for my gang campaign that died....

We were a hacker gang in the Barrens, and I played the ork "hacker" (Datasearch skill and Hacking skill of 1, okay 'link, and an obvious cyberarm and shotgun; guess what my job in the gang was)? Eventually got embroiled in a gang turf war, turned a few bikes and cars against their drivers... fun stuff.

As for the actual issue of looting... how bad is it becoming I guess is the real operative here. If they're taking a few guns, well... why not let them? Lord knows if they're blowing away some corp sec, then they're probably spending enough on ammunition right? Most of the suggestions will go a long way to curbing that type of behavior, especially if they don't carry a tag eraser with them.

Of course, if they're just taking random stuff from the facility (scientific equipment, etc.) well then... they're just being resourceful. Honestly, if they're taking everything but the wallpaper, hit them with encumberance and faitgue. Keep in mind also that corps might tag certain high-value items and track their movement through the facility to make sure those high-value items stay where intended. If they're looting that much, you could have the security hacker/rigger track them through the complex that way.

I’m freaking quoting a magic talking sword and people are telling me I’m wrong? I know the song and I know what TNT is. The way the sword sings it is "cuz I'ma T an' T". No more people telling me I'm wrong when I'm right and they have no idea what their talking about. (If that offends you, learn to read the whole post instead of nit' picking people.)

The article you quoted only listed one winner; his beacon broke, and he just drive around without the cops knowing where he was. It also said the Russian cops were pissed because the public sided with the fugitive, and not the cops. Amusingly the cops are still being paid with public money, despite starring in a tv show.

@InfinityZen: you might find they used T&T to avoid copyright or something. Seeing as it's apparently lyrics from ACDC. Meh...

Whew... But your right...

It is just a sign some of us are getting a little long in the tooth.

Back on topic...I never had a problem with my players looting. Most of the time they didn't because of time. Of the few time it did there was definitely an incentive (the assault rifles had APDS), but in that instance they desrved for a the good plan they had, and crappy perception rolls on my part (glitch to figure out that doc was forged ). However notable issues include RFID tags, fencing the gear, and time.