Breathing fake goods ‘dark criminality’ funding

This has been a busy heat for officials of business standards who are climbing fake goods on our streets. Hundreds of thousand pounds maps have been seized in Lincolnshire. The entire BBC’s entire Bukeri went to see where they are stored.

Lincolnshire Trading Standards Officer Dan Brown says, “This is not a victim crime.”

He has been doing this work for 18 years.

We stand on the edge of a container, which are seized to the brim of fake objects.

I have been told that I should keep the place where we are a secret, because the objects here are related to organized crime.

At the end of July, thousands of fake clothes were seized in the Ingoldmels on the Lincolnshire coast.

These included more than 2,000 pairs of trainers and 300 T-shirts such as Adidas, Nike, Dior and North Face.

Trading standards stated that they had an estimated price of more than £ 100,000.

These items are now in boxes in Dan’s container.

“This is not the quality you expect. Sewing is not correct,” says Dan.

Dan says he has seen such fake trainers selling between £ 40 and £ 120.

“Not cheap,” he laughs.

“Fake people take advantage of a market and make a perception that these are real products.

“It is misleading the customer.”

Action fraud said The funds spent on fake goods were used to fund organized crime including drug deals.

Dan says that he wants people to consider the “broad picture” and think twice before buying a fake.

“We have seen that it is heavyly associated with smuggling of people, drugs smuggling, child sexual abuse, lots of dark criminality. It is just its face,” he says.

The government said Those who buy fake goods can inadvertently share personal data that can be used in criminal activities.

In June, Intellectual property office surveyed 5,000 UK adults on their shopping habits.

Nearly a quarter said that he had deliberately made a fake shopping.

The data shown to respondents under the age of 45 were the most active buyers of fake goods.

Dan opens another container.

As he rubs through the bag of objects, he selects children’s toys.

Although it appears to be harmless, he says that they can be incredibly dangerous.

“They do not meet the need for legal labeling, so there is no traceability on these products sold on the UK market,” says Dan.

He extracts a bunch of fake, bright colored lol dolls for the purpose of young children, which says he became popular a few years ago.

“Fake people jumped on it,” they say.

Behind the doll’s eyes catching colors, Dan says that chemicals were found on them, which could harm a small child if they put one in their mouths.

“They are not tested properly. We often look at the dangers of knee,” they say.

“Is it really worth saving your child to buy a fake product in this way?”

Dan says the trading standard team works by hand with the Lincolnshire police.

He describes his relationship as “important and integral” as the police support their team on raids.

As dan raises the container up, he warns wooters to buy fakes.

“These people are exploiting everyone,” they say.

“Think long and hard where you want to spend your money and who you want to give that money.”

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