£10 A Day For ‘Counterfeit Capital’ Workers

Tuesday, 7th February 2023 at 6:20pm

As seen on the ITV News website, the massive trade in the production and supply of fake designer brands has found criminal gangs using young migrants as illegal labour, paying them as little as £10 a day to be “spotters” – people who watch out for the police – or add labels to counterfeit goods.

Greater Manchester Police has launched ‘Operation Vulcan’ to dismantle the gangs responsible and clear out the counterfeits.

Detective Superintendent Neil Blackwood said, “In just nine weeks we’ve recovered £30 to 40 million worth of grey market goods which equates to about half a billion if they were sold by the brands.”

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