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Behind the scenes of a multi-agency operation in the UK’s ‘counterfeit capital’
Posted 28 June 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Analysis|Counterfeit Goods|North West
ANALYSIS: Something is happening in Manchester’s Cheetham Hill. Known as Britain’s ‘counterfeit capital’, a handful of streets have been home to dozens of organised crime gangs for as long as most Mancunians can remember. The UK...
Something is happening in Manchester’s Cheetham Hill. Known as Britain’s ‘counterfeit capital’, a handful of streets have been home to dozens of organised crime gangs for as long as most Mancunians can remember.
The UK trade in counterfeit goods is estimated by National Trading Standards to be worth £8.6bn a year, with the small area of Cheetham Hill, north of the city centre, estima...
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