The market in counterfeit items – pretend purses, knock-off trainers or not-quite-designer garments – is now value greater than double the unlawful drug commerce within the UK.
So, it’s simple to see why organised felony gangs are concentrating on promoting pretend vogue, each on the excessive avenue and on-line.
And they’re being helped by a military of influencers – who, knowingly or in any other case, are encouraging their followers to purchase illicit items.
Niall speaks to Katerina Vittozzi – Sky’s North of England Correspondent who led an investigation into pretend vogue – and Sarah Woodcock, Chief Executive Officer of The Anti-Slavery Collective.
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