From: The Mirror
Inside the dark underbelly of Britain’s counterfeit capital where police fear trafficked immigrants are being forced to sell knock-off goods
Police and trading standards officials warn there is a far darker side to the knock-off trade strip in Manchester
And modern slavery is the latest shocking development which has become linked to counterfeit crime.
Police believe many of the immigrants working in the warren of shops and warehouses across Strangeways have been brought to the UK specifically to work in the counterfeit trade.