r/ipswichuk • u/willfiresoon • 26d ago

Suffolk Police arrest three in exploitation crackdown in Ipswich

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24211p16v1o
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u/FunTurnip135 26d ago

It’s the ‘European shop’ opposite Toothclub. Been selling alcohol, tobacco & Pharmaceuticals without a license. Was investigated, then shut down temporarily. A magistrate ruled that it should be reopened. Now been done for modern slavery too!

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u/willfiresoon 26d ago

thanks for adding some context. Hopefully closed for good this time and hopefully they don't own the building, because then whoever doesn't go to prison can apply to open another shop there...

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u/pope1777 24d ago

Did wonder if it was that shop.

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u/mjc76gem 24d ago

Thank goodness for that. I also wondered if it was the European shop. It was disappointing when it was re-opened recently.

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u/FunTurnip135 26d ago

That shop is a nightmare. Hopefully gone for good this time!

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u/oldkstand 26d ago

Which shop? Not mentioned in the article

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u/Only-Thing-8360 26d ago

We need a LOT more of this. Similar shops are appearing all over UK, along with dodgy carwashes & Turkish barbers, American candy stores etc. Most of them are money-laundering fronts, and also used as hubs of local criminal enterprise. If Police & Trading Standards don't get a grip on this soon, it will be too late.

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u/willfiresoon 26d ago

If you knew for sure that there are so many all around the UK I'm sure you'd report them because that's what an interested, responsible citizen does.

Police and Trading Standards are working on it much more than hits the mainstream news