Trading Standards officers are on the receiving end of death threats, sexual assaults and violence

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Gingernaut · 30/04/2026 08:07

AIBU to ask you to be careful where you shop?

This is disgusting

'We will kill you and burn your house': Council staff under attack from High Street gangs

Dozens of Trading Standards officers describe intimidation from criminals running mini-marts and vape shops.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxplq92rx1o

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Greenfaces · 30/04/2026 08:09

Not surprising though. The people who operate these kinds of money laundering and illegal businesses in our city are pretty lawless men.

GeorgiePilson · 30/04/2026 08:15

Yanbu. They are criminal gangs and need to be investigated by the serious crime squad if have thought rather than trading standards.

2dogsandabudgie · 30/04/2026 08:17

It doesn't surprise me at all. This country is going downhill, fast.

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 30/04/2026 08:44

That’s disgraceful. There must be a better way of managing it.

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