Exposing the UK’s hidden illegal high street workforce

As ever-more mini-marts, convenience stores and vape shops explode across our high streets, Channel 4 News has been investigating the criminality that underpins some of these businesses.

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From illegal contraband to child sexual exploitation, we’ve uncovered evidence suggesting that the sector is ripe to be taken advantage of by bad actors, creating a potential hotbed of illegal activity.

Could modern slavery and the exploitation of foreign workers be the engine behind much of this?

In our latest special report, we joined Suffolk Police on a series of raids in the centre of Ipswich.

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