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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Josie Clarke

Half of convenience and vape stores in some areas linked to organised crime

Police officers looking at shelves of merchandise in a convenience store (National Crime Agency/PA) - (PA Media)

As many as half of convenience stores and vape retailers in some areas are estimated to have links with organised crime, according to a Trading Standards report.

Similarly, up to a third of American candy stores and one in four fast food takeaways in specific areas are suspected of being a front for criminal activity, the organisation’s Hidden In Plain Sight report said.

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