Over 50 years, the Strangeways district has evolved as the place to go for fake designer gear. Hooky clothing, counterfeit toys and illicit prescription drugs are all brazenly sold.
Periodically there have been raids. Within a week or so the goods seized have been replaced via a nationwide network of organised crime groups. The cat and mouse approach over decades by police, trading standards, and agencies employed by top brands, merely tinkered with the status quo.
