REVEALED: Counterfeit cigarettes on sale throughout Tooting as reporter goes undercover with former Met Police officer

The illicit cigarette trade costs the treasury £2.1bn a year – and it is happening right under our noses. At corner shops, in car washes, and in transactions outside tube stations, people are buying and selling untaxed cigarettes smuggled into the country by organised criminal networks.In the worst instances, counterfeit cigarettes are pumped full of anything from rat droppings, to human faeces.
Pounding the streets week in, week out, to help this trade come to an end is Will O’Reilly and his team.A former officer in the Metropolitan Police, Mr O’Reilly has now turned his attention to spotting and rooting out those who sell counterfeit and contraband cigarettes.
The work takes the team around the country, scouting out towns and testing shops and pubs for the goods, before passing the information they’ve gleaned onto trading standards and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
 

http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/14183295.REVEALED__Counterfeit_cigarettes_on_sale_throughout_Tooting_as_reporter_goes_undercover_with_former_Met_Police_officer/

http://vietnamnews.vn/opinion/281329/counterfeiters-more-sophisticated.html