Fake goods stall set up by Trading Standards
A STALL full of fake goods has been set up by Trading Standards to warn people of the dangers of buying dodgy gifts this Christmas.
Tower Hamlets officers joined forces with Crimestoppers and set up shop on Whitechapel High Street last week to lure in unsuspecting customers.
The team was there to advise shoppers how to identify the fakes and warn them that many merchants who sell counterfeit goods have links to serious organised crime, including human trafficking and drug smuggling.
In a recent You Gov survey, a quarter of adults have knowingly bought a fake DVD.
But when asked if they would still buy the product knowing it could have funded serious crime more than half said they definitely would not.
You may also want to watch:
Goods could also be dangerous – from fake electronics that start house-fires to fake clothes which contain dyes which are harmful to skin.
Colin Perrins, Tower Hamlets Trading Standards head, said: “With Christmas coming some people may be tempted to purchase fake goods at places like Whitechapel Market. I would encourage them all to take caution when considering suspicious looking items.
Most Read
- 1 'Grenfell Tower'-type cladding still not removed from New Providence Wharf after 3 years
- 2 Cops break Covid-19 rules to have haircuts at Bethnal Green police station
- 3 Murder arrest after woman stabbed to death in Whitechapel this morning
- 4 Whitechapel murder victim named as teenager charged with killing
- 5 Covid hero who did charity walk in Bow aged 100 now has vaccine
- 6 Leyton Orient boss Embleton could rotate team for Bolton trip
- 7 Man sentenced after teenage boy groomed on Snapchat to sell heroin
- 8 Police e-fit expert retiring after 15 years at Bethnal Green
- 9 Lovely Day for Aldgate School picked to sing on Billy Ocean's new single
- 10 'It must be urgently addressed': New research into BAME Covid impact
“The consequences are far reaching and can damage our communities.”