0:00:03 > 0:00:07Welcome to a world where nothing is quite as it seems.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Welcome to Fake Britain.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28In this series, I'm going to be investigating the world
0:00:28 > 0:00:31of the criminals who make their money at your expense
0:00:31 > 0:00:34and I'm going to show you how not to get ripped-off.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Coming up, fake cosmetics.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42We reveal the multi-million pound industry of counterfeits in the UK.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Pure organised crime.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48These people are making huge sums of money from their criminality.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51And they might not give you the look you were aiming for.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56It was an immediate reaction. My eyes were watering, my skin went blotchy and red.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01We follow the Driving Standards Agency as they track down
0:01:01 > 0:01:06the impersonators whose fraud puts every driver on the road at risk.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10People are obtaining licences without ever having taken a test or a theory test.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Frankly, they wouldn't be fit to drive on the road.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18And at the airport, we reveal how fakers try to fool the UK Border Agency
0:01:18 > 0:01:22and smuggle tens of thousands of pounds of drugs into the country.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27It's a good thing we don't believe everything that's on there. "Study material."
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I've got 13 kilos of cannabis. Not quite the same thing, really.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41We've all looked at the driving skills of others on the road sometimes
0:01:41 > 0:01:44and thought, how on earth did you ever get a licence?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47And the terrifying truth is that there really are people out there
0:01:47 > 0:01:50driving right now who have never passed the examination.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53They are the driving test fakers.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Getting a driving licence usually means hours of lessons
0:02:00 > 0:02:03and a nervous session with a driving test examiner.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05But in the world of the professional faker,
0:02:05 > 0:02:09there is a way to get on the road without ever passing your test.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13The Driving Standards Agency believe they have identified a gang
0:02:13 > 0:02:18who have carried out more than 300 test impersonations on behalf of others,
0:02:18 > 0:02:22putting many unqualified drivers in the lane right next to you.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29As day breaks over the south east of England, police officers and investigators
0:02:29 > 0:02:33from the Driving Standards Agency are hitting the road
0:02:33 > 0:02:36on their way to raid a number of addresses they've linked to a gang
0:02:36 > 0:02:40they suspect of arranging hundreds of fake driving tests.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44To effect an arrest on a female
0:02:44 > 0:02:50involved in the impersonations when conducting the theory tests
0:02:50 > 0:02:55and indeed doing driving tests, if you like, on behalf of other people.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57This is the woman they're after.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Her name is Sara Gellner-Ward but at driving test centres
0:03:00 > 0:03:05she'll pretend to be whoever has paid her enough money to take their test for them.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07And she's not alone.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11This man is also part of the driving test fakers' gang.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Investigators think he's the ring leader.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19This CCTV shows him at driving test centres at Derby and Grantham on the same day,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21but he passed his test long ago.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25He's been paid to go and pass tests for other people.
0:03:25 > 0:03:31People are obtaining licences without ever obtaining or having taken a test or a theory test.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Frankly, they wouldn't be fit to drive on the road.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36The woman officers have come to arrest today
0:03:36 > 0:03:39is believed to be charging £800 to take a theory test
0:03:39 > 0:03:44and up to £1,800 for the driving test itself.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49The police arrive at the suspect's block of flats in force,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52but when they knock on the door, no-one answers.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55They're left with no choice but to force their way in.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Police!
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Police officers!
0:04:03 > 0:04:06But it soon becomes apparent there's no-one home.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08There's nobody in.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13We've deployed some uniformed officers to look for her. We have a car registration number.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18It's my hope that she'll come back during the morning and we'll be able to arrest her.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20And something they've found looks very familiar.
0:04:20 > 0:04:26I understand it's in one of the CCTV images
0:04:26 > 0:04:28of the lady
0:04:28 > 0:04:31when she's doing one of the tests.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34It's fairly distinctive.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37And it's not long before the head of the Driving Standards Agency's
0:04:37 > 0:04:42anti-fraud team turns up some potentially telling evidence.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46What we've got here is credit card bank details
0:04:46 > 0:04:51which show almost 40 tests booked with the DSA,
0:04:51 > 0:04:56which shows that this individual has at least paid for those tests.
0:04:56 > 0:04:5840 tests in three months.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00It's a crucial piece of evidence because it shows the link
0:05:00 > 0:05:03between her and the fraud that we're investigating.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07And that's not all. Also in the flat is a diary.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12That was a diary found in the premises, which clearly shows
0:05:12 > 0:05:13dates and test centres
0:05:13 > 0:05:16which we believe are the test centres that they've been to
0:05:16 > 0:05:18to carry out tests for other people.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22This diary is going to be excellent evidence for us in court.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23But with no sign of the suspect,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26the police decide to move on to other members of the gang.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Intelligence has come through that a key piece of evidence
0:05:31 > 0:05:35is currently parked outside a house a few miles down the road.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39We've traced a hire vehicle to an address there
0:05:39 > 0:05:42that has been linked to some of the tests
0:05:42 > 0:05:44that have been taken fraudulently.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47The hire car in question is sat in the drive.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53That vehicle has been used to take driving tests,
0:05:53 > 0:05:58fraudulently using fake identities to actually take the tests.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02With another significant piece of evidence in their possession,
0:06:02 > 0:06:06the police have got one last address they want to visit.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08This is the house where the man they're after lives.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Police enter the premises to arrest the suspect
0:06:11 > 0:06:15and, thankfully, he's at home and not out taking a test.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18They believe he's carried out numerous impersonations
0:06:18 > 0:06:21at driving test centres across the UK.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27And that t-shirt he's wearing is the same one he had on
0:06:27 > 0:06:29in the CCTV footage.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34They also search the suspect's car, where they recover his Sat Nav.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37They hope it will show exactly where he's been driving to
0:06:37 > 0:06:39which could well be driving test centres.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43And the woman they were looking for at the first location,
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Sara Gellner-Ward, later handed herself in to police.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Today has been a great success.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52We've captured the main suspect. He's just been arrested.
0:06:52 > 0:06:58Police executed a search warrant and we've obtained a large amount of evidence from that property.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Those that have been arrested have been transported back to the police station.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07They'll be interviewed, the evidence will be put to them, and we'll see what they want to say.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11The Driving Standards Agency team's suspicions proved to be correct
0:07:11 > 0:07:14and the gang were all given jail sentences.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16This man, Christopher Buckland,
0:07:16 > 0:07:20received two years behind bars for his role as a test faker.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Sara Gellner-Ward and another woman were also convicted
0:07:24 > 0:07:27and given 20 and 24 months jail.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32Worryingly, this is just one of over 700 fake driving test cases
0:07:32 > 0:07:36the Driving Standards Agency is currently investigating.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Fake benefit claims cost this country billions of pounds each year
0:07:48 > 0:07:51and take money away from people who really need it.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Benefits payments can add up to hundreds of thousands of pounds
0:07:54 > 0:07:58and there's one extraordinary case that demonstrates how hard
0:07:58 > 0:08:02one very unscrupulous individual was willing to work to get money
0:08:02 > 0:08:04he had no right to.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10This footage from Morocco shows a man dancing happily at his own wedding.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14This footage of the same man was shot by surveillance officers
0:08:14 > 0:08:17from the UK Border Agency in London
0:08:17 > 0:08:20investigating him for a massive fake benefit claim.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23He was registered as profoundly disabled,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25yet he was walking down the street.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30An investigation by the UK Border Agency revealed he was responsible
0:08:30 > 0:08:33for one of the most audacious frauds ever committed
0:08:33 > 0:08:36against the UK benefits system.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41On the scale of it and the cheek, if you like, of the person,
0:08:41 > 0:08:43I think it's pretty serious
0:08:43 > 0:08:48and ranks up there as one of the most audacious frauds I've seen.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51The man's name is Mohammed Bouzalim
0:08:51 > 0:08:55and, as the team led by Robert Coxhead investigated him,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57they discovered that over a nine-year period,
0:08:57 > 0:09:02their target had received nearly £400,000 in benefits.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06He claimed to be paralysed from the neck down and bedridden,
0:09:06 > 0:09:08needing constant care.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11But officers had had a tip off that he wasn't ill at all.
0:09:11 > 0:09:17His entire claim was an elaborate con to steal benefit money from the state.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21These images were taken of his flat whilst a team from Camden Council
0:09:21 > 0:09:24are inside carrying out routine checks on his condition
0:09:24 > 0:09:29to confirm he still has the physical disabilities he claims benefits for.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32They reported back to the UK Border Agency officers what they found.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34They find him sitting in a chair,
0:09:34 > 0:09:37he's got a blanket pulled up to his neck,
0:09:37 > 0:09:39shaking, unable to do anything,
0:09:39 > 0:09:41unable to move, unable to help himself.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43His carers are present.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45But after the council team leave,
0:09:45 > 0:09:48it seems something very strange has happened.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50A short while later, low and behold,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53there's Mr Bouzalim walking out the door,
0:09:53 > 0:09:54able to open the door unaided,
0:09:54 > 0:09:59and walks off, we think, to his local shop for whatever purpose.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01But certainly a miraculous recovery.
0:10:01 > 0:10:07This was the moment UK Border Agency officers' suspicions were confirmed.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11They soon discovered everything about Bouzalim was fake.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Investigations revealed he had claimed asylum in the UK as an Afghan,
0:10:14 > 0:10:18saying his father was murdered by the Taliban,
0:10:18 > 0:10:22but in fact he was a Moroccan whose parents were alive and well
0:10:22 > 0:10:24and also in London claiming benefits.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Now officers knew they had enough evidence to prove he was a faker,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30they knocked on his door.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34He actually answered the door which we were quite pleased with.
0:10:34 > 0:10:40He came across as able-bodied, obviously an intelligent man,
0:10:40 > 0:10:43and made no claims he was disabled whatsoever.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46We found a certain amount of the equipment that had been provided to him
0:10:46 > 0:10:49in a cupboard not being used.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Tens of thousands had been spent modifying the flat
0:10:52 > 0:10:55to cope with Bouzalim's supposed disabilities.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59The whole flat had been fitted out for someone severely disabled.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02There was a hoist from the bed
0:11:02 > 0:11:05that would take you to the kitchen and the front room.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08This flat was equipped for someone with severe disabilities
0:11:08 > 0:11:11which Mr Bouzalim didn't have.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15But what officers discovered he did have were identity documents
0:11:15 > 0:11:18that enabled him to live a double life.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22When using the name Mohammed Hussini he pretended to be disabled,
0:11:22 > 0:11:26but when he used his real name of Bouzalim, he used a fake Belgian passport
0:11:26 > 0:11:30to qualify for, amongst other things, cheap education.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35I think there was a certain arrogance about this man.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38As I say, he was a very intelligent guy
0:11:38 > 0:11:40and I think he was surprised he'd been caught out.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44He'd committed fraud against various organisations.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48He had £137,000 from Camden Council.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51£70,000 of housing benefit.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54£74,000 of income support.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57£60,000 from the independent living fund.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01£15,000 disability living allowance.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04And money from several other organisations,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07totalling nearly £400,000.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10And it's not just a case of taking money.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Specialist housing in the area is in short supply.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Of the Camden housing stock,
0:12:16 > 0:12:22flats of this nature for the severely disabled are a very scarce resource,
0:12:22 > 0:12:27but here was Mr Bouzalim using this flat
0:12:27 > 0:12:29and depriving someone else of it.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31And whilst searching his house
0:12:31 > 0:12:35they came across the video of him dancing at his wedding.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37It made very compelling evidence in court
0:12:37 > 0:12:39to shatter his claims of disability.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44Mr Bouzalim initially tried to plead that he was mentally unstable,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48but the strength of evidence provided by the UK Border Agency
0:12:48 > 0:12:50completely undermined his attempted defence.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53At the ends of the trial,
0:12:53 > 0:12:58Mr Bouzalim came into court with a nurse and in a wheelchair.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02However, the doctors and the consultants
0:13:02 > 0:13:06could find no evidence of any real medical illness.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11He subsequently pleaded guilty to multiple charges of fraud and immigration offences.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15He was given six years and eleven months jail for his crimes.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21His brother and sister received suspended jail sentences for their role as his accomplices.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25The investigation revealed that they were fraudulently posing as his carers
0:13:25 > 0:13:27even though he didn't need care.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31This is a complex fraud
0:13:31 > 0:13:34that was being practiced by a highly intelligent man.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Mr Bouzalim has attended a number of universities
0:13:38 > 0:13:42and at the time of his arrest he was studying a PhD,
0:13:42 > 0:13:46so this is a man who obtained numerous certificates
0:13:46 > 0:13:49testifying to his intelligence.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52It's just a shame he decided to use it in the way he did
0:13:52 > 0:13:54and defraud the UK taxpayer.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02When it comes to make-up,
0:14:02 > 0:14:06something like a foundation cream from major brands
0:14:06 > 0:14:07could cost up to £50.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10And with prices like that for the real thing
0:14:10 > 0:14:14it's no surprise that the fakers are getting in on the make-up act.
0:14:15 > 0:14:21One recent survey discovered that British women spend around £9,000 of their lifetime's earnings
0:14:21 > 0:14:24on different make-up and beauty products.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26And women are investing their time in make-up, too.
0:14:26 > 0:14:32The survey found that on average, 330 days of a woman's life are spent putting make-up on.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38People trust that what they're rubbing onto their skin is safe.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42But our investigation reveals that dangerous fakes are on sale across the UK.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46and that it might be harder than you think to tell the difference.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51This is Wembley market - a bustling hive of trade
0:14:51 > 0:14:54in the shadow of the UK's world famous football ground.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59But this footage of the market is being shot by private detectives
0:14:59 > 0:15:01who have got a trader here in their sights.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05This man is suspected of selling large quantities of fake cosmetics
0:15:05 > 0:15:07to unsuspecting members of the public.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12He doesn't realise that he and his employees are under surveillance
0:15:12 > 0:15:15by former police officer Dave McKelvey.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Dave specialises in tracking down counterfeiters
0:15:18 > 0:15:22who sell fake high-end merchandise like jewellery and cosmetics.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24It's far easier to sell counterfeit goods
0:15:24 > 0:15:28than it would be to sell drugs or guns on the streets,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30and the profits are substantially higher.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Dave has identified market traders and online sellers
0:15:34 > 0:15:36who are dealing in counterfeit make-up.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39He thinks there's great risk for many buyers.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41There's a real health and safety issue.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46You've got chemicals such as mercury within these products
0:15:46 > 0:15:48that effectively are being rubbed on the skin.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51You've got young ladies...
0:15:51 > 0:15:54ladies buying this stuff believing it to be genuine.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55It's not genuine, it's fake.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00Dave is investigating the seller on behalf of some of the companies who are being counterfeited.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Today, he hopes to gather a vital piece of evidence.
0:16:04 > 0:16:10This woman and a male investigator will make a test purchase and record it on a concealed camera.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Dave suspects this will prove the staff on the stall
0:16:13 > 0:16:16are telling buyers that all the goods are the real thing.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19You've got to be very, very careful.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22The fact is, if you got caught over there,
0:16:22 > 0:16:24you wouldn't have a chance
0:16:24 > 0:16:29because obviously you'd be set upon by any number of the criminals
0:16:29 > 0:16:33that sell these goods, so you've got to be very careful, you've got to be very covert.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35But the test purchase goes according to plan.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Our people were there going through the various items on display,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46picking them up and showing them,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49and the suspects were then trying to say they are genuine.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Clearly they're not. Clearly they're fake.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01They're completely undervalued and they are fakes.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05So buyers are told they're getting the real thing at a knockdown price.
0:17:05 > 0:17:10One of the operatives returns with the footage and a bag full of test purchases.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14And Dave has recorded vital video evidence to prove what's happening.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Subject one in...into the vehicle.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21A few days later and Dave is in the car park
0:17:21 > 0:17:25just behind Wembley market at closing time, waiting for his target to leave.
0:17:25 > 0:17:31He plans to follow the suspect back to wherever he is storing all his stock.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33If Dave can find the address, he can arrange for police
0:17:33 > 0:17:36and Trading Standards to raid it and arrest the man.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40He just has to stick close to that van.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43If you work it out, he's probably taking
0:17:43 > 0:17:45most of the ones we've done in the past,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49upwards of £2,000-£3,000 from one Sunday's work.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Sometimes more.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Which...that's all tax free.
0:17:53 > 0:17:58Potentially, he could be earning £5,000 a week cash in his hand,
0:17:58 > 0:18:02£20,000 a month, not paying tax on it,
0:18:02 > 0:18:04damage is being done to the brand.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06We're off.
0:18:06 > 0:18:11Dave will use his years of experience in the police to secretly tail his suspect.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15He's got two other investigators in separate vehicles to help him.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Towards the exit, offside indication.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Up ahead is the van full of suspected fake make-up.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24If the trader is going back to his storage facility
0:18:24 > 0:18:29then Dave will have an address and can set up a raid with the police and Trading Standards.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34That's if the van driver doesn't spot he's being tailed.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37He's driving quite aggressively, he's driving quite fast.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47The target van is off the main road and onto an industrial estate.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Dave thinks he must be heading to a storage unit.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Time to take some photographic evidence.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57That's the bloke.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05And with those snaps, Dave's got the evidence he needs
0:19:05 > 0:19:08and can pass on what he's discovered to the manufacturers
0:19:08 > 0:19:09and Trading Standards.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12A very good day.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14We've identified the storage unit,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17we've seen them unloading God knows what,
0:19:17 > 0:19:21but you'd think there's a substantial amount of counterfeit goods in the unit.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25We'll now put the job together, let the rights holders know
0:19:25 > 0:19:28and brief either Trading Standards or police.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33On the High Street, manufacturers like Estee Lauder, MAC and Benefit have all been alarmed
0:19:33 > 0:19:38following seizures of fakes by Trading Standards in the Midlands.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Recently, there was a really worrying development
0:19:40 > 0:19:43that came thorough from Coventry Trading Standards.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45It actually showed that one of the counterfeit products
0:19:45 > 0:19:50which was our Bad Girl Lash Mascara contained mercury.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55It could cause all sorts of problems from loss of sight to irritation,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58but also it can go into the body though the eye
0:19:58 > 0:20:00and that can be dangerous for every part of your system.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05Unsurprisingly, legitimate make-up manufacturers have to follow
0:20:05 > 0:20:09strict guidelines about what they can put in their products.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13There's a really lengthy compliance procedure when you're making products.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Cowboys and fake traders have no interest in following these strict compliances.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Why would they?
0:20:20 > 0:20:25So consumers are buying products that they think are genuine
0:20:25 > 0:20:29but are potentially harmful because of the ingredients that are being used.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Which is bad news for make-up buyers like Laura Barrie,
0:20:33 > 0:20:36who recently made several purchases from eBay.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40I bought from eBay a foundation.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43I realised quite quickly after using it, it wasn't a benefit.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46It was an immediate reaction. It was really uncomfortable,
0:20:46 > 0:20:50really sore, my eyes were watering, my skin went all blotchy and red
0:20:50 > 0:20:54and it was going all over my cheeks and down by me jaw line here.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58It was immediate - you could tell something was wrong straight away.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02I was worried because I didn't know how long it would take
0:21:02 > 0:21:04for the reaction to go down or if it would get worse.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06And if you've bought a fake,
0:21:06 > 0:21:11there's very little the real manufacturer can do to help you.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15It's completely out of my hands because I wouldn't know what's in these products,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18where they were from, how they were produced.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19It's such a shame.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Fortunately, your rash disappeared.
0:21:21 > 0:21:27We've had customers complaining about fake products where they've had more than just a rash.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31They've had to go into hospital because of the side effects of these fake products.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35And a brush with fake make-up has certainly changed
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Laura's attitude to shopping.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42As a result of what happened, I'd be a lot more cautious about buying anything online.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46And although the products are fakes, the packaging could fool most people.
0:21:46 > 0:21:52The crazy thing about these counterfeit products is that they actually scan through our tills.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Whenever anyone brings a product back for any reason,
0:21:56 > 0:22:00we open the package because that's how we can tell if it's a fake or not.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04But even if the machines get confused sometimes,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07staff have become skilled at spotting the fakes.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Here I have two baskets.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13One is full of counterfeit products and the other is full of real products.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17I'm head make-up artist for Benefit and I can't tell the difference.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22We've given Lisa one of the fakes seized by Dave Mckelvey at Wembley
0:22:22 > 0:22:28to compare it to the real product and see if she can spot any giveaway signs that it's a fake.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29They look remarkably alike.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33I still couldn't tell the difference by looking at them like this.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36But once they're open, the difference is clear.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38This is the real one and it starts as a cream.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43With this product, the counterfeit, it's a powder.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48The actual product inside is completely different.
0:22:48 > 0:22:54This is such a good example of the fact they don't know how to make cosmetics.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57This is a pure fake.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00And across London, in Wembley, at least one fake trader
0:23:00 > 0:23:02has been caught out.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Earlier, we saw how private investigator Dave Mckelvey
0:23:06 > 0:23:10had covertly filmed this man selling fake make-up on market stalls.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13When Dave submitted his evidence to the authorities,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16the man was arrested and has since been charged.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Dave photographed much of what was found
0:23:19 > 0:23:22when Waltham Forest Trading Standards raided his lock up.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25All the goods from the various stalls that were being run
0:23:25 > 0:23:28would be placed into suitcases
0:23:28 > 0:23:30so when we carried out the search with police,
0:23:30 > 0:23:34we recovered all of those goods which we could tie into the stuff
0:23:34 > 0:23:37that we had seen being sold at the markets.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41Genuine value if it was real, probably in excess of £100,000.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45This is organised crime - pure organised crime.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49The seller has now had his operation in London shut down.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Heathrow is one of the busiest airports in the world
0:23:59 > 0:24:03with planes landing every minute in peak time.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05It's where many of us fly out on holiday from,
0:24:05 > 0:24:09but it's also where much of what we buy across the country arrives,
0:24:09 > 0:24:11from machine parts to frozen foods.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14But what you don't see on your way through checkout
0:24:14 > 0:24:18is the cat and mouse game between the smugglers trying to move drugs
0:24:18 > 0:24:22and counterfeit goods in to the UK through the airport,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25and the officers from the UK Border Agency who examine
0:24:25 > 0:24:29many of the packages coming in for any signs of a fake shipment.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34It involves searching thousands of packages every day.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Today, the team are looking for counterfeit goods or concealed drugs and firearms.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43This package has caught Officer Glen's attention.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46It's very heavy and he's not sure it is what it says it is.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50It's supposed to be study material so it could be exam papers,
0:24:50 > 0:24:54sometimes it's students returning and they put their folders in there.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57They don't feel like text books, so Glen wants a closer look.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01It's really solid. Nice square pack.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Probably kilo blocks in each one.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08The contents feel familiar to an experienced officer.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Yeah, cannabis, it is.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16They've put it in heat-sealed bags to try and detect the smell
0:25:16 > 0:25:19but the smell is quite strong. It would be an interesting study!
0:25:19 > 0:25:22If the whole box is full of cannabis,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25it'll be worth tens of thousands of pounds in profits
0:25:25 > 0:25:28to the drug ring that were trying to bring it in illicitly.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33Whenever we find drugs or anything, there's some kind of fakery in the description.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36They always describe things as not what they are.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40They're just trying to throw us off the scent with that description.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Of course, drug smugglers aren't going to tell officers
0:25:43 > 0:25:45what they're really putting in their shipments,
0:25:45 > 0:25:50and the officers need to confirm that this is illegal narcotics.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52What we do now is what we call a field test
0:25:52 > 0:25:55and it verifies that it is cannabis.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58We're going to put it on a filter test.
0:25:58 > 0:26:04This tests for heroin, opiates, cocaine, cannabis.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07The chemicals in that tiny tube will mix with the substance
0:26:07 > 0:26:10from the packets and cause a reaction.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13If there's a thick line next to the letters THC on that tester,
0:26:13 > 0:26:15this is cannabis.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20It's that one there we're looking at, so that's a result on that.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22The test confirms it's cannabis
0:26:22 > 0:26:25and with 13 items at roughly £3,000 per packet,
0:26:25 > 0:26:30the team have seized nearly £40,000 of narcotics in one hit
0:26:30 > 0:26:32thanks to Glen's vigilance.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35It's a good thing we don't believe everything that's on there.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38That's definitely fake. "Study material."
0:26:38 > 0:26:42We've got 13 kilos of cannabis. Not quite the same thing really.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46And having made one major find, the team have called in another colleague
0:26:46 > 0:26:50to help search for any more drugs, and they think they might have spotted something.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54One of my colleagues has found a package
0:26:54 > 0:26:59which is similar to the one that Glen found.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03We suspect there could be cannabis in here, as well.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08This one is also described as study material.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13The team have found a further eight packets in another shipment.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17That's another £24,000 the smugglers have just lost.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21The two found packages were marked for an address in Yorkshire.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Amarjit will inform officers there of what's been found,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27as well as letting other airport teams know.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29We've had a very successful morning.
0:27:29 > 0:27:35We've had two drugs jobs. Seizures are going to be progressed upwards to the international crime team.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40The drugs were passed to police officers from West Yorkshire to investigate.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44In one year, Amarjit and his colleagues in the airport search teams
0:27:44 > 0:27:47seized several million pounds' worth of cannabis.
0:27:53 > 0:27:58If you've been to a gym recently, you may have seen a few of these things before.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03They're suspension training systems
0:28:03 > 0:28:06and they've become massively popular with athletes across the world
0:28:06 > 0:28:10for building core strength and general fitness.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14And you can even buy your own system and use it at home.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Some fitness instructors specialise in training people on the kits.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Suspension training one of the most popular forms of exercise in UK,
0:28:21 > 0:28:26mainly because it uses all the muscles all the time. You're working the whole body the whole time.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29And the strength and quality of the system is crucial
0:28:29 > 0:28:34because they have to take a person's full body weight for much of an exercise.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38But as these systems have grown in popularity with the health conscious,
0:28:38 > 0:28:40they've started to attract the attention of fakers
0:28:40 > 0:28:43making weak and untested counterfeits
0:28:43 > 0:28:46and selling them on at a huge profit.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50But instructors think there's a reason why safety is key to the product.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53If this equipment was a fake and it gave out,
0:28:53 > 0:28:56I would fall flat on floor.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00I'm almost putting my whole body force through the kit.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04If it snapped, I really would be hitting the floor.
0:29:04 > 0:29:10TRX are a market-leading brand and were delighted that their system had become so popular.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12But when they looked at online sales, they were horrified.
0:29:12 > 0:29:17They saw an enormous number of fake websites were offering counterfeit systems
0:29:17 > 0:29:20and telling buyers they were the real thing.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Matthew Januszek is a UK dealer in suspension systems
0:29:23 > 0:29:27and has become very familiar with the hunt for online fakes.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31TRX have found in the region of 10,000 units globally
0:29:31 > 0:29:34that they've been able to identify.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37They've also been successful in closing down
0:29:37 > 0:29:39150,000 re-sellers of fake products.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44And as the company began to act to seize fake products,
0:29:44 > 0:29:47they noticed something very worrying for anyone who'd bought one.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52One of things we've noticed about all the fakes, without exception,
0:29:52 > 0:29:54is that the quality of stitching
0:29:54 > 0:29:57and the way these things are put together
0:29:57 > 0:30:01is very basic and in a very cheap way.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04What we find is within a few weeks of using the fakes,
0:30:04 > 0:30:06is that these things fail.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09You could be lucky and not injure yourself,
0:30:09 > 0:30:13or you could be unlucky and injure yourself quite badly.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16In this box is a fake TRX kit
0:30:16 > 0:30:19that has been ordered from a website based in China.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22It was sold as the real thing but at a discounted price,
0:30:22 > 0:30:26although still nearly £100.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30Thousands like this have been sold to unsuspecting UK consumers
0:30:30 > 0:30:33but a quick examination of some areas that are vital to safety
0:30:33 > 0:30:36reveals that it's a fake.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39This is what you'll be suspending yourself on.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43This is attached with the webbing and this stitching is also crucial.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47It's very easy to come away. It's light stitching.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52If you're going to be using this with any kind of body weight,
0:30:52 > 0:30:54this is the area where it's going to fail.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57This has been very badly finished.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59You'll see it's just been snipped off.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01If you see anything like this,
0:31:01 > 0:31:05this is a tell-tale sign that you're not buying the original item.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07All of those parts are key
0:31:07 > 0:31:11to holding up someone's body when they're using the kit.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Were any of them to fail, it could be a disaster.
0:31:13 > 0:31:18But that's exactly what happened to professional instructor Stephen Doody.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21He bought a batch of TRX systems online
0:31:21 > 0:31:26and one gave out just as he was teaching a new client to use it.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28I was furious. I really was.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31At the time, we had a lot of clients, as well.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33To happen in a personal training session, we had classes,
0:31:33 > 0:31:35so potentially it could ruin the business.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40Stephen had bought his kits from what he thought was a legitimate vendor,
0:31:40 > 0:31:45but when he examined the rest of the batch he had, he found they were all flawed.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46The stitching was of low quality.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49The cam buckle was slipping an awful lot.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53The carabiner steel not being strong, that was starting to bend.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Slowly after that, the handles.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Just little impurities, imperfections,
0:31:58 > 0:32:01that should be finished the whole way and it wasn't.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Personal trainers like Stephen have lost money on the fake gear,
0:32:04 > 0:32:10and Matt thinks all prospective buyers of suspension systems need to be careful.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15There seems to be a very profitable black market business.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18You'll see that it's extremely lucrative.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20We believe, in a lot of cases,
0:32:20 > 0:32:24people see this as a fantastic business opportunity
0:32:24 > 0:32:28and are probably not considering some of the consequences
0:32:28 > 0:32:30of supplying these products.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35So while the market for suspension systems might be going strong,
0:32:35 > 0:32:37the fake kits certainly aren't.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Fake identity documents are the quick route to getting
0:32:48 > 0:32:52a job in the UK when you have no right to work here.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56But the fakes don't have to be as obvious as a passport or a driving licence,
0:32:56 > 0:33:00as investigators from the UK Border Agency regularly discover.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03It's the early hours of the morning
0:33:03 > 0:33:05and enforcement officers in West London are about to mount
0:33:05 > 0:33:08an operation against suspected illegal workers.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10We will be going to...
0:33:12 > 0:33:14We know that employed persons
0:33:14 > 0:33:17are unlawfully present in the United Kingdom
0:33:17 > 0:33:22and so we've encountered them on a couple of occasions now.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27The UK Border Agency carried out 6,500 illegal working operations
0:33:27 > 0:33:29in the last year,
0:33:29 > 0:33:33and the company they are looking at today have already had one visit.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37The main part of the team will be going into this building.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41They were fined for employing illegal workers at a different
0:33:41 > 0:33:44facility they operate, but the UK Border Agency suspect they're still
0:33:44 > 0:33:50doing it at other branches, and they're about to find out for sure.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55As they arrive, they've found one man trying to make an exit,
0:33:55 > 0:34:00and inside the main loading bay there is a collection of workers, most of whom are from India.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03The UK Border Agency team need to find out
0:34:03 > 0:34:05if everyone has visas to work here.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09We've just arrived at the premises. We've secured the premises.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13We had somebody from the workforce trying to abscond as we arrived.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17We're now looking at all of the employees
0:34:17 > 0:34:20and having a chat with them to see if they're of interest to us.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24One man they're talking to is being evasive about his full name.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27You know what your full name is, OK?
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Why don't you tell me?
0:34:29 > 0:34:36- No, I just...- It's not a 'just', it's quite a simple, clear question.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39- Yeah, I know. Sorry, I forgot that. - What do you mean?
0:34:39 > 0:34:42The man doesn't even work here.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45He had just driven up in his van to collect some wholesale fruit and veg.
0:34:45 > 0:34:50If he'd left ten minutes earlier he'd have escaped the operation.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54You've got no permission to work so I'm therefore arresting you
0:34:54 > 0:34:56as a person liable to be detained.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00We will be making arrangements for your removal back to India.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04The man has told officers he has his family living with him
0:35:04 > 0:35:09and according to records, they have had numerous appeals to stay here turned down.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11No wonder he wouldn't give his name.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14And this man definitely shouldn't be here.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18OK, you're an overstayer here since 2006.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Therefore, you're arrestable, so I'm arresting you.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24You do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence
0:35:24 > 0:35:27if you do not mention when questioned something you later rely on in court.
0:35:27 > 0:35:32Overstayers are amongst the most common types of fake workers in the UK.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35They will have entered the country with a valid visa
0:35:35 > 0:35:37but not left when the visa ran out.
0:35:37 > 0:35:42Few reliable statistics exist to detail how many people overstay
0:35:42 > 0:35:47and get jobs in the UK, but this man will now be held at a removal centre nearby
0:35:47 > 0:35:51whilst they confirm he can be returned to his native India.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55Another man has been arrested for using a fake document.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58The team have checked his application for a visa
0:35:58 > 0:36:03and found that he used a fake student's letter to justify staying in the UK.
0:36:03 > 0:36:09Well, he's a student, and his student visa has expired.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13He's submitted an application for a further stay,
0:36:13 > 0:36:18but we believe that the documents that he's submitted in support of that application are counterfeit.
0:36:18 > 0:36:23The man insists an agency in India dealt with his visa application
0:36:23 > 0:36:26and any fake claims about his status were made by them.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Officers will note his claim and investigate.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Your agents submitted false documents for you?
0:36:32 > 0:36:35That's what the answer says.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39It's basically saying, I got my visa through my agent
0:36:39 > 0:36:44who submitted a letter from the college which was counterfeit, which I found out here.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47In the UK. That's what it's saying. What you've said.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51You just need to initial at the end of that, here.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54That stops anyone else adding anything on.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58The man made an application with his real passport and name
0:36:58 > 0:37:00but the college paperwork was false.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04The UK Border Agency team have seen things like this before.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08Well, clearly the belief when those documents were sent off
0:37:08 > 0:37:12was that they'd be sufficiently good to convince the Home Office
0:37:12 > 0:37:15but, equally, it would appear in this case they weren't.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19The company employing the arrested workers could be liable
0:37:19 > 0:37:22for a £10,000 fine for each one of them.
0:37:22 > 0:37:28And last year, the UK Border Agency served nearly 1,900 such fines
0:37:28 > 0:37:30on UK employers.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35We've made three arrests - two of them are men who've overstayed their visas,
0:37:35 > 0:37:38and the other one is a student
0:37:38 > 0:37:42who has applied to have his visa extended
0:37:42 > 0:37:47but he's submitted in support of that application forged documents.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51Further checks confirmed this man was a fake student.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54He fraudulently claimed to be studying at a UK college,
0:37:54 > 0:37:57but they had never offered him a place.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00They wrote this letter, detailing how the man was a prime example
0:38:00 > 0:38:03of an ongoing fraud involving many fake students,
0:38:03 > 0:38:06but they've singled him out as one of the worst,
0:38:06 > 0:38:09having an application that had forged college signatures
0:38:09 > 0:38:12and letterheads and even forged references.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16He gained a student visa from the UK under false pretences
0:38:16 > 0:38:18and was only ever here to work.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20It's not unusual.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24With a large number of students coming to the UK
0:38:24 > 0:38:27and a large number of them applying for further leave,
0:38:27 > 0:38:32we do quite often encounter forged documentation
0:38:32 > 0:38:35that's sent in in support of those applications.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Illegal workers with no right to take jobs in the UK
0:38:38 > 0:38:42are believed to cost the economy millions and drive unemployment up.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Last year, UK employers were fined £7 million
0:38:46 > 0:38:51for employing illegal workers - hardly a cost saving measure.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54The man with the van has a case pending in court
0:38:54 > 0:38:57but the fake student and the overstayer
0:38:57 > 0:38:59were taken to Colnbrook Removal Centre.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02The fake student was recommended for removal,
0:39:02 > 0:39:05but is currently undergoing a judicial review.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07The overstayer is in custody.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09He's wanted for questioning by the police.
0:39:09 > 0:39:14Last year, 52,000 people were removed or agreed to leave the UK
0:39:14 > 0:39:17following action from the UK Border Agency.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Most of us are very particular about the food we eat
0:39:27 > 0:39:33and food manufacturers are required to list all the ingredients on the stuff they sell.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36But what happens when a manufacturer tells us lies
0:39:36 > 0:39:38about what's actually in their product?
0:39:40 > 0:39:43These British bees are busy pollinating flowers
0:39:43 > 0:39:49and producing the 6,000 tonnes of honey the UK creates every year.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52But consumers here eat five times more honey than our bees can make
0:39:52 > 0:39:55so the country imports huge amounts from across the world,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58and in one very unusual case,
0:39:58 > 0:40:02that led to a sticky end for honey-lovers on the South Coast.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10This is the Trading Standards office at Worthing near Brighton in Sussex.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14Like any Trading Standards team, they are used to seeing fake alcohol
0:40:14 > 0:40:18and cigarettes, but a routine visit revealed something in a local store
0:40:18 > 0:40:20that surprised even them.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24We basically found a variety of products on for sale,
0:40:24 > 0:40:28and one was this honey product here.
0:40:28 > 0:40:33It's described as honey, but it looks like a syrup-based product
0:40:33 > 0:40:35and that's where our suspicions started from.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Trading Standards did a test purchase of a jar
0:40:39 > 0:40:43of the strange looking honey and decided to send it for analysis.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50The honey was sent for testing at this specialist lab in Worcester.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54They have a variety of procedures designed to find out exactly
0:40:54 > 0:40:57what's in any product that's sent to them.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05There's a small sample of the supposed honey
0:41:05 > 0:41:08mixed in with other materials in that tiny bottle.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11But it's enough for the machine to analyse what sugars it contains.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15The amount of the various different sugars
0:41:15 > 0:41:18lets us know whether it's a genuine honey or not.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21And elsewhere, the honey was put under extreme magnification.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25Chances are it should contain some of this - pollen.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29If it was a heather honey, I would have expected to see heather pollen,
0:41:29 > 0:41:31but on this sample there's no pollen grains.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34And having spun, dipped and micro-analysed the honey,
0:41:34 > 0:41:37they reached their conclusions about what was in their sample.
0:41:37 > 0:41:43The analysis has shown that there's no honey present in the sample and it's most likely a sugar syrup.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46With confirmation that it wasn't honey,
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Trading Standards decided that they needed to seize
0:41:49 > 0:41:51all supplies of the fake spread.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54They traced it to an East London importer
0:41:54 > 0:41:57and took their van to seize whatever they had.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59When we entered the premises we discovered
0:41:59 > 0:42:04over 1.1 tonnes of the fake honey, which certainly filled our van.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08The company had imported the fake spread from the Middle East
0:42:08 > 0:42:12and there was a simple economic reason why the manufacturer used syrup.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16It's as little as a quarter of the price of quality honey.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20When they described this as honey, they knew it was a syrup-based product,
0:42:20 > 0:42:22a cheaper version and an inferior product.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25And this is where the syrup ended up.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29There was so much of it that Trading Standards were unable to put it
0:42:29 > 0:42:33in their storeroom - its weight would have broken the floor.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36And with all the syrup now doing porridge in the council building,
0:42:36 > 0:42:39fakes are off the morning menu.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Let's hope we have made the breakfast tables of Worthing a safer place.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52That's all from Fake Britain today. Bye for now.
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