Farmers fearful as criminal gangs drive machinery black market | ITV News

The British countryside is being exploited by criminal gangs, bolstering a black market demand for farming machinery, according to the National Rural Crime Network.

Exports from the UK to Eastern Europe are becoming increasingly common.

Three months after Ukraine was invaded, £4 million worth of machinery was stolen by Russian soldiers – linked not just to military tactics, but to Western sanctions too.

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