{"id":293193,"date":"2025-11-05T18:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/criminal-network-behind-uk-mini-marts-enables-migrants-to-work-illegally-bbc-finds-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T18:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:05:07","slug":"criminal-network-behind-uk-mini-marts-enables-migrants-to-work-illegally-bbc-finds-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/criminal-network-behind-uk-mini-marts-enables-migrants-to-work-illegally-bbc-finds-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal network behind UK mini-marts enables migrants to work illegally, BBC finds | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/tLErdphNqKk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Criminal network behind UK mini-marts enables migrants to work illegally, BBC finds | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tLErdphNqKk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A Kurdish crime network is enabling migrants to work illegally in mini-marts on High Streets the length of Britain, a BBC investigation has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The fake company directors are paid to put their names to official paperwork, and have dozens of businesses listed on Companies House, but are not involved in running them.<\/p>\n<p>Two undercover reporters, themselves Kurdish, posed as asylum seekers and were told how easy it would be for them to take over and run a shop and make big profits selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC has linked more than 100 mini-marts, barbershops and car washes, operating from Dundee to south Devon, to the crime network. <\/p>\n<p>But a financial crime investigator told the BBC he believes it goes much wider.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Office said it will investigate the BBC&#8217;s findings.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kurdish crime network is enabling migrants to work illegally in mini-marts on High Streets the length of Britain, a BBC investigation has revealed. 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