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‘Everything is fake’: how global crime gangs are using UK shell companies in multi-million pound crypto scams

18 mins | Feb 7, 2023
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More than 150 fake firms in the UK are targeting people online, emptying their bank accounts and breaking their hearts. Shanti Das and Niamh McIntyre examine the rise in 'pig butchering', a brutal and elaborate form of organised crime involving criminal syndicates, modern-day slaves and victims worldwide.

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