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Series 3: Episode 8



At Felixstowe docks in Suffolk, enforcement agents are on the hunt for counterfeit and dangerous goods, stopping them entering the country. They also chase down a gang that has been bullying elderly people into having unnecessary building work done on their home, including one pensioner who paid out over £300,00 - almost his entire life savings - for work that should have cost around £30,000. And they hunt down a gang who callously dumped tons of illegal waste next to a motorway in Hampshire.

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