‘It is concerning!’ Londoners on shops being fronts for money laundering

Does it happen in the capital?

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00:00If they are frontage of crime, whether it be barbershops or whatever, I think, I think,

00:08well, I mean, you're talking about criminality, and I think, I mean, let's put it this way,

00:13I've had my car pinched outside my own flat.

00:16I mean, we don't have enough people to investigate things, do we?

00:19I mean, isn't that the reason why so much just goes under the radar?

00:23Because there aren't enough police, that's thanks to the previous government.

00:30But yeah, of course, that needs to be dealt with.

00:33Barbershops, along with taxi drivers, well, now we've got Uber and, um, Uber, yeah, a lot more.

00:41One of the cheapest businesses to actually start as an independent is a barbershop.

00:45There's no one in there. I mean, the cost of rent must be quite high, so how are they affording it?

00:51I don't know what they can charge customer. But then you could say the same thing about nail bars.

00:57I mean, why is there an increase in nail bars?