Quelle horreur, these shops were just fronts for crime!
 

Am I the only person in the country who isn’t remotely surprised that barber shops, vape shops and corner shops which never seem to have any customers in them are actually money laundering fronts for crime gangs? I thought literally everyone knew this. But the polis and the BBC are going big on it tonight as if it’s some massive revelation.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3677xzk56no

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

My town has loads of em. Hardly ever anyone in them. Obviously fronts. Easy money laundering. We have at least 6 in the town centre alone seriously

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

I cant say its ever really crossed my mind TBH.

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

It used to be saunas (knocking shops) and tanning salons - plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose…

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

I thought everyone knew!

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

A local vap shop was raided and is now closed. It was next door to a shop I visit 2/3 times a week and I rarely saw any customers. A elderly* friend who lives opposite said that it was only busy late at night and, because the men who went there always wore hoodies, he thought they were definitely wrong 'uns up to something dodgy.

* .... and yes, members may regard me as an elderly old lady as well grrrrrrrr, but he's a 92 old curmudgeon and I'm a lot younger!!!! :D

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

Our local high street has many barbers, vape shops, tiny corner shops and mobile phone repair shops, none of which ever have anyone in them. The barbers only ever seem to advertise ‘fade cut’ in the window, which I assume means they have no training of any kind and only know how to do clippers. It’s very obvious at least some of these shops are not financially viable.

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

Well, you say a lot younger :shocked: :)

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

Where's the deterrent? The risk reward factor plays heavily in favour of reward.

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

Unsurprisingly I haven’t been in a barber’s since 1995 so this has never crossed my mind….

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

Our local Main Street in Rutherglen has a couple of newsagents that sell tapes and there are about 4 Tirkish barbers all fairly close together only one of them ever seems to have customers.

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

They do all their business online and the lines are white. ;)

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I think a high number of them are people traffickers too which is the scary part. How many many day slaves are in our town and we are clueless about it . Horrifying if you ask me

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

Talking of white lines watching 24 hours in police custody was amusing. Apparently a lot of the white lines are contaminated with crystal meth :LOL: there doesn't seem to be a pure cocaine supply out there cut up or not. Have the police got a grip on drug trafficking?

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

TBH I would have thought that over complicated the process although if meth is cheaper then I guess its a hit added so the coke can be cut even thinner.

It seems that fentanyl is also cut into both Meth and Coke and to high a dose of that and it is game over

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

Well watching the program suggested it's a cheap way to bulk it up.

Inside Norfolk's Crystal Meth Drug Den Raided By Police | 24 Hours In Police Custody | Channel 4
https://youtu.be/lRTy51vPJlk

Woman Arrested For Defrauding £200,000 From Uncle’s Savings | 24 Hours In Police Custody | Channel 4
https://youtu.be/47nhhqZPeRo

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

A Vape Shop opened near us, replacing a £ shop that did hardly any business. I've never seen anyone in it.

And now an Italian barber has retired, and his shop WAS marked as becoming a Vape Shop.

But after the raids around the UK these past few days, the sign advertising "Vape Shop Coming Soon" have been removed.

Re: Quelle horreur, these shops were just fronts for crime!
 

Thread title edited to avoid victimising barber shops :D

I’ll take a wander up our high street this week out of curiosity to see whether this earth-shattering revelation has put the frighteners on anyone around here. I’m not holding my breath.

Re: Quelle horreur, these shops were just fronts for crime!
 

You can get a haircut buy a vape and get a massage while your there ;)

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

No as they prefer to arrest people for saying something bad on social media.

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

and certain people on here wouldn't have it any other way...

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

Hammer, nail, head :D

Re: Quelle horreur, barber shops are fronts for crime
 

How dare you. That's a Really Condescending thing to say.

Re: Quelle horreur, these shops were just fronts for crime!
 

Still accurate though :angel:

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Truly hoping that was an intentional miss…