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Several large heroin deals went down in London in the early 70s. Tremendously profitable shipments were flowing from Afghanistan. So much so that one of the mai
by nickdothutton 4y ago
Several large heroin deals went down in London in the early 70s. Tremendously profitable shipments were flowing from Afghanistan. So much so that one of the main problems was laundering those profits. Dozens of restaurants were sustained in Brick Lane by this “custom”, far more restaurants than there were legitimate diners for. After the money-flow dried up, many of them struggled and there were closures. They weren’t sustainable. Only the better ones survived.
- gadders 4y agoIt's American Candy shops now. Allegedly. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61777445 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61777445
- DoneWithAllThat 4y agoWas that article written by an AI? It was shockingly difficult to read and had a very oddly stilted to the text. Some of the sentences didn’t even seem like actually full sentences.
- turnerc 4y agoUnfortunately the BBC has gone dramatically down hill, mostly blogspam now.
- coastermug 4y agoHave a search for the original investigative piece done by Private Eye. The rest of the reports on this are somewhat lazy copies of their original work.
- gadders 4y agoFound it: https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/cnkcaz/private_eye_on_west_end_souvenir_shops/ https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/cnkcaz/private_eye_... Will give it a read...
- Arrath 4y agoWas recently in the UK and found it very odd just how many of these places there were.
- boringg 4y agoIf i recall correctly London is the money laundering capital of the planet. So this sounds right up their business alley.