"BLACK MARKETS"
STAMPING OUT THE RACKET
LONDON, June 10,
Fear of long terms of imprisonment and profit-removing fines are the chief reasons for the success of the Board of Trade's new drive against "black markets." The board is confident that at last it is succeeding in stamping out the war's biggest racket. It is helped by the Magistrates, who are now imposing maximum penalties, by flying squads, and by additional enforcement officer's, recruited from Scotland Yard. Prosecutions fell by 500 between December and April. A new issue of unfprgeable clothing coupons which must be banked, by traders, is succeeding in eliminating small racketeers.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 137, 12 June 1942, Page 5
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103"BLACK MARKETS" Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 137, 12 June 1942, Page 5
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