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‘Criminals can no longer operate with impunity’

Padlocked and surrounded by high metal fences, at night the building sites around the city are bleak, fortified places characterised by machinery and signs warning people to keep out.

 

These fortresses protect both the housing estates of the future and the interests of the criminal masterminds who use them to launder dirty money from drug
dealing and other crimes.