5 Live Investigates
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Illegal Metal Scrapyards
47 minutes Posted Nov 20, 2011 at 10:25 pm.
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More needs to be done to crackdown on illegal scrapyards, say industry leaders. They estimate up to 900 sites are operating unlawfully and some are used by criminals to launder metals stolen from the rail and electricity networks. Also, the developers holding a gun to the heads of local residents. And the parking campaigner who says the enforcement cameras in Westminster are unlawful - and has found support among the independent parking adjudicators.