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Panorama: Swimming with Loan Sharks

Swimming with Loan Sharks

16/11/2009

BBC One - Panorama, Swimming with Loan Sharks

Simon Boazman meets victims who have suffered brutal violence at the hands of loan sharks.

Simon Boazman meets victims who have suffered brutal violence at the hands of loan sharks, and looks at the lenders who can charge 17,000 per cent interest.

Loan sharks are thriving in recession-hit Britain, as the poor and vulnerable run out of credit and find themselves relying on criminals instead. 

Reporter Simon Boazman finds the victims who have suffered brutal violence, and looks at the lenders who can charge 17,000 per cent interest.

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