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Following the work of enforcement officers as they battle to protect the public.

Crooks, cheats and con artists beware! This series follows the work of enforcement officers across the UK as they take on the bad guys and bring them to justice.

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Defenders: Busting the Bad Guys: Series 2: Episode 9

Episode 9

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BBC One - Defenders: Busting the Bad Guys, Series 2, Episode 9

Officers catch up with a Lamborghini-driving fraudster.

Officers catch up with a Lamborghini-driving fraudster who has so many aliases that he loses track of who he is supposed to be.

With knife crime on the rise, officers are carrying out checks at retail outlets, determined to make sure everything possible is being done to stop knives falling into the wrong hands. It is against the law to sell knives to anyone under the age of 18, but they discover not all stores are getting the message. 

They also call a rail company to account after a 13-year-old boy suffers catastrophic injuries, and they catch up with a Lamborghini-driving fraudster who has so many aliases that he loses track of who he is supposed to be. 

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