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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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Officers crack down on a butcher’s shop selling foreign meat as 'Best British'.

Officers take action against a cowboy builder using customers’ money for overseas holidays. He took £220,000 from eight families, leaving them unhappy with his workmanship.

Enforcement officers are checking hygiene standards in Oxford takeaways, while in Studley, Warwickshire, they crack down on a butcher’s shop cheating customers by claiming their meat is British when in fact it comes from overseas. Trading standards officers discover Spanish pork, Danish gammon and Dutch chicken all labelled as 'best British'. They also find beef being sold as Aberdeen Angus when it isn’t.

They also take action against a cowboy builder spending customers’ money on holidays in Greece, Tenerife and New York. He took a total of £220,000 from eight families who were unhappy with his workmanship.

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