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Outlook: Adventures of the bootleg-busting brothers

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24/10/2020 GMT

Adventures of the bootleg-busting brothers

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Rob and Jason Holmes were first recruited as undercover agents when they were children

Raids, Rolexes and Russian gangs. As kids, Rob and Jason Holmes were undercover agents working for their private detective dad. Now they tackle the world’s biggest counterfeiters.

Rob and Jason Holmes were first recruited as undercover agents when they were children. They were in Atlantic City on the lookout for black market goods - like replica designer clothes, sunglasses, watches. Their employer was their private detective dad and their fee was ice cream. Now they take on some of the world’s biggest counterfeiters. It’s all raids, Russian gangs, and (fake) Rolexes. This episode was first released on 10th November 2018.

Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: Maryam Maruf

Image: Rob (L) and Jason (R) Holmes in their youth
Credit: Rob and Jason Holmes

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