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Shreddies ‘Nanas’ freed from sweatshop

old ladies attacked rescuers with knitting needlesFour hundred elderly women have today been freed from a factory in the Midlands where they were employed to ‘knit’ Shreddies for a pittance. Police were tipped off that the ‘Nanas’, made famous by recent advertising were being forced to work sixteen hour days seven days a week in atrocious conditions. When police raided the factory, they found many women close to death and several had to be put to sleep at their workstations as they became violent when officers tried to bring them to safety. One woman lashed out with her knitting needles and badly injured one officer, she was eventually cornered in a toilet cubicle and shot in the head.

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Posted: May 29th, 2009
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Authorities ‘winning the War on Muesli’

millions of pounds worth flooding the UK every yearThe rising price of muesli across the globe is proof that the international trade in this illicit breakfast cereal is finally ‘in retreat’ according to the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency.

Muesli, a highly-addictive loose mixture of rolled oats, dried fruit, nuts, seeds and wheat or rye flakes, has been the cornerstone of worldwide illicit breakfast trade for many years says SOCA’s head of enforcement Dennis Bradley. ‘Millions of users have become hooked on this alternative to traditional cereals, with millions of pounds worth of the dried form of the mixture flooding the UK every year through a sophisticated network of supermarkets, corner shops and health food stores.’

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Posted: May 14th, 2009
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