Organized crime groups are exploiting the United Kingdom's private rental market, using properties for criminal activities, according to a BBC Panorama investigation. These gangs are reportedly targeting properties to take them over and utilize them for their operations.
One landlord, Craig Shepheard, who is also a property developer, discovered that his own flat had been turned into a brothel operated by a network based in Brazil. The investigation, reported by Hazel Martin, found that criminals are employing fake identification documents to secure rental agreements.
The BBC Panorama documentary uncovers the methods used by these criminal organizations to infiltrate and exploit the private rental sector.