Answer — Exercise 13
2.2 - Built to last·New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
Listen and check your answers to exercise 13a.
Answer
- A father and son who made millions of pounds from fake DVDs have been jailed for six years.
- Hundreds of thousands of DVDs were produced by workers hired by the gang.
- The DVDs were sold cheaply in pubs and markets.
- It is estimated by the police that the criminals made around £43,000 a day from the operation.
- The gang members lived a life of luxury until they were caught.
- However, police believe that most of the money the gang made has been taken out of the country.
- It is estimated that criminal gangs in the UK make about £300 million a year from fake DVDs.
- Police dogs have now been trained to find forbidden DVDs.