Many food robberies have taken place around many parts of Britain, for the past few months. This is called the Black Market. Remaining foods have been sold by smugglers at high prices.
55 million tonnes of food have been imported to Britain and many other countries.The Germans are bombing supplies with submarines and planes. Smugglers have stolen remains. This has caused most shops to close down.The Black Market is illegal but people have started using it.The punishments are heavy fines and imprisonment.This has been well recognised at the beggining of the war. East London are beginning to get into the Black Market buisness.They have done this to get money from hungry people.To make out the shortage of bananas, housewives started making banana dishes. Ayoung man, who works in the Black Market said "We often bought up other peoples coupons. If someone didn't like butter,I got hold of their rations straight away.Shopkeepers turned a blind eye, but that wasn't really the Black Market.That was getting hold of things you weren't meant to. It was very possible because there were shady looking men in raincoats, who could find anything.When I was seriously ill in hospital, my brother-in-law got an orange for me. I don't know where from. I was given food by other paitents."
They Goverment have noticed this issue and are planning to put a stop to it. What will happen next?
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