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Re:Billions in Dirty Money Flies Under the Radar at Busiest ... by kortilla on Sunday May 12, 2024 @12:16AM (#40332255)
Even at effective minimum wage of 11.80 an hour[1], that’s only 2 months of salary. That’s not life altering in any way and wouldn’t be worth prison time to people in general. People have to have been tricked about the risks or were coerced.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_Sta...

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Re:Billions in Dirty Money Flies Under the Radar at Busiest ... by benjaminwootton on Sunday May 12, 2024 @12:41AM (#40332315)
People on minimum wage don’t get a chance to build savings are probably living month to month. Though it’s not an earth shattering of money it is meaningful to a lot of people.
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Re:Billions in Dirty Money Flies Under the Radar at Busiest ... by ben_w on Sunday May 12, 2024 @02:45AM (#40332647)
Further to the same point, there's a cost of living crisis in the UK, so many people even above minimum wage are having to use food banks.

I can easily believe someone in such a position would jump (well, politely queue, they are British) at a chance for a "mere" few thousand.

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