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Covid-19 profiteers should face legislative crackdown, UK's Johnson says

By Victoria Ibitoye
  • 25 Mar 2020 09:35
  • 25 Mar 2020 09:35
Companies profiteering from the Covid-19 outbreak should expect to see moves to criminalize their activity, the UK prime minister told lawmakers today.
Asked by lawmaker Alexander Stafford if he would act to combat the "disgusting scourge of black-market profiteers," Boris Johnson suggested that a new law may be necessary. 

"I think

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