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breeders as i could so i could get closer and closer to the top of the network. and then over many weeks and months, slowly, iwas network. and then over many weeks and months, slowly, i was starting to be invited to dog deals, at one dealer�*s house, i managed to film some of the most extreme breeding practices, illegally cropped ears. i was offered deals of dogs worth in the tens of thousands. the criminality is there. why is it there? because there is money to be made. these gangs exist for one reason and one reason only and that is to make as much money as they can. it is about the risk and reward equation. they want very, very low risk but a massive reward, and it is easier to sell and shift dogs than it is with drugs. i was told that the way these networks, especially in the american bully world, the way they operate is very much along the same business model as running a drugs operation but it is dogs and dogs are the perfect criminal commodity because of the public appetite and because of the astronomical prices that they can be shifted for. it is hidden in plain