Illegal vendors swarm NYC’s Chinatown months after ICE raids in cat-and-mouse game with authorities

It’s a game of cat and mouse – and knockoff bags. Illegal vendors are back in full force along Canal Street and scrapping for sidewalk space months after federal authorities carried out a series of raids – but are quick to briefly scatter when NYPD sirens start blaring. Counterfeit merchants were peddling fake Louis Vuitton...

Illegal vendors swarm NYC’s Chinatown months after ICE raids in cat-and-mouse game with authorities
It’s a game of cat and mouse – and knockoff bags. Illegal vendors are back in full force along Canal Street and scrapping for sidewalk space months after federal authorities carried out a series of raids – but are quick to briefly scatter when NYPD sirens start blaring. Counterfeit merchants were peddling fake Louis Vuitton...