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

Source: New York Post

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 handbags and bargaining with customers over other phony accessories this week in Chinatown as surrounding business workers told The Post the black market hawking was as bad as always – or possibly even worse.