the manteros of madrid during a normal day in the center of madrid in puerta del sol, the police chase them to prevent them from selling copy pirate products. behind the "blanket" there is a whole criminal organization that launders its illicit profits. the merchandise (60% -70%) comes from China, the great world market of counterfeiting, followed by Turkey, which is in the first place, a great producer of leather goods and authentic and copied perfumes. Due to its proximity to Spain, Morocco and Portugal, they supply items such as T-shirts, owners of stores in Madrid's stores report losses of thousands of euros, but in fact, the manteros are not their competitors, those who compete with them are the big ones. warehouses, which also have freedom of schedules. a mantero earns a day between five, ten or thirty euros but it is more the days that nothing is sold, and if the police take away the goods it is an annoyed month and this mantero has to borrow to start again the articles can be Acquire an industrial estate in Cobo Calleja, located in Fuenlabrada, south of Madrid, on the outer edge of the capital's metropolitan area.
In 2018 there were clashes between police and Senegalese immigrants after Mame Mbaye, a Senegalese street vendor, died of cardiac arrest, allegedly after being persecuted by local police.