Reports
Lynn's undercover report on fake vet Leonard French, who controlled the UK's illegal black market in animal medicine, led directly to the imprisonment of French on August 20, 2007 for twelve months at Lincoln crown court. In 2008, French's attempt to overturn the sentence was rejected by the court of appeal. .
In August 2009, his TV report exposing racial discrimination by estate agents against migrant workers in Boston led to follow up investigations by the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), the Equality and Human Rights Commission and won "Best Nations and Regions coverage" at the Amnesty International UK Media Awards of 2010.
Amnesty International described it as receiving "unprecedented national exposure, making waves from Poland to China. This was outstanding, shocking and emblematic of a deeper malaise in UK society.
In 2012, Ukraine's top Olympic official - the secretary general of the Ukrainian Olympic Committee - Volodymyr Geraschenko, was suspended and later resigned after Lynn's undercover report where Geraschenko offered to sell tickets on the black market prior to the London Olympics.
In 2013, his BBC report on the underground trade in illegal driving licences led to the UK's Department of Transport announcing a change in the law.
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