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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 19, 2023
Albanian woman in UK acted as fixer between people smuggling gangs and Channel migrants
AN Albanian woman has been jailed for seven and a half years after a National Crime Agency investigation found that she had acted as a...
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By JON AUSTIN
Sep 13, 2023
Romanian lorry drivers working with east London cabbies to smuggle people in and out of UK
TWO lorry drivers who are accused of smuggling migrants for a London-based organised crime group have been arrested in Romania and now...
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By JON AUSTIN
Sep 4, 2023
People smuggler wanted by NCA absconded after being released on bail by court
A KEY player in a people smuggling plot that saw Albanians brought into the country from France and Belgium via dangerous small boat...
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By JON AUSTIN
Jun 26, 2023
People smuggling crime boss jailed for 10-and-a-half-years
The head of an organised crime group that smuggled hundreds of people both into and out of the UK has been jailed for 10-and-a-half...
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By JON AUSTIN
Jan 8, 2023
Albanian migrants urged by gangs to use Border Force strikes to slip into UK with fake EU passports
ORGANIZED crime gangs are encouraging people to use fake EU passports to sneak into the country instead of crossing the Channel in boats,...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 24, 2022
Inquest opened into deaths of four unidentified Channel Migrants who died last week
THE provisional cause of death of four migrants who died when a boat capsized in the Channel on December 14 was drowning, an inquest...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 4, 2022
Brixton takeaway worker wanted in France amid allegations he smuggled Sri Lankans across Europe
EXCLUSIVE: A BRIXTON chicken shop worker has been named as a leading people smuggler accused of getting large numbers of Sri Lankans into...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 29, 2022
Man held over death of at least 27 migrants in Channel a year ago - now facing extradition to France
A MAN has been arrested in connection with the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned attempting to cross the English Channel in a...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 21, 2022
UKRAINIAN lorry driver who tried to smuggle two Albanians into UK jailed for cocaine smuggling
A LORRY driver previously convicted in France for trying to smuggle migrants into the UK has been sentenced following a cocaine seizure...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 16, 2022
Arrests, an extradition and appeal for 'The Skorpion' week of action against people smugglers
A Romanian man who was wanted by the National Crime Agency (NCA) after failing to show up at court has been arrested and extradited back...
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