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Essex News & Investigations

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...
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 29, 2022
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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...
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 21, 2022
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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...
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 16, 2022
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Suella Braverman's last job as Home Secretary today before shock resignation over email breach
SUELLA Braverman was Home Secretary this morning as she watched as an Albanian woman, believed to be responsible for helping transport...
By JON AUSTIN
Oct 19, 2022
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Five east London cabbies in court charged with being part of lorry people smuggling ring
FIVE taxi drivers from East London have appeared in court charged with people smuggling offences. It follows an investigation by the...
By JON AUSTIN
Sep 28, 2022
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Albanian accused of immigration crime to be extradited - 40% of Channel migrants from Albania
AN ALBANIAN man has agreed to be extradited to Belgium to face charges in connection with immigration and criminal organisation offences....
By JON AUSTIN
Aug 7, 2022
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MARIUS DRAGHICI: Romanian national sought by police over lorry deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants
DETECTIVES who continue to investigate the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals in Essex in October 2019 are working alongside...
By JON AUSTIN
Jul 27, 2022
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Now 40 'people smugglers' arrested across Europe over gang that brought 10k migrants across Channel
National Crime Agency officers have targeted members of a major criminal network suspected of involvement in the smuggling of up to...
By JON AUSTIN
Jul 6, 2022
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Arrests across Europe of members of smuggling run believed to have got 10k migrants across Channel
A PEOPLE smuggling ring believed to have got about 10,000 people to the UK across the English Channel suffered a series of arrests across...
By JON AUSTIN
Jul 5, 2022
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Asylum seekers are suing the Home Office over standard of full-board hotels and other accommodation
ASYLUM seekers have launched legal action against the Home Office amid claims taxpayer-funded full-board hotels and other accommodation...
By JON AUSTIN
Jun 27, 2022
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