4 h. ago Two men arrested in Bournemouth on suspicion of people smuggling

A third suspect was also detained in Belgium and five men stopped from travelling via a lorry to the UK.

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9 d. ago Thousands of families hit by pause of lifeline refugee visa route as scale of crackdown revealed

Exclusive: More than 6,000 children will be hit by shutdown after Labour said route was being manipulated by people-smuggling gangs

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9 d. ago Asylum seeker allowed to stay in UK is jailed for trafficking Channel migrants in a gang run by his gun

Anjan Ahamdi, 26, was jailed for five years and seven months for his role in helping two migrants to illegally enter the country with people smuggling kingpin Amanj Hasan Zada, 35.

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1 week ago Fresh humiliation for Starmer's Channel boats 'plan' as Germany 'shelves' vow to close legal loophole on people

Germany is said to be unlikely to keep a promise to close a loophole that means smuggling people to the UK is not technically illegal.

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2 w. ago A timeline of US attacks in the Caribbean and what Congress has had to say

In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed 32 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea

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3 w. ago British border officers sent to Balkans to stem the flow of migrants being smuggled to UK

Some 22,000 people were smuggled by gangs along routes through the Western Balkans last year

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3 w. ago Moment 14 migrants sneak into Britain after private yacht ran aground

A court heard that Mohammed Ali Nareman, 37, was at the centre of an international people smuggling ring that charged desperate migrants thousands of pounds to reach the UK.

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3 w. ago Moment 14 migrants sneak into Britain on private yacht only for crash landing to bring down people smuggling ring

A court heard that Mohammed Ali Nareman, 37, was at the centre of an international people smuggling ring that charged desperate migrants thousands of pounds to reach the UK.

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3 w. ago ‘Prolific’ London people smuggler caught after yacht of migrants ran aground

‘Prolific’ London people smuggler caught after yacht of migrants ran aground  Enfield Independent

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3 w. ago London people smuggler caught after yacht of migrants ran aground

Mohammed Ali Nareman, 37, was deemed unfit to stand trial because he suffered from depression, panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder

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3 w. ago Prolific people smuggler caught after yacht of migrants ran aground

Mohammed Ali Nareman was found to have committed multiple people-smuggling offences relating to small boats, HGVs and a yacht.

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