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Man known as 'best smuggler' jailed for 17 years
Amanj Hasan Zada is jailed for running "a sophisticated enterprise" organising small boat crossings.Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday -
New deals with Balkan states to target people smugglers
The agreements aim to increase intelligence sharing as part of efforts to tackle small boat crossings.Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago -
4 dead in Greece after migrant smuggler allegedly forced passengers overboard
Greece’s coast guard says the bodies of four people have been recovered from the sea just off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of RhodesWorld - ABC News - 2 days ago -
UK leader tells Interpol meeting world must 'wake up' to threat from people-smugglers
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will double funding for Britain’s border security agency and treat people-smuggling gangs like terror networksWorld - ABC News - 5 days ago -
We must stop smuggling gangs before they act - Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer announces an extra £75m to police the UK's borders as he vows to "smash" criminal gangs.Top stories - BBC News - 5 days ago -
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Smuggler selling ‘fast track’ Channel crossing speaks to BBC undercover reporter
More migrants from Vietnam than any other nation are taking small boats to the UK.Top stories - BBC News - October 28 -
Smuggler reveals forgery operation used to bring Vietnamese migrants to UK
The UK asylum seeker tells the BBC he cannot justify breaking the law "but it’s a very lucrative business".Top stories - BBC News - October 28 -
‘Death trap’ Channel boats traded by smugglers in Germany, BBC investigation finds
A €15,000 package deal for a dinghy, engine and 60 life jackets was offered to our reporter in Essen.Top stories - BBC News - October 25 -
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'Merchants of death' trial steps up fight against Channel smugglers
A court case involving 33 alleged members of a Kurdish smuggling gang is under way in northern France.Top stories - BBC News - October 18