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Afghan smugglers arrested in UK face extradition to Belgium over human trafficking and sexual assault
Two Afghan small boat people smugglers who raped and blackmailed their victims with the footage, are facing extradition to Belgium.
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From Canada to Lagos: Police intercept Christmas drug haul worth millions
NDLEA Operatives foil Christmas drug smuggling attempt, seizing multi million dollar worth of methamphetamine and "loud" cannabis coming in from Canada into Nigeria
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Britain’s ’largest drug smuggling gang’ sentenced after £7 billion plot
A gang which smuggled up to £7 billion worth of drugs from the continent over two-a-half years have been jailed.
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Suspect detained in cross-border Balkan drug smuggling investigation
Authorities in Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia collaborate in a Europol-backed operation targeting an organized criminal group accused of smuggling cocaine from South America to Europe.
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Two men who ran a people-smuggling ring from a car wash in Caerphilly plead guilty
Dilshad Shamo, 41, and Ali Khdir, 40, had previously denied all five counts but pleaded guilty to all charges on the tenth day of their trial.
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Man suspected of supplying boats to people smugglers arrested in Amsterdam
Turkish national accused of supplying engines and boats to cross-Channel smugglers in Belgium and northern France
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British woman accused in £15 million cocaine plot claims she believed she was transporting cash
A British beautician facing decades behind bars after being accused of smuggling cocaine into the US from Mexico has insisted she believed she was only carrying bags of cash across the border.
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Croatian and Bosnian police dismantle migrant smuggling ring
Authorities from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have dismantled a smuggling network that transported at least 159 migrants in dangerous conditions.
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’Merchants of death’ trial intensifies efforts to combat Channel smugglers
Peering over her glasses, the French judge glanced sternly across the cavernous underground courtroom towards a notorious figure seated in a glass cage.
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Bulgaria breaks up migrant smuggling ring
In a series of raids, authorities arrested eight alleged members of a migrant smuggling ring, including four high-value targets, Europol said in a prepared statement.
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Texas smuggling kingpin sentenced to 40 years in jail
A U.S. federal court on Wednesday sentenced a Mexican national to 40 years in prison for his role in a human smuggling operation that tragically claimed the lives of eight people near Del Rio, Texas.
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Former prime minister of the British Virgin Islands jailed in cocaine-related case
A U.S. court has sentenced former British Virgin Islands (BVI) Prime Minister Andrew Alturo Fahie to more than 11 years in prison for his role in a major cocaine smuggling operation.
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UK: Ringleader of cocaine smuggling gang using bananas convicted
The ringleader of an organized crime group that tried to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine into the U.K. via a container of bananas was convicted Wednesday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) reported.
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Inside 'war zone' jail with nightclub and restaurants where cons have shotguns
British former inmate Natalie Welsh described life inside Venezuela's notorious San Antonio prison as 'like a war zone' - and revealed how inmates patrolled the walls with shotguns
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Evil people smugglers referred to young women forced into UK brothels as meat
A network of people smugglers referred to Vietnamese migrants as 'pork' and 'chickens' as other masterminds of the horror gang are jailed for their part in a smuggling ring
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Brit student arrested abroad after 'trying to smuggle cocaine disguised as milk'
The 25-year-old British student has been detained in Colombia and forced to pose in front an illegal haul after reportedly attempting to smuggle cocaine disguised as milk out of the country
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Drug smuggling death row gran could be saved from firing squad on one condition
Lindsay Sandiford, a grandmother from Cheltenham, is facing a fire squad for drug smuggling in Indonesia - but she has now been told may not be executed if she can fulfil one condition
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Tory Veterans Minister took time out on Armistice Day to film reality TV show
Johny Mercer, who Rishi Sunak appointed to his Cabinet, filmed episodes of prison documentary Banged Up in November 2022. The programme saw him smoke a roll-up cigarette that had been smuggled into his cell in another inmate's anus
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Policeman shot in station 'would have lived' if 'rookie searched man properly'
Sergeant Matt Ratana was allegedly shot dead by Louis De Zoysa, a double-jointed man with a ten-inch antique revolver, after he smuggled it into a custody centre in Croydon, South London
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England Channel smuggler brought 10,000 people to UK after they paid £6,000 each
Hewa Rahimpur has been convicted and fined at a court in Bruges, Belgium of one of the biggest people-smuggling trials in Europe where 20 out of 21 defendants were found guilty.
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Pet shop owner caught at airport trying to smuggle reptiles in underwear
A woman concealed a multitude of exotic creatures in her bra and pockets in a bid to transport them from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland, where she intended to sell them on
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Ecuador's banana boom turns sour as cocaine traffickers threaten peace
Ecuador, the world's largest banana exporter, is facing escalating violence and security challenges due to drug traffickers using banana shipments as a cover for smuggling cocaine
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Heroin found hidden inside Cadbury Eclairs chocolates in drug smuggler warning
The Jersey Customs and Immigration Service discovered heroin disguised as Cadbury Eclairs being smuggled into Jersey via the post, amid hauls of drugs worth £400,000
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Ex-adult film star and former WAG caught ‘smuggling cocaine on flight to Spain’
Ex adult star Mia Etcheverria, 27, was among a group of five arrested at Carrasco International Airport, Uruguay, when police discovered more than 14lb of cocaine in suitcases
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Model feared she was going to die after £1million of drugs found in her luggage
Tereza Hluskova, 27, was jailed in 2018 for attempting to smuggle 8.5kg of heroin into Ireland from Pakistan and has now shared her "horror" experiences behind bars
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