Channel Crossing Gang Made 13Million From Smuggling 10 000 Migrants
They charged migrants between €2,500-€3,500 each, regularly changed tactics to avoid detection, used larger boats and launched up to 15 at a time, of which around half reached the UK. Police believe crossings, which are taking place at twice the rate of last year, will decrease in the “immediate future” as a result of Tuesday’s raids. The Home Secretary said: “These arrests send a clear message to the criminal gangs preying on vulnerable people across Europe and beyond: we will stop at nothing to end your vile trade, bring you to justice and to save lives....