National Crime Agency officers have targeted members of a major criminal network suspected of involvement in the smuggling of up to 10,000 people into the UK.
(Picture: National Crime Agency)France has “upped its game” and is two thirds of the way to its target for busting the business model of the Channel migrant smuggling gangs, the National Crime Agency has said after a wave of arrests in London and elsewhere in Europe.
Chris Farrimond, the agency’s deputy director, said the French authorities were “putting a lot of effort into stopping boats going at all” and were aiming to ensure that there was no longer enough in the trade for the crime groups involved to continue.
