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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Karan Kaushik

Migrants Trapped as People-Smuggling Gang Seized Passports and Forced Victims Into Debt in £1.6m UK Operation

A search of the vehicle uncovered more than £16,700 in cash and 220 Vietnamese passports bundled together in the boot (Credit: National Crime Agency Official Website)

Five men who used migrants' passports as a form of 'debt bondage' after facilitating the illegal entry of Vietnamese migrants into the UK have been jailed, the BBC reported.

The gang laundered more than £1.65 million ($2.2 million) through an operation that involved moving Vietnamese migrants into the UK and collecting money from migrants to pay for their crossings, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).

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