The ringleader of a people-smuggling gang made £1million sneaking hundreds of migrants into Britain and helping fugitive sex offenders and killers flee the country. Mohammed Mokter Hossain, 54, was described as an "illegal travel agent" as he arranged for hundreds of people to be shipped in and out of the UK.
He used a network of lorry drivers who he paid to hide people moving in both directions across the Channel, usually via the Dover to Calais route. Some of the passengers were fugitives trying to escape justice in the UK, as they were wanted by police for serious crimes such as child abuse and murder.
Investigators believe Hossain, from Woodford Green, east London, could have made more than £1million from the operation between December 2018 and May 2021. Hossain, who was also known as 'Md', co-ordinated the movements of drivers and arranged for taxis to drop off migrants at their pick-up locations.
