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Helen William

Three men arrested in Iraq over alleged UK people smuggling links

Three men who were part of a global people smuggling network moving migrants from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) into the UK and Europe have been arrested, following a ground-breaking operation involving the National Crime Agency, Kurdistan Region Security Council and Kurdistan Region Security Agency (NCA/PA) -

Three men who are allegedly part of a global people smuggling network moving migrants from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) into the UK and Europe have been arrested.

They have been linked to the same network as Amanj Hasan Zada, an Iranian national who dubbed himself “the best smuggler” and was jailed for 17 years in November after he arranged Channel small boat crossings from his home in Lancashire.

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