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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Melley

Trucking boss gets 7 years for role in 2019 smuggling that led to deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants

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A trucking company boss who claimed he thought he was smuggling booze into Britain was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for his role in a human trafficking ring in which 39 Vietnamese migrants suffocated in a cargo container in 2019.

Caolan Gormley was the last of 11 people to be convicted in London in the migrant smuggling scheme. Five of the suspects were convicted of manslaughter.

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