Essex News & Investigations

A man arrested by the National Crime Agency for masterminding the smuggling of thousands of people across the Mediterranean from north...

An Iranian national has denied three offences connected to alleged people smuggling. Anjan Ahmadi, 26, of Stafano Road, Preston,...

The Home Office has taken action to remove Stay Belvedere Hotels (SBHL) from government asylum accommodation operations SBHL is...

A people smuggler who bragged of bringing people into the UK illegally for 15 years operated in plain sight as a cleaner on a major...

Six people wanted in Belgium over their suspected involvement in a major people smuggling ring following a joint investigation by the...

AN Albanian woman has been jailed for seven and a half years after a National Crime Agency investigation found that she had acted as a...

TWO lorry drivers who are accused of smuggling migrants for a London-based organised crime group have been arrested in Romania and now...

A KEY player in a people smuggling plot that saw Albanians brought into the country from France and Belgium via dangerous small boat...

The head of an organised crime group that smuggled hundreds of people both into and out of the UK has been jailed for 10-and-a-half...

ORGANIZED crime gangs are encouraging people to use fake EU passports to sneak into the country instead of crossing the Channel in boats,...