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Essex News & Investigations

Albanian migrants urged by gangs to use Border Force strikes to slip into UK with fake EU passports
ORGANIZED crime gangs are encouraging people to use fake EU passports to sneak into the country instead of crossing the Channel in boats,...
By JON AUSTIN
Jan 8, 2023


Inquest opened into deaths of four unidentified Channel Migrants who died last week
THE provisional cause of death of four migrants who died when a boat capsized in the Channel on December 14 was drowning, an inquest...
By JON AUSTIN
Dec 24, 2022


Brixton takeaway worker wanted in France amid allegations he smuggled Sri Lankans across Europe
EXCLUSIVE: A BRIXTON chicken shop worker has been named as a leading people smuggler accused of getting large numbers of Sri Lankans into...
By JON AUSTIN
Dec 4, 2022


Man held over death of at least 27 migrants in Channel a year ago - now facing extradition to France
A MAN has been arrested in connection with the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned attempting to cross the English Channel in a...
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 29, 2022


UKRAINIAN lorry driver who tried to smuggle two Albanians into UK jailed for cocaine smuggling
A LORRY driver previously convicted in France for trying to smuggle migrants into the UK has been sentenced following a cocaine seizure...
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 21, 2022


Arrests, an extradition and appeal for 'The Skorpion' week of action against people smugglers
A Romanian man who was wanted by the National Crime Agency (NCA) after failing to show up at court has been arrested and extradited back...
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 16, 2022


Suella Braverman's last job as Home Secretary today before shock resignation over email breach
SUELLA Braverman was Home Secretary this morning as she watched as an Albanian woman, believed to be responsible for helping transport...
By JON AUSTIN
Oct 19, 2022


Five east London cabbies in court charged with being part of lorry people smuggling ring
FIVE taxi drivers from East London have appeared in court charged with people smuggling offences. It follows an investigation by the...
By JON AUSTIN
Sep 28, 2022


Albanian accused of immigration crime to be extradited - 40% of Channel migrants from Albania
AN ALBANIAN man has agreed to be extradited to Belgium to face charges in connection with immigration and criminal organisation offences....
By JON AUSTIN
Aug 7, 2022


MARIUS DRAGHICI: Romanian national sought by police over lorry deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants
DETECTIVES who continue to investigate the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals in Essex in October 2019 are working alongside...
By JON AUSTIN
Jul 27, 2022









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