Four Irishmen are among a gang of people smugglers jailed in the UK over the deaths 39 people found dead in the back of a truck 2019.
The victims died when they ran out of air in a sealed container as it was being shipped from Belgium to Purfleet docks…
Four Irishmen are among a gang of people smugglers jailed in the UK over the deaths 39 people found dead in the back of a truck 2019.
The victims died when they ran out of air in a sealed container as it was being shipped from Belgium to Purfleet docks…
ESSEX Lorry driver ‘Moe’ Robinson called emergency services over 10 minutes after discovering 39 dead migrants in the back of the truck, RTE Prime Time have revealed.
The Vietnamese victims, aged between 15 and 44, had suffocated in the sealed containe…
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People smuggling takes place by day and by night – and happens hidden in plain sight. Although the crime is international in nature, Irish criminals were centrally involved in the plot that saw 39 Vietnamese people killed in 2019.The investigation by B…
The first photos have emerged of the scene of a serious crash in Thurrock which has closed the road for more than four hours.
Emergency services were called to the crash on the London Gateway in Corringham at around 6.30am this morning (Thursday, Janua…
Gary Vincent, a spokesman for the Port of Tilbury, said “this cargo movement has been a success both operationally and as a greener supply chain solution for our customer”.
Two young children whose parents died holding hands as they were suffocated in the trailer of a lorry still look at their photo every day, a court has heard.
Harrowing statements were read to the Old Bailey today from families of the migrants who died …
They will be sentenced alongside Christopher Kennedy, 24, from County Armagh, Valentin Calota, 38, from Birmingham, Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga, 28, of Hobart Road, Tilbury, Essex, and Gazmir Nuzi, 43, of Tottenham, north London, who were convicted for thei…
T
hree people have been arrested after hundreds of revellers descended upon a 500-year-old church for a New Year’s rave.
Ravers reportedly left evidence of drug taking, set up a bar and hired portaloos for the illegal party in All Saints Church in Ea…
The father of one of the 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated in the back of a lorry as they were being smuggled into Britain has said he feels nothing but pity for the men convicted of manslaughter over the deaths.
he bodies of the men and women, all…
France’s ban on lorry drivers entering the country from the UK was “rather unnecessary”, the transport secretary has said.
Havoc was sprung on Kent’s roads last weekend when a new coronavirus variant discovered in southeast England led to dozens of cou…
The home secretary, Priti Patel, has admitted she deleted a tweet about “ruthless criminals” after she was warned it could endanger the trial involving the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants.Two members of a people-smuggling ring were found guilty of the…
The United Kingdom has convicted a further four people of involvement in a human smuggling operation that resulted in the deaths of dozens of Vietnamese migrants last year, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced on Monday.
The CPS announced the …
