Dutch truck driver smuggled Albanians across channel in sleep cabin, Prosecutors say
6 days, 10 hours ago

Dutch truck driver smuggled Albanians across channel in sleep cabin, Prosecutors say

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A 33-year-old truck driver from Veenendaal allegedly smuggled Albanians into England on three occasions in 2023, hiding them in his truck's sleeping cabin. Prosecutors on Friday demanded a 24-month prison sentence, with eight months suspended, for the man, who reportedly earned the equivalent of a year’s salary from the operation. The truck driver, whose identity has not been disclosed, worked for a logistics company when he was approached by an individual offering 8,000 pounds per person to smuggle migrants across the English Channel. The Dutch Public Prosecution Service, Openbaar Ministerie, said the driver was part of an illegal network enabling migrants to live undocumented in England.

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Dutch resident arrested for helping Albanians sneak into trucks headed to the UK
7 months ago

Dutch resident arrested for helping Albanians sneak into trucks headed to the UK

NL Times  

Authorities in the Netherlands arrested a 43-year-old man accused of helping unauthorized Albanian immigrants sneak into the United Kingdom. The suspect, who lives in the province of Zuid-Holland, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon on allegations of people smuggling, the Marechaussee said soon after the man was apprehended. The Marechaussee said that openings were created in trailers when trucks were parked …

Dutch trucker caught with 47 undocumented migrants convicted of people smuggling
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Dutch trucker caught with 47 undocumented migrants convicted of people smuggling

NL Times  

The court sentenced a Dutch truck driver to four years in prison, six months of which conditionally suspended, for trying to smuggle 47 people onto the ferry to England. The Dutch authorities caught the man in Hoek van Holland on December 5 last year when sniffer dogs alerted to the suspect’s truck at the border crossing point for the ferry …

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