The National Crime Agency has targeted and disrupted an organised crime group suspected of smuggling people in the UK.
An Albanian-based group, which has been investigated for around a year, used ships visiting smaller ports around the UK coast, including Goole. The agency has worked with partners including Border Force, Immigration Enforcement and Humberside Police to increase checks on vessels as they arrived. The first operation took place in August 2023, when five Albanian nationals were arrested for immigration offences by Humberside Police, who were working with the NCA, at Goole port.
NCA senior investigating officer Carl Barrass said: 'We assess that this investigation has successfully disrupted the activities of an organised crime group who were attempting to fly under the radar of law enforcement. 'By using smaller ports around the UK coastline they thought they could avoid border checks, but we have cut off that particular method for them.
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