Pistiwan Jameel, 54, acted as a broker for smuggling gangs in France and boasted of making at least two million US dollars (£1.57m) for his criminal networks through his contacts.
A people smuggler who moaned that competition in the evil trade was driving his prices down is facing jail after investigators from the National Crime Agency smashed his enterprise.
A court heard the British national had contacts with people smuggling gangs based in France, and would broker spaces on boats for his clients while also collecting payments in the UK. He claimed asylum, but disappeared from the hotel where he was supposed to be staying as his claim was processed by the Home Office.
On one occasion he complained that competition in the people smuggling market was driving prices down. Artan and Jameel were arrested by NCA officers last October, and Fiorentino was arrested at an immigration centre the following day. NCA Branch Operations Manager Paul Jones said: ‘It is clear from the evidence we were able to gather over the course of our investigation that Pistiwan Jameel was a prolific UK-based broker for people smuggling gangs in France.
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