EXC Human smugglers Choudhry Rashied and Shafaz Khan brought to justice as Home Office reveals horrors of migrant terror
IT was a people-smuggling operation so blatant that the Brits behind it promoted a platinum service on TikTok.They boasted about their success on social media in an operation police have described as being 'like TripAdvisor for people smugglers'.Behind the scenes, they worked as fixers for crime bosses who “operated as travel agents” in the Arab world.
The operation to nail the pair is among the most complex ever carried out by the National Crime Agency - Britain’s version of the FBI.“We believe these men are responsible for hundreds of people getting into the UK through Europe. “They offered different services, from platinum which involved providing fake passports for ordinary flights across Europe to the basic which would see several people in a car or cramped into the back of a lorry.
“They would be sent a pin drop on their phone to locations where they would be picked up for the next leg of their journey. Cops say Shamo had a short-lived marriage to a Welsh woman which lasted less than a year and they suspect may have been a sham marriage. “Our new joint taskforce with our Italian counterparts sends a clear message to the criminal people smuggling gangs: We are coming for your money.”
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