Albanian national Eglantin Doksani, 24, faces deportation after serving a nine-year sentence.
National Crime Agency investigators believe Albanian national Eglantin Doksani, 24, may have been responsible for transporting hundreds of people across the English Channel in 2022.Doksani pleaded guilty to seven offences, including facilitating illegal immigration, and was sentenced to nine years and nine months imprisonment at St Albans Crown Court on Wednesday.
WhatsApp conversations found on Rahimpur's phone showed discussions about people Doksani wanted moving to the UK. In another, they discussed payment, with Doksani saying: "Next time bro I'm gonna bring better all together for 10 people 30K £".NCA officers arrested Doksani at his flat in the Isle of Dogs, east London, in July 2022.The NCA found he had been using a fraudulent passport to open bank accounts, which were later used to deposit his criminal profits.
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