Verdict Against Smuggling Network in Dunkirk – and the Crossings Continue

With significant prison sentences, the criminal court in Dunkirk sentenced a smuggling network that allegedly organized numerous illegal crossings over the English Channel between 2022 and 2024. Six men from Iraq, Syria, and Iran received prison terms after investigators attributed their involvement in a total of 69 crossing attempts. 36 of these apparently s쳮ded in reaching the British coast. The responsibility for two fatal accidents is particularly serious. Three of the accused also faced charges of involuntary manslaughter. In one case, a seven-year-old girl died; in another, a 20-year-old woman ...