Lincolnshire Police backs campaign to clamp down on people smuggling
| Updated: 10:56, 08 February 2021
Lincolnshire Police has thrown its support behind a new national Government-backed campaign to clamp down on illegal lorry drops and people smuggling.
The Organised Immigration Crime campaign kicks off today (Monday, February 8) and will last for eight weeks.
The appeal follows the recent tragedy that saw 39 Vietnamese migrants suffer a painful death by suffocating in a lorry trailer on their way to Purfleet in Essex.
Campaign against people smuggling. (44304974)
Seven men were jailed for a total of 92 years as a result of the investigation into the deaths.
The campaign will be made up of social media posts, leaflets and out-of-home advertising to remind hauliers and the public that people die in trucks and to urge them to report anything suspicious.