The Irish men who became international people smugglers
Updated / Friday, 22 Jan 2021
15:20
Security Correspondent, Prime Time
People smuggling takes place by day and by night – and happens hidden in plain sight. Although the crime is international in nature, Irish criminals were centrally involved in the plot that saw 39 Vietnamese people killed in 2019.
The investigation by British police into the discovery of the bodies in a container in Essex led to a massive trawl of CCTV footage.
Imagery was obtained both in England, where authorities were alerted to the container; and in Belgium and France, where the smugglers first collected and transported the 29 men, eight women and two 15-year-old boys.
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Maurice Mo Robinson, 26, was part of a million-pound people-smuggling ring
Gang brought people into Britain in back of lorries - earning him £100,000
In October 2019, Robinson opened back of his refrigerated trailer in Grays, Essex
Was met with a gush of steam and the 39 bodies of people who died on journey
Robinson admitted 39 counts of manslaughter and is now facing sentencing
Robinson called Ronan Hughes - the gang s ringleader - when he found bodies
The final moments of the victims were played at the Old Bailey on Thursday