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Vietnamese 'gang leader who sent 39 of his own countrymen to their deaths': 23 'smugglers' go on trial in Belgium over migrants found suffocated in lorry in Essex
2021-12-16
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • 23 men on trial in Belgium accused of being part of gang that smuggled 39 Vietnamese migrants to the UK in 2019, all of whom suffocated to death in the back of a refrigerated lorry

  • Vo Vang Hong, 45, accused of being ringleader who ran safehouse in Belgium which victims passed through

  • Ten of the accused - three Belgians, six Moroccans and an Armenian - were taxi drivers in the Anderlecht district of Brussels who allegedly helped ferry migrants to the safe house

  • 12 are Vietnamese or Vietnamese-Belgians and accused of acting as grocery shoppers or safehouse guards

Prosecutors say the smugglers had connections in France, the Netherlands and Germany, and that it was believed some of the defendants continued their illegal activities after the October 2019 tragedy.

They said the 'very well organised' gang specialised in clandestinely transporting people into Europe then Britain for a total fee of £20,000 each.

They said the gang used an Irish trucking company that regularly imported Vietnamese biscuits to get the migrants across the Channel, and that Vietnamese gang members took charge of them once they got to Britain.
Others of the gang have already been convicted. Their story, including convictions and sentences, is told at the link.
Related:
Anderlecht: 2020-04-14 Belgium: 43 Arrests After Rioters Stone Police, Fire Shots from Stolen Service Weapon
Anderlecht: 2017-07-10 Frenchman held for planning terror attack with Belgian pair
Anderlecht: 2017-07-07 Belgium seeks more suspects in terror case, new attack feared
Related:
39 Vietnamese: 2021-06-13 Man held in Italy over UK Vietnamese migrant deaths
39 Vietnamese: 2020-05-31 Suspects in UK migrant truck tragedy charged in France
39 Vietnamese: 2020-04-22 Man from Northern Ireland is charged with manslaughter in connection with deaths of 39 migrants found in a refrigerated lorry in Essex
Posted by:Skidmark

#2   If the UK just had open borders this would never have happened. This blood is on the hands of the Brexit racists!

You know it's what they're thinking.

No and NO.
Your meme isn't sticky enough.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-12-16 07:50  

#1  If the UK just had open borders this would never have happened. This blood is on the hands of the Brexit racists!

You know it's what they're thinking.
Posted by: Clulet Splat5443   2021-12-16 02:41  

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