A member of an Afghan trafficking gang that smuggled young boys into the UK on small boats before raping and blackmailing them with the footage has been kicked out of the country. Ahmedzai, 24, was jailed for ten years in November 2024 and was extradited to Belgium last June to serve his sentence. Many would be put on small boats from northern France to the UK, with the gang suspected of transporting thousands of people this way. Other members of the group filmed themselves raping young migrants so they could use the footage to blackmail them into criminality and further sexual abuse. Two gang members were convicted of child sexual abuse and exploitation, and six other members were also sentenced for possession of indecent images of children.

Source: Daily Mail January 17, 2026 13:10 UTC