This is the moment a migrant was loaded into a tanker by a French people smuggling gang that trafficked 1,000 people into the UK before being raided by police. The Pierrefitte connection - as the gang is known - made up to 3 million euros loading people into trucks bound for Britain. For the last 12 months police have watched the group closely, including bugging a bar in the Paris suburbs where members of the smuggling gang allegedly met to discuss their plans. Officers refer to the group as the Pierrefitte connection - a reference to its links to the northern Parisian suburb Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. 'It shows that migrant smuggling by trucks to Great Britain is still a reality.'

Source: Daily Mail November 13, 2020 17:48 UTC