A UK-based people smuggler who helped organise the movement of more than 3,000 migrants as part of a £12 million illegal boat crossing operation has been jailed for 25 years.
Egyptian-born Ahmed Ebid, 42, of south west London, was involved in smuggling nearly 3,800 migrants on fishing boat crossings from North Africa to Italy between October 2022 and June 2023 and some of them made their way to Britain, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
It is believed Ebid is the first person convicted of organising boat crossings across the Mediterranean from the UK.
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