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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

INSANE: First sanctions targeting people smuggling gangs take effect - The Real Truth

A former police translator, Iraqi and Albanian gang bosses, a banker and a Chinese firm that supplies small boats are among the first to be sanctioned in a government bid to crackdown on migrant smuggling.

On Wednesday, the Foreign Office named 25 targets of its wave of sanctions aimed at key figures who assist illegal migration across the English Channel.

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