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  • People smuggler convicted in France found by BBC living in UK and seeking Asylum

    07/02/2026 3:02:31 AM PDT · by RandFan · 5 replies
    BBC ^ | July 2 | Sue Mitchell and Ben Milne, BBC News
    A convicted people smuggler, once described as "the godfather" of the French migrant camps, is living in Leicestershire and believed to be seeking asylum while working illegally, a BBC investigation can reveal. Twana Jamal was given a five-year jail sentence in France in 2016, where authorities described him as one of the most successful people smugglers ever caught. Prosecutors said the Iraqi Kurd, aged 36 at the time, had earned up to £100,000 a week for moving illegal immigrants across the Channel. Following a tip-off this year, we traced Jamal to the village of Blaby and witnessed him working, driving...