He told the defendants: “ This was organised crime.“ Your aim was gain and profit, you cared little for safety and welfare.” Charlene Sumnall, prosecuting, said the near 30m-long trawler was sourced from Latvia and had been “ chosen for the very reason that she was cheap ”.... Jeremy Lynn, for Kuliss, said the vessel was “ fundamentally seaworthy ” but there were “ some mishaps that were the fault of the clumsy crew ”.... A sixth defendant, Ukrainian national Volodymyr Mykhailov, 49, who the c

Two European cities are being ravaged by drug gangs smuggling cocaine and other drugs via air and sea. Brussels and Liege in Belgium have been plagued by incidents of illegal drugs being found at their ports and airports with one incident seeing more than a tonne of cocaine accidentally discovered in a quay at the port of Liege. Authorities said the incident, which took place in 2020, could have been the result of a logistical error or poor organisation from gangs or mean that" contaminated" con

Some of them were being extremely aggressive." I was absolutely terrified we were going to be killed and no one would know what happened to us.... I was in shock and ran outside to protect her and her dad by any means necessary.“ This migrant suddenly jumped out the boot and started laughing like it was all a joke.... I pushed him away and told him to leave....