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Pair jailed for using plane to smuggle migrants to Essex from France

Albanian nationals Myrteza Hilaj and Kreshnik Kadena have been jailed for smuggling economic migrants into the UK from France using a plane.
Hilaj received a three-year and six-month sentence, while Kadena was sentenced to one year and eight months.
The National Crime Agency ended an eight-year investigation into the organized crime group for facilitating illegal immigration, money laundering, and drug trafficking.

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The Guardian

Two men who used plane to smuggle people into UK jailed

Myrteza Hilaj and Kreshnik Kadena convicted after NCA operation into Albanian crime group involved in illegal migration

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Express

Pair who used plane to smuggle migrants from France to UK jailed

Myrteza Hilaj, 50, and Kreshnik Kadena, 37, have been jailed after using a light aircraft to smuggle Albanian migrants from France to an aerodrome in Essex.

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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Shropshire Star

Pair jailed for using plane to smuggle migrants to Essex from France

Two Albanian nationals who used a plane to illegally transport economic migrants from northern France to an aerodrome in Essex have been jailed.

2 months ago·Ketley, United Kingdom

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Evening Standard

Pair jailed for using plane to smuggle migrants to Essex from France

The group’s pilot would take off from North Weald Airfield in Epping Forest, Essex, and fly to France.

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Epoch Times

2 Albanians Jailed for Smuggling Illegal Immigrants to UK

Two Albanian nationals who arranged the smuggling of illegal immigrants into the UK have been jailed, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Saturday. Myrteza Hilaj, 50, and Kreshnik Kadena, 37, both from Leyton, east London, were part of a multi-national organised crime gang that used lorries and a small plane to smuggle illegal immigrants, and provided them with fake documents. The pair were found guilty at Southwark Crown Court in March of f…

2 months ago·New York, United States

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