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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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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…
·New York, United States
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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.
·London, United Kingdom
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