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UK-registered firms linked to payments for small-boat crossings, BBC finds

The BBC found smugglers using UK-registered firms to collect payments, while authorities say they have recovered just 10% of smuggling profits since 2020.

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People smugglers are directing migrants to pay for illegal Channel crossings using a network of UK-registered businesses, a BBC investigation has found.

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People smugglers use British businesses to transfer money for illegal migrant boat crossings

People smugglers are using UK-registered companies as a way for migrants to pay for illegal Channel crossings, an investigation has found

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Channel migrant smugglers use corner shops to take payments

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Moment phone shop worker offers £3k for boat crossing to UK

THIS is the shocking moment a UK phone shop worker offered to take £3,000 in cash in exchange for a small boat migrant crossing. Criminals are...

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UK-registered firms 'being paid for migrant crossings' huge investigation finds

A BBC journalist spent time undercover in a migrant camp in Dunkirk, northern France.

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UK-registered firms linked to payments for small-boat crossings, BBC finds

Smugglers are directing migrants to pay using a network of British businesses, secret filming reveals.

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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Monday, May 18, 2026.
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