Gang leader who smuggled up to 10,000 migrants across Channel is jailed

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Hewa Rahimpur has been sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined €80,000 at a court in Belgium for smuggling up to 10,000 migrants across the English Channel.

Rahimpur, described as "one of the most significant individuals involved in small boat crossings", is thought to have charged up to £6,000 for people on the boats, making total profits that sometimes went above £200,000 per crossing.

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