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  • The Smuggler: 10. A Hidden Network
    Journalist Annabel Deas speaks to experts who fear Nick’s routes and methods are a back door for other people smugglers
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  • The Smuggler: 9. The Arrest
    Nick arrives in Kent with four Vietnamese migrants on his boat. But he’s met by police who arrest him for people smuggling.
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  • The Smuggler: 8. The Boat Theory
    After a near escape, Nick vows to never smuggle again. Meanwhile, police build a theory that Nick is smuggling Vietnamese migrants to work on cannabis farms.
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  • The Smuggler: 7. A Dangerous Journey
    Nick evades the police in France. But his boat is broken and taking on water. Meanwhile, journalist Annabel Deas hears about the dangerous journeys taken by Vietnamese migrants.Presenter - Annabel Deas Producer - Hayley Mortimer Sound design - Neil Churchill Researcher - Isabel Kimbrey Editor - Matt Willis Commissioning Executive - Tracy Williams Commissioning Editor - Dan Clarke Series music - Ambit Sound
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  • The Smuggler: 6. The Vietnamese Connection
    Nick is paid thousands of pounds to bring Vietnamese migrants into the UK. But at what cost?
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NEW in Shadow World: The Smuggler.Most of us think we know who people smugglers are, they’re people from 'somewhere else', far away from the UK. But what if that's wrong?  What if some of the people illegally smuggling migrants into the UK are actually from here? British people smugglers with an intimate knowledge of our borders.    Investigative journalist Annabel Deas explores how “Nick”, a former soldier in the British Army, became a people smuggler working with organised crime gangs from Albania and Vietnam based in the UK. He has twice been to prison for his crimes. In this intimate portrait of a British people smuggler  - we hear from the perpetrator directly, to uncover his motivations, methods and the consequences of risking the lives of desperate people.   The investigation exposes how the smuggling techniques Nick used are still possible today and details the ease with which smugglers can bring migrants into the UK without being caught. Everyone knows about smugglers who bring migrants in on small boats, but the methods Nick used are rarely heard about. Across the series, he reveals how he illegally smuggled migrants onto cross channel ferries inside cars and lorries, and how he used private marinas to bring migrants into the UK hidden inside a sailboat.       The investigation also exposes the ease with which foreign nationals with previous criminal records in the UK were able to operate an international smuggling ring – as Nick first becomes involved with an Albanian organised crime gang based near London and then a Vietnamese woman with previous convictions for running cannabis farms in England.Shadow World: Gripping stories from the shadows - BBC investigations from across the UK.
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