"Merchants of Death Trial Begins"

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'Merchants of death' trial steps up fight against Channel smugglers

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Trial involves 33 alleged members of a Kurdish smuggling gang, accused of responsibility for the bulk of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats between 2020 and 2022 .

In all, 17 men and one woman are now on trial, 12 were found guilty earlier, and three more will be tried next year .

The gang itself was accused of controlling the lion’s share of all Channel crossings.

Kamal Abbas is defending a man accused of acting as decoy driver for smugglers' convoys.

Three of the accused in this trial, who were released on bail last year after two years in detention, were arrested soon afterwards in Belgium on fresh smuggling charges.

Mr Abbas said he is pessimistic because I don't think it will stop.

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