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'Tripadvisor for smugglers' Welsh car wash owners plead guilty

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71% Informative

Two men, Dilshad Shamo and Ali Khdir , have pleaded guilty to people smuggling.

They operated "like a travel agency", bringing about 100 migrants to Europe each week .

Most of the people using their services were from Iran , Iraq and Syria .

The highest tier offered - platinum - would get a fake passport and air travel, costing between 10,000 and 25,000 .

BBC undercover reporter in Erbil offered to help smuggler pay 400 to fly to UK on false passport.

He denied being involved in smuggling, claiming he was a shepherd who had no money.

UK government says it will "stop at nothing to dismantle vile people smuggling gangs" NCA working with international partners to disrupt criminals using hawala system.

VR Score

Informative language

Neutral language

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful