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UK jails last gang member in Vietnamese truck tragedy

UK jails last gang member in Vietnamese truck tragedy

The final member of a people-smuggling gang linked to the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found in the back of a truck in southeast England was jailed for seven years in the U.K. on Thursday.
French court convicts Vietnamese truck tragedy suspects

French court convicts Vietnamese truck tragedy suspects

France seeks 10 years jail for 4 accused in Vietnamese migrant truck tragedy

France seeks 10 years jail for 4 accused in Vietnamese migrant truck tragedy

French trial opens over Vietnamese migrant truck tragedy

French trial opens over Vietnamese migrant truck tragedy

A people-smuggling trial was set to open in Paris on Tuesday four years after 39 Vietnamese migrants suffocated to death in a refrigerated container on their way to Britain.
October 16, 2023 | 10:52 pm PT
Working abroad illegally a dead-end

Working abroad illegally a dead-end

In 2012, while studying in the U.K., I got to know a few Vietnamese who owned nail salons. They joked that if Vietnamese students attempted to stay illegally in the U.K., they could easily save VND1 billion ($41,000).
October 11, 2023 | 04:20 pm PT
Man jailed for Vietnamese truck deaths in London court

Man jailed for Vietnamese truck deaths in London court

A member of a people smuggling gang was jailed for nearly 13 years in a London court on Tuesday for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children who suffocated to death as they were being smuggled into Britain.
July 11, 2023 | 06:11 pm PT
Man pleads guilty in UK over Vietnamese migrant deaths

Man pleads guilty in UK over Vietnamese migrant deaths

A Romanian man accused of being a ringleader of a people smuggling operation pleaded guilty on Friday to the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants, who were found dead in a truck in southeast England.
June 23, 2023 | 05:13 pm PT
Vietnamese trafficker gets sentence lowered over UK refugee deaths

Vietnamese trafficker gets sentence lowered over UK refugee deaths

Belgian court of appeal on Thursday lowered the prison sentence for a Vietnamese trafficking gang leader over the manslaughter of 39 compatriots who suffocated in an airtight shipping container smuggled into Britain in 2019.
February 23, 2023 | 09:56 pm PT
Briton visits truck tragedy victims in Vietnam

Briton visits truck tragedy victims in Vietnam

Ever since the Essex truck tragedy in 2019, John Hurson has wanted to share his condolences in person with the families of the 39 Vietnamese who lost their lives.
February 23, 2023 | 02:00 am PT
Smuggler responsible for 39 Vietnamese deaths in UK ordered to pay

Smuggler responsible for 39 Vietnamese deaths in UK ordered to pay

The human trafficker responsible for the death of 39 Vietnamese on a U.K. truck in 2019 has been ordered to compensate the victims' families with over £180,000 ($218,747).
January 9, 2023 | 03:29 pm PT
UK prosecutors hail latest conviction over Vietnamese migrant deaths

UK prosecutors hail latest conviction over Vietnamese migrant deaths

British prosecutors on Tuesday hailed another conviction resulting from a years-long probe into a people smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants inside a truck.
March 22, 2022 | 07:20 pm PT
Belgian court jails trafficking gang leader for Vietnamese truck deaths

Belgian court jails trafficking gang leader for Vietnamese truck deaths

The Vietnamese head of a human trafficking gang was sentenced to 15 years in jail by a Belgian court on Wednesday for the manslaughter of 39 compatriots who suffocated in an airtight shipping container smuggled into Britain in 2019.
January 19, 2022 | 05:03 pm PT
Italian police arrest man allegedly involved in Vietnamese truck deaths

Italian police arrest man allegedly involved in Vietnamese truck deaths

Italian police had arrested a Romanian citizen who is the subject of an international arrest warrant from the U.K. for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese people smuggled into Britain.
June 12, 2021 | 02:51 am PT
UK judge orders extradition of Vietnamese teen accused in migrant smuggling

UK judge orders extradition of Vietnamese teen accused in migrant smuggling

A U.K. judge on Thursday blocked an extradition appeal by a Vietnamese teenager, wanted by Belgium in connection with a smuggling operation that led to 39 migrants' death in England.
April 8, 2021 | 06:31 pm PT
Lengthy jail terms given to men involved in Vietnamese truck deaths

Lengthy jail terms given to men involved in Vietnamese truck deaths

Four men were given long jail sentences on Friday for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children in October 2019 as they were being smuggled into Britain.
January 22, 2021 | 06:09 pm PT
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