The ringleaders of an Afghan organised crime group have been convicted and jailed in France for smuggling illegal immigrants through the English Channel to the UK in small boats.
A total of nine men, all Afghan nationals, were convicted of immigration and organised crime offences on April 21 following a trial in Paris, according to Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA).
The gang’s ringleaders—Rozi Khan Sarwari, age unknown, Zaman Zahid, 31, Arman Kuba, age unknown, and Mohammed Fazel Ahmadi, 39—were jailed for a total of 21 years and fined a total of 105,000 euros (£93,000).
They will be banned indefinitely from French territory after serving the sentences….