Four Vietnamese Nationals Held in Facebook People Smugglers Probe

Published on April 27, 2024

Four Vietnamese nationals have been arrested in London following an investigation into alleged people smugglers advertising small boats crossings on Facebook. The joint UK-French investigation alleges the group shared posts aimed at the Vietnamese community and charged migrants thousands of pounds to make the crossing. Officers arrested a 23-year-old woman at an address in Heathfield Road in Croydon, south London, a 64-year-old man at an address in Abinger Grove, London, and a man, 34, in Grasmere Street, Leicester on Monday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. The older man is thought to have acted as a driver, collecting migrants who arrived on small boats and on at least one occasion bringing them back to the Croydon address....

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