2 Albanians Jailed for Smuggling Illegal Immigrants to UK

Two Albanian nationals who arranged the smuggling of illegal immigrants into the UK have been jailed, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Saturday. Myrteza Hilaj, 50, and Kreshnik Kadena, 37, both from Leyton, east London, were part of a multi-national organised crime gang that used lorries and a small plane to smuggle illegal immigrants, and provided them with fake documents. The pair were found guilty at Southwark Crown Court in March of facilitating the commission of a breach of immigration law. They were sentenced on Saturday to three years and six months, and one year and eight months respectively. Hilaj and Kadena’s convictions in March marked the end of an eight-year NCA investigation into the organised crime group, which was involved in facilitating illegal immigration, money laundering, drug trafficking, and the supply of counterfeit documents....