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Birmingham people smuggler convicted of £1.5m small boats operation

A “prolific” people smuggler has been convicted after co-ordinating a £1.5m operation to transport migrants across the English Channel in small boats.

Pistiwan Jameel, of Birmingham, referred to migrants as “pigeons” and “sticks”, and used his contacts with gangs in France to arrange journeys for clients, while collecting payments in the UK.

He was arrested after helping Albanian national Artan Halilaj, 39, of London, to smuggle his relative Fiorentino Halilaj into the country on a small boat, in September 2023.

Jameel, 54, from Old Oscott Lane, pleaded guilty to two counts of facilitating illegal immigration at Birmingham Crown Court on December 20 2023.


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