People smugglers use British businesses to transfer money for illegal migrant boat crossings

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People smugglers are using UK-registered companies as a way for migrants to pay for illegal Channel crossings, an investigation has found.The investigation uncovered that smugglers appear to be using UK companies' bank accounts to help facilitate small boat crossings.

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An undercover investigator posed as a migrant trying to cross the Channel illegally in Dunkirk.The investigator was told by a smuggler that money exchange shops in the UK could take payment for the crossing.

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When you cross, they transfer to me."He was then informed that he could pay for the crossing at one of three UK businesses, including a shop called Afg Mobile Repair in Woolwich.Reporters were then sent posing as family members of a migrant, and were told that the money would only be transferred to the smugglers after.

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successful Channel crossing.He said: "If your people...

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