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Retailers feel impact of record year for large-scale tobacco smuggling

A significant spike in major seizures of cigarette and tobacco products in 2021, suggests that the black market being exploited by crime gangs is more lucrative than ever. That’s according to Retailers Against Smuggling (RAS) reflecting on one of ...

29 Dec 2021 at 12:11

Northern Ireland

Lorry deaths people smuggler gets extra jail time for not paying compensation

A haulage boss who admitted the manslaughter of 39 people who were found in the back of a lorry must serve an extra year and four months in jail after failing to pay the full amount of compensation ordered to families. Ronan Hughes was jailed ...

29 Jul 2025 at 14:02

Northern Ireland

Pair arrested in operation targeting suspected people-smuggling gang

A man and a woman have been arrested in Northern Ireland in an operation targeting a suspected people-smuggling gang. A 40-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man were arrested as around 50 officers from the Government’s Immigration Enforcement ...

03 Aug 2022 at 14:14

Northern Ireland

Final member of people-smuggling gang linked to 39 migrant deaths convicted

The final member of a people-smuggling gang linked to the deaths of 39 men, women and children in Essex has been convicted. Haulage boss Caolan Gormley, 26, from Co Tyrone, plotted to bring migrants into the UK from mainland Europe three ...

27 Nov 2023 at 13:40

Northern Ireland

Island of Ireland is ‘wealthy place’ for drug gangs to target

The island of Ireland is seen as “affluent and a wealthy place” for drug gangs to target, the Republic’s police chief has warned. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said the use of drugs on both sides of the border has become prevalent and ...

28 Feb 2024 at 12:32

Northern Ireland

More than 30 arrests in Northern Ireland people-smuggling crackdown

More than 30 people have been arrested and £17,000 of suspected criminal assets seized in a people-smuggling crackdown in Northern Ireland. A heavy goods vehicle related to an unpaid penalty notice over stowaways, worth £144,000, was ...

23 May 2025 at 13:24

Northern Ireland

Cooper to host talks on security and migration at Western Balkans summit

Yvette Cooper is to host European allies for talks on immigration crime and security in the Western Balkans as the Government searches for ways to curb the rise in small boat crossings. The UK will promise funding for strengthened ...

08 Oct 2025 at 22:30

Northern Ireland

Accused people-smuggler tried to stop mother ‘gossiping’ over deaths, court told

A haulage boss accused of being part of a people-smuggling ring linked to the deaths of 39 migrants tried to stop his mother “gossiping” after news of the tragedy broke, a court has heard. Caolan Gormley, 26, denied involvement ...

21 Nov 2023 at 15:30

National News

Revenue seizes smuggled beer and wine worth nearly €400,000

Almost 65,000 litres of smuggled wine and beer were seized by Revenue in the past week which is estimated to be worth €390,000. Over the course of last weekend, as a result of routine operations at Rosslare Europort, Revenue ...

07 Oct 2022 at 16:32

Northern Ireland

More than £3m seized from cross-border ‘money-laundering nexus’, says NCA chief

More than £3 million in cash has been seized following the disruption of a cross-border “money-laundering nexus”, the chief executive of the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. Graeme Biggar told the Policing Board in ...

11 Dec 2025 at 16:40

National News

Three arrested over Bolivian people smuggling using common travel area

Three arrests have been made over a highly sophisticated Bolivian people smuggling operation that is believed to have abused the Common Travel Area. Two men and a woman were arrested in south London on Tuesday morning ...

06 Dec 2022 at 19:22

National News

Man pleads guilty to smuggling 1,700 animals

A California man who smuggled more than 1,700 wild animals into the United States, including 60 reptiles hidden in his clothing, has pleaded guilty to federal charges. Jose Manuel Perez, 30, of Oxnard, entered pleas ...

25 Aug 2022 at 11:48

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