Rahimpur, 'one of the most significant individuals involved in small boat crossings', is thought to have charged up to £6,000 for people on the boats, making total profits that sometimes went above £200,000 per crossing. He was convicted after a trial in Belgium.
A man granted asylum in east London has been convicted of helping to lead a criminal gang that smuggled up to 10,000 people across the Channel. Hewa Rahimpur, 30, was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined €80,000 at a court in Bruges, Belgium. He was convicted in one of the biggest people-smuggling trials held in Europe - with 20 out of 21 defendants found guilty.
' 'Big player' convicted - but it won't stop boat crossings However, Mr Turner admitted that arresting and imprisoning Rahimpur would not stop, or potentially even slow down, the flow of migrants crossing the Channel. 'It's like a game of Whac-A-Mole... once we take down one, another one pops up in his place,' he said. 'It's like a vacuum. The thing with these smuggling gangs is that it's dynamic. They are ever-evolving.
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