Gang leader who smuggled up to 10,000 migrants across Channel jailed
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.
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Hewa Rahimpur has been sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined €80,000 at a court in Belgium for smuggling up to 10,000 migrants across the English Channel.