Smuggling

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Married couple joined people smuggling ring to pay off debts (BBC News)

Nicholas and Pamela Fullwood were sentenced alongside Azad Ahmadi on Monday.

Francis Lloyd, prosecuting, told the court Mr Fullwood hired a van and attempted to bring five Iraqi nationals to the UK in December 2018, but was stopped by the French authorities. Addressing Mrs Fullwood - who the court heard had suffered from cancer and is due to have a preventative operation in March - he added: "You were involved in this conspiracy out of a misguided sense of loyalty to your husband." Mr Fullwood was also stopped by French authorities in December 2018 after hiring a van and trying to bring in five people.

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British husband and wife sentenced for smuggling migrants in sofas (GOV.UK)

Nicholas Fullwood, 48, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, received a jail term of 3 years at Canterbury Crown Court. His wife, who was also involved, ...

Nicholas Fullwood pled guilty at an earlier hearing and was sentenced to 3 years. His wife also pled guilty and was sentenced to 2 years, suspended for 2 years. Nicholas Fullwood, 48, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, received a jail term of 3 years at Canterbury Crown Court.

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Crew Assaulted by Armed Boarders in Apparent Drug Smuggling ... (The Maritime Executive)

Belgian prosecutors are confirming that they are investigating an armed assault that took place aboard a bulker arriving in port last week. Details ar...

Authorities reported in 2022 that Antwerp and neighboring Rotterdam were the centers for cocaine smuggling. Ten days earlier French police had reported one of their largest seizures of cocaine, finding at least a ton aboard the ship and arresting 19 of the crewmembers. They are however saying that the police found several kilos of cocaine apparently aboard the vessel. She arrived on Sunday at the anchorage at Rostock in Eastern Germany. The Stella GS arrived at the anchorage off Antwerp on February 11 and the following day proceeded into the port at Ghent, Belgium. Belgian prosecutors are confirming that they are investigating an armed assault that took place aboard a bulker arriving in port last week.

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Husband and wife joined people smuggling ring to get out of debt (Chard & Ilminster News)

Pamela and Nicholas Fullwood along with a third defendant, Azad Ahmadi, appeared at Canterbury Crown Court in Kent for sentencing on Monday. All three were ...

Ahmadi pleaded not guilty but was convicted following a trial at the same court in 2022. This court deals with a lot of these types of offences and I don’t want to see you come back to court in any circumstances, especially in a case of this nature.” But while Mr Fullwood was sentenced to three years in prison, Mrs Fullwood was spared immediate imprisonment and given a two-year suspended sentence.

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Locals accuse NUG-affiliated groups of complicity in timber ... (myanmar-now)

Locals in the Sagaing Region townships of Indaw and Banmauk claim that groups operating under the publicly mandated National Unity Government (NUG) have been ...

For the Myanmar resistance, they have a problem: if the US gives the Myanmar resistance a little bit of arms, compared to Ukraine, who are they going to give it to? And how do they know that the arms will not be re-sold on the black market to make money, through corruption? There will not be planeloads of assistance to Myanmar; it will have to go through the border. the PDFs have to have some workable and unified command. The Thai government is not going to come out and say they are going to help the CDM, PDF, NUG, and EAOs but on the ground there could be some change. But they have to be able to coordinate and control… It has to be lower officials, not the military junta. They have the ability to earn some revenue and accept donations. So they have to try to work on the ground in the border areas to try to find some space, some flexibility, some openings for more humanitarian assistance. get them to put pressure on the Thai ministry of foreign affairs, the Thai government, the Thai security establishment to have more flexibility for the official policy, and for the unofficial one as well. For example, if there is a new government, there will be a new foreign minister. But if there is a new Thai foreign minister, I think that could be a significant change.

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British husband and wife sentenced for smuggling Iraqi migrants in ... (Evening Standard)

Pamela and Nicholas Fullwood tried to smuggle migrants in a van while driving with their 13-year-old daughter.

Ahmadi pleaded not guilty but was convicted following a trial at the same court in 2022. “The Home Office is working night and day to dismantle people-smuggling networks and tackle illegal migration head-on.” This court deals with a lot of these types of offences and I don’t want to see you come back to court in any circumstances, especially in a case of this nature.” Sentencing, Recorder Michael Turner said: “It’s clear to me that in terms of where you stood in the chain of this conspiracy between the three defendants, you, Mr Ahmadi, were at the head of it. During the course of the investigation, a further suspect was identified as Ahmadi, who was believed to be involved in the organisation of this smuggling attempt alongside the Fullwoods. The court heard that Mr Fullwood, 48, hired a van and attempted to bring five illegal migrants to the UK in December 2018, but was stopped by the French authorities.

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Two arrested for selling parakeets, one for smuggling sandalwood in ... (The Hindu)

Forest officials said the main accused, R. Sarathkumar, 30, a milkman from Kanniyambadi near Vellore town, and his accomplice M. Sathyaraj, 37, a welder in ...

Forest officials lured the duo to Shenbakkam, a congested neighbourhood along the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway and caught the duo redhanded with four parakeets in a box. The parakeets were handed over to Amirthi zoo in Vellore. Forest officials said the main accused, R.

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New Mexico border checkpoint ends smuggling scheme (KOAT Albuquerque)

The vehicles were traveling in tandem with 61 migrants located inside a trailer, according to the United States Border Patrol.

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Smuggling of tobacco, beer products to be raised at Dewan Rakyat (MalaysiaNow)

Questions will also be asked about the rise in child abuse cases at childcare centres, the large-scale smart padi field programme and the ringgit.

After the question-and-answer session, the ministers will wind up the debate on the motion of thanks for the royal address according to their respective ministries. And Lim Guan Eng (PH-Bagan) will ask the finance minister about the main reasons for the strengthening of the ringgit after the establishment of the coalition government against the US and Singapore dollar as well as the Indonesian Rupiah and its impact on the economy and inflation. Meanwhile, Fong Kui Lun (PH-Bukit Bintang) will ask the women, family and community development minister about actions taken by the ministry regarding the rise in child abuse cases at childcare centres throughout the country.

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Tobacco, alcoholic beer products smuggling among the focus of ... (Malay Mail)

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — Issues surrounding the smuggling of tobacco and alcoholic beer products are among the matters that will be brought up during today's ...

After the question and answer session, the ministers will wind up the debate on the motion of thanks for the royal address according to their respective ministries. Also, Lim Guan Eng (PH-Bagan) will ask the Finance Minister to state the main reasons for the strengthening of the Ringgit after the establishment of the Unity Government against the US and Singapore dollar as well as the Indonesian Rupiah and its impact on the economy and inflation. Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (PN-Kubang Kerian) will ask the Agriculture and Food Security Minister to state the latest status of the Large-Scale Smart Padi Field (Smart SSB) programme that was implemented previously.

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Smuggling boat washes ashore at Huntington Beach; several detained (KTLA)

Eleven people were detained after a smuggling boat washed ashore in Huntington Beach Monday night. The 23-foot vessel was discovered around 9:15 p.m. on ...

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