About this episode

The episode follows the investigation into Twana Jamal, a convicted people smuggler believed to be living in the UK and running businesses.

The search for a convicted people smuggler who put money in the UK planning for retirement. This investigation stems from a tip-off: a convicted smuggler once dubbed the most successful in history, is currently living in the UK and running a string of businesses here. Could it be true? Sue and Rob go on the hunt for Twana Jamal – a smuggler who had so many aliases he had to write them on his baseball cap to remind himself which he was using. In court, prosecutors said he and his gang were making £4 million a year and they believed he was funnelling his money into UK businesses: car washes and mini-markets. The search for Twana Jamal starts in the north of England, where migrants report seeing Twana driving a BMW and exuding an air of wealth. They remember how feared he was in the Calais camp: it was migrants there who reported him to police. His gang was the first to industrialise the lorry crossings, which featured so heavily in 2016 as thousands waited to reach Britain. After a smuggling conviction and five-year prison sentence in France, Twana Jamal entered the UK and is believed to have given a different alias to the Home Office. Sue and Rob track him down to an English…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sue Mitchell, Rob Lawrie

Topics covered

• people smuggling
• investigation
• crime
• UK businesses
• migrants
• aliases

Keywords

• Twana Jamal
• people smuggling
• UK
• investigation
• migrants
• aliases
• crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Home Office

Places: Calais, UK, north of England, English village

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