A vast people-smuggling network helped hundreds of illegal immigrants enter Britain using stolen and doctored passports in a sprawling criminal racket worth up to £2million.
Mastermind Lamin Manneh, 51, oversaw a one-stop smuggling service, charging migrants thousands of pounds for forged travel documents before arranging their flights, finding them homes and black market work.
The highly-sophisticated enterprise operated for more than three years until 2024 and involved genuine passports and visas being altered and handed to different imposters for more than £5,000 each.
On Friday, Leeds Crown Court heard that the true number of people brought into Britain – mostly from Gambia –
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