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BBC finds UK-registered firms linked to small-boat payments

newsMay 18, 20263483

The BBC's undercover filming found smugglers directing migrants to pay for small-boat crossings using a network of UK-registered companies. Secret footage shows migrants instructed to transfer money into accounts linked to British businesses and to channel payments through those firms' services. That domestic payment network enables people-smuggling transactions and raises questions for police and financial regulators about money-laundering and enforcement.

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