People Smugglers: Prosecution

Part of Solicitor General – in the House of Commons at on 19 June 2025.

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Photo of Lucy Rigby Lucy Rigby The Solicitor-General

My hon. Friend is absolutely right: it is vital that police and prosecutors work together to bring people smugglers to justice, and that our criminal justice system sends a clear message that people smuggling will be met with hefty jail terms. I am pleased to tell him that an offender who played a leading role in an organised crime group that smuggled nearly 4,000 migrants was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment in May.