Vietnamese Brothers Smuggled Migrants for Profit | Liverpool News

Twin brothers Vinh and Quang Nguyen ran a brutal human trafficking ring smuggling Vietnamese migrants to Europe, forcing them into debt bondage and confiscating their passports for extortion. The operation unraveled after French customs found 22 passports in a package meant for Quang, triggering a joint UK-French-Belgian investigation that led directly to the gang in Coventry. They advertised their “end-to-end” migrant smuggling service on Facebook while their crew collected cash across the UK and funneled it back to Vietnam. When Quang was arrested in Birmingham, cops found £16,000 cash and 220 passports in his car, linking him to hundreds of money transfers over 15 months. Evidence included coded slang like “chickens” for migrants and Channel weather searches. The gang was sentenced: Vinh 12.5 years, Quang 9 years 9 months — with the entire scheme moving £1.65 million through hundreds of transactions.

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