Human traffickers made fortune smuggling Albanians across the Channel

A gang of human traffickers who made a fortune smuggling Albanian migrants across the Channel into Britain in a fleet of high-speed powerboats are facing jail. Leonard Powell, 66, and his son Alfie, 39, and Wayne Bath, 38, used four rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIBs) to provide a ‘very lucrative’ ferry service. They also planned to start a personalised service bringing individuals over on the back of jet-skis, the Old Bailey heard. Albanians were picked up on a French beach and…