Jail for people smugglers

Five members of an international people smuggling gang who laundered more than £4m through a network of mules have been jailed for almost 15 years. Students allowed cash to be paid into their bank accounts while vast sums were rinsed through nail bars after traffickers ferried Vietnamese nationals into the UK from France. Migrants were also put to work at cannabis farms once after they arrived in the country, Southwark Crown Court heard. Warrants were executed in London, Essex, Leicester,…