Romanian crime boss admits killing 39 migrants

A Romanian crime boss behind a huge people smuggling operation has admitted killing 39 Vietnamese migrants who were found suffocated in a lorry trailer. The bodies were discovered in a refrigerated trailer in Grays, Essex, in 2019. Ten victims were teenagers. Ringleader Marius Draghici, 50, was arrested in Romania in August. He was detained there in August last year and extradited to the UK. Draghici appeared at the Old Bailey today (fri) wearing a black shirt to admitted 39 counts…

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