Yacht taxi gave illegals a luxury ride across the channel – for £16k a ticket

Two Ukrainian people traffickers who ran a £16,000 a ticket ‘VIP taxi service’ to smuggle illegal immigrants into the UK on their luxury yacht have been jailed. Vladyslav Cherniavskyi, 37, and Oleksandr Yavtushenko, 43, were arrested by National Crime Agency officers on an operation in July 2025. Investigators had been notified of the yacht Uforia’s departure from Le Havre by the Rouen investigative section, acting under the authority of Lille Magistrates. After tracking the vessel into UK waters off the…