Eighteen members of a people-smuggling gang, primarily Iraqi Kurds, have been jailed in France for arranging thousands of dangerous small boat crossings in the English Channel. The gang, led by Mirkhan Rasoul, was described as 'merchants of death' and was responsible for up to 10,000 crossings. Rasoul received the longest sentence and a fine, while the operation involved multiple European nations and significant seizures of boats and equipment. Teljes cikk (bbc.com europe)