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UK truck deaths

Thirty nine migrants, 31 men and eight women, were found dead in a refrigerated truck in Essex, Britain on October 23, 2019.

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9 September, 2024

Police forensics officers work on a lorry, found to be containing 39 bodies, at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of London, in October 2019. Photo: AFP

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Police guard a prisoner transport van as it arrives at the Old Bailey court in London. Photo: AP

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Britain’s plan to punish migrants shows it learned nothing from truck deaths

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Forensics officers inspect the truck found to contain the bodies of 39 dead Vietnamese in Essex, Britain, in 2019. Photo: AP

UK truck deaths: Vietnamese teen ‘organiser’ faces extradition to Belgium

Ngo Sy Tai is wanted in Belgium over allegations he ran a so-called ‘safe house’ for his fellow Vietnamese nationals in Brussels.

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Four men jailed for decades over deaths of 39 Vietnamese found in truck

The leader of the group Ronan Hughes was sentenced to 20 years while another major figure Gheorghe Nica got 27.

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Mixed feelings in Vietnam after two convicted in UK over truck deaths

The father of one of the 39 Vietnamese victims said he feels sorry for the men convicted of manslaughter, while another said they should have given the migrants some air.

22 Dec 2020 - 9:42PMvideocam

Nguyen Dinh Gia, the father of victim Nguyen Dinh Luong, kneels in his yard in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam. He said he feels sorry for the two men convicted of manslaughter as they were only trying to make a living. Photo: Reuters

Two found guilty in UK over Vietnamese migrant truck deaths

The deaths of the 39 men, women and children in the back of a truck shocked Britain and Vietnam and shone a spotlight on the illicit trade in migrants.

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British forensics officers work on the truck, which was found to contain the bodies of 39 people, at an industrial estate east of London on October 23, 2019. Photo: AFP

Four men on trial over death of 39 Vietnamese migrants in UK truck

The victims were discovered in England last October at the back of a truck, in a shocking incident which shone a light on global people smuggling.

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Vietnam jails four people over their role in UK truck deaths

The bodies of 39 migrants from Vietnam were found in a refrigerated truck near London in October. Numerous arrests were made in Europe and Vietnam.

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Second truck driver pleads guilty over deaths of 39 Vietnamese immigrants

Ronan Hughes admitted playing a part in the deaths of the men, women and children in court on Friday.

29 Aug 2020 - 4:48AM

Haulier Ronan Hughes. Photo: Handout via AFP

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Vietnamese truck deaths: dozens arrested in Belgium and France

Last October, 39 Vietnamese migrants were found dead inside a truck’s refrigerated container that had been hauled to England.

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Police officers at the scene after the truck was found. Photo: AP

British truck driver pleads guilty in deaths of 39 Vietnamese

Northern Ireland’s Maurice Robinson pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges at a London court.

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Vietnamese truck victims died from lack of oxygen, overheating, UK police say

Two more arrests made in connection with deaths of 39 migrants found in back of refrigerated trailer in Essex.

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A Vietnamese migrant who, like Nguyen, worked on a cannabis farm in Britain. Photo: AFP

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The truck that was found to contain 39 dead bodies. Photo: AP

Teen Vietnamese truck victim had escaped from Dutch migrant centre

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Candles are lit during a prayer for 39 people found dead in the back of a truck near London, in Hanoi. Photo: Reuters

British police reveal 10 teens among 39 Vietnamese found dead in truck

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Vietnam arrests eight in connection with UK truck deaths

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4 Nov 2019 - 9:36PM

A police forensic team inspect the truck in which the 39 bodies were found on October 23. Photo: AP

British police say they believe all 39 truck death victims were Vietnamese

Vietnam arrests two suspects in connection with case, while UK seeks to question two brothers from Northern Ireland.

2 Nov 2019 - 5:12AM

A portrait of Bui Thi Nhung, who is feared to be among the 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain, is kept on a prayer altar at her house in Vietnam's Nghe An province on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Irish brothers told to hand themselves in over Essex truck deaths

British police said Ronan Hughes and his brother Christopher are crucial to their inquiries into the discovery of the 39 bodies in the container.

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Vietnam makes arrests as it cracks down on people smuggling

Vietnam ordered an investigation into overseas trafficking after the bodies of 39 migrants, most of them thought to be Vietnamese, were found in a truck in Britain on October 23.

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