People smugglers use TikTok to advertise the ‘spare driver’ scam, one with a cartoon image of Tower Bridge and a Union Jack
Albanian migrants are being smuggled into the UK with Christmas presents and festive goods in a new lorry scam to avoid the danger of winter Channel crossings by small boat.
People smugglers are using TikTok to advertise £18,000 deals where they fix it for migrants to be smuggled into the UK as “second drivers” in lorries bringing Christmas goods into the UK.
The migrant takes the place of a registered second driver to travel across the Channel rather than use the conventional and riskier route of hiding in the back of a lorry.
One advert with a cartoon image of Tower Bridge, a red double-decker bus and Union Jack promised: “Every day we offer a journey as a second driver. Our last journey was successful. 18K£ for a lorry to the UK. Anyone who is now in Belgium or France should get in touch.”