{"id":1130382,"date":"2021-12-18T10:29:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1130382"},"modified":"2021-12-18T10:29:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:29:08","slug":"prosecutor-wants-15-years-for-alleged-trafficker-linked-to-death-of-39-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutor-wants-15-years-for-alleged-trafficker-linked-to-death-of-39-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor Wants 15 Years for Alleged Trafficker Linked to Death of 39 Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprosecutor-wants-15-years-for-alleged-trafficker-linked-to-death-of-39-migrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1130382&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237240386-e1639604731429-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Belgian&nbsp;Federal Prosecutor\u2019s Office wants a sentence of at least 15 years for alleged people-trafficker&nbsp;Vo Van Hong, who is accused of being connected to the deaths of 39 people in a truck in southern England in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old Vietnamese national is on trial for the deaths of 39 people, who were also Vietnamese nationals, along with 22 others, who the prosecutor wants to be sentenced to terms of between one year and ten years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Federal prosecutor Ann Lukowiak has stated that Mr Van Hong was the leader of the smuggling network and called for the&nbsp;Criminal Court of Bruges to hand down a 15-year prison sentence along with a fine of \u20ac920,000 (\u00a3783,365\/$1,038,891) in the case, broadcaster RTBF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtbf.be\/info\/societe\/detail_39-migrants-morts-a-bord-d-un-camion-frigorifique-15-ans-de-prison-requis-contre-le-chef-presume-de-la-cellule-belge?id=10898497\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lukowiak has alleged that the 45-year-old is the Belgian head of a smuggling network that has links to others in Germany and France and is believed to have been linked to the trafficking of at least 115 people.<\/p>\n<p>Another man named Long is also said to have been a key figure in the network, and the prosecutor has asked that he face a ten-year prison sentence for his role.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Other defendants in the case include lower-level members of the network, such as taxi drivers who helped transport migrants.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1271676300578\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People Smugglers Who Murdered 71 Migrants and Sparked the Migrant Crisis Sentenced to 100 Years  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LMEoNiLphI\">https:\/\/t.co\/LMEoNiLphI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1007555818290442240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The trial comes just over two years from after the bodies of the 39 migrants, eight women and 31 men,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/10\/23\/uk-police-arrest-one-as-39-dead-discovered-in-eu-origin-semi-truck-trailer\/\">were discovered<\/a> abandoned in a refrigerated lorry in Grays, Essex in October of 2019, just four days after the vehicle had crossed from Ireland to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson commented on the incident at the time saying: \u201cThis is an unimaginable tragedy and truly heart-breaking. I know that the thoughts and prayers of all Members [of Parliament] will be with those who lost their lives and their loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trial also comes in the same week that a Latvian people-smuggler was arrested in connection to a similar incident that saw two Syrian migrants left to suffocate to death in a van by the side of the road in Austria earlier this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9354838709677\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Latvian Police Arrest People Smuggler Linked to Migrant Deaths in Austria <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OsmhoEQojD\">https:\/\/t.co\/OsmhoEQojD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1471189312884527104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the height of the European migrant crisis in 2015, people-smugglers abandoned a truck containing 71 migrants, who were later found dead. The case helped to prompt former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel to declare that refugees were welcome in Germany, which in turn led to a flood of mass migration.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, four people-smugglers connected with the case were sentenced to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/06\/15\/smugglers-truck-71-migrants-died-sparking-migrant-crisis-sentenced-25-years-each\/\">25 years<\/a>&nbsp;each for their role in the deaths of the 59 men, eight women and four children.<\/p>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span data-darkreader-inline-color><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Belgian\u00a0Federal Prosecutor\u2019s Office wants a sentence of at least 15 years for alleged people-trafficker\u00a0Vo Van Hong, who is accused of being connected to the deaths of 39 people in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1130382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1130382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1130382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1130382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1130382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}