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Border staff who 'stole cash from small boat migrants' are bailed
- On Thursday, five British immigration officers appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with misconduct in public office, conspiracy to steal, and money laundering, dating from August 2021 to November 2022.
- Prosecutor Rosalind Earis told the court these officers worked on Britain’s south coast dealing with recent arrivals on small boats, many carrying relatively large sums of cash, which the defendants allegedly took and shared.
- Besmir Matera, 36, is charged with obtaining leave by deception and possessing three identity documents, while David Grundy, 43, faces a money laundering count.
- All six defendants were granted bail ahead of a February hearing at Southwark Crown Court, after investigators arrested a suspected ringleader in New Cross and seized 30,000.
- The National Crime Agency says the case forms part of a broader effort against organised immigration crime, which is a top priority with around 100 ongoing investigations last year.
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An official employed in the United Kingdom immigration service was found to be himself an illegal immigrant and is now faced with serious criminal charges for the theft of migrants arriving in the British Sea with small boats over the Canal of Maneci, reported the British mass media.
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