Sanctions to target people-smuggling gangs

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The foreign secretary announced on Tuesday a raft of sanctions that will be introduced to target anyone involved in assisting illegal immigration to the UK. David Lammy said: “It's going after those who engage and provide fake passports, those who provide the dinghies, the engines, the enablers, the accountants, the lawyers.''  Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Today I'm announcing the first sanctions anywhere in the world that goes after those who engage

00:07in irregular and illegal migration. It's going after the men in suits that sit behind this

00:13evil trade. It's going after those who engage in providing fake passports, those who provide

00:19the dinghies, the engines, the enablers, the accountants, the lawyers. And tomorrow when

00:25you see those designations, you will see them span jurisdictions. You will see individuals

00:31named, public officials for example, who behave corruptly to prosecute this trade. We are using

00:38our sanction regime and encouraging others in Europe and the G7 to join us to bear down

00:45on this illegal trade.

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