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It examines how investigations identified key traffickers, why enforcement and coordination have not fully stopped departures, and what changes are needed to recover lost intelligence and asylum records. A second report addresses alleged Russian drone surveillance targeting UK nuclear sites, along with broader unconventional warfare in Europe.","| FRIDAY 3 JULY 2 0 2 6 | WWW. INDEPENDENT. CO. UK |\n| --- | --- |\n\nFriday 3 July 2026  \nNews   \nThe people smuggler who proves Britain is less safe after Brexit  \nt is no disrespect – indeed, quite the opposite – to wonder why the BBC’s investigative reporter Sue Mitchell and her colleagues succeeded where the British state failed, having managed to track down and question one of Europe’s most prolific people traffickers.  \nFilmed casually sweeping the pavement outside one of his minimarts in Blaby, near Leicester, Ms Mitchell confronted Twana Jamal with the evidence of his various crimes, which at first he denied, and then remarked: “I don’t care ”  \nKnown by a variety of names, Jamal – an Iraqi Kurd who became the self-styled “king” of the Calais jungle and the “godfather” of the grim trade in human misery – is said to have once made some £100,000 a week in this sadly lucrative trade. And he isnot the only such people smuggler identified by Ms Mitchell. More than 20 have been found to have reached the UK – some with convictions in other countries, some having claimed asylum using false names.  \nOn the face of it, then, the BBC seems more capable of“smashing the gangs” than the combined resources of the police, the National Crime Agency, Border Force, the Home Office, the Secret Intelligence Service, and all the other agencies that the prime minister gathered together for a high-profile Cobra meeting upon his election two years ago.  \nAnd yet the boats are still crossing the English Channel, in broadly the same numbers as before – and the likes of Jamal are given indefinite leave to remain in the UK, despite doing so with false credentials, violating the rules on working, and with a criminal record acquired in France, where the court paid him the backhanded compliment for being one of the most successful in his business.  \nWhatever view is taken of the merits ofthe asylum seekers’cases and the lack of safe and secure routes – which push innocent people fleeing torture into the hands of the smugglers – every overcrowded boat that tries to make the journey to Britain risks the lives of those on board. The organisers care only about their profit margins.  \nIt is an evil as well as an illegal trade, and one with a seemingly infinite capacity to adapt, and to evade detection and prosecution. It isn’t easy for the authorities, or even journalists, to catch the perpetrators – and even when they do, inevitably, others come forward to replace them. It is a business with a ready demand from migrants, be they “economic” or refugees, or with some mixture of motives; and an equally ready supply of those willing to transport them, and in hazardous ways.  \nThat, fundamentally, is why the activity has been so difficult to close down. It’s important, in that context, to understand that the reason why the small boats have become such a phenomenon is that the previous method of choice, hiding in lorries, had beeneffectively eliminated through tighter security at the crossings.  \nTo be fair, the Border Security Command – launched in July 2024, in the wake of the prime minister’s first Cobra meeting – has had some success, boasting some 3 ,625 “disruptions” of one kind or another last year.  \nBut it’s not enough. Certainly, it hasn’t lived up to the government’s high expectations. Its first chief, Martin Hewitt, has already resigned, reportedly frustrated with the lack of progress, and a new permanent head is yet to be appointed.  \nSir Keir had promised the same cross-agency approach and similar success as has been applied to the fight against terrorism. Yet Jamal is still at large somewhere in the East Midlands, driving about without a licence.  \nThere are some obvious and urgent steps that need to be taken. 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