Channel smuggling gangs resort to 'mega-dinghies' as crackdown limits small boat supply
Once-rival criminal groups are being forced to work together because of a shortage of small boats, a BBC investigation has found.
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Channel smuggling gangs resort to 'mega-dinghies' as crackdown limits small boat supply
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