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What will it take to smash the gangs?

Nicky Campbell asks listeners: What will it take to smash the gangs?

What will it take to smash the gangs?

More than 25,000 people made the journey from France to the UK in small boats before the end of July, a record for this point in the year.

The 成人快手 Office says 898 people in 13 boats were brought ashore in Dover last week

For comparison - In the whole of 2020 there were 8,461 crossings

Keir Starmer鈥檚 government have announced today how they will use 拢100 million to try and 鈥渟mash the gangs鈥 behind this human trafficking industry - the money will fund 300 additional National Crime Agency (NCA) officers.

But will it be enough?

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