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Men Sentenced to 19 Years for Smuggling 100 Migrants Weekly

4/10/2026

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Dilshad Shamo (41) and Ali Khdir (40) were sentenced to 19 years in prison for running a large people-smuggling operation.
The operation operated from a car wash in Caerphilly, south Wales.
It smuggled around 100 migrants weekly to Europe for two years, financed through Hawala.
The National Crime Agency described the scheme as a "Tripadvisor for people smugglers."
The men pleaded guilty during the trial.

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Story summary

Dilshad Shamo (41) and Ali Khdir (40) were sentenced to 19 years in prison for running a large people-smuggling operation.
The operation operated from a car wash in Caerphilly, south Wales.
It smuggled around 100 migrants weekly to Europe for two years, financed through Hawala.
The National Crime Agency described the scheme as a "Tripadvisor for people smugglers."
The men pleaded guilty during the trial.