German smugglers trade Channel boats

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Small boats traded by Channel smugglers in German city of Essen

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Death trap’ Channel boats traded by smugglers in German city - BBC undercover.

Five-month-long BBC investigation exposed significant German connection to human smuggling trade.

Germany has become a central location for storage of boats and engines used in Channel crossings.

This year is already the deadliest for migrant Channel crossings, UN figures show.

The smugglers talk about their ability to get equipment to Calais within “ three, four hours ’s” The smugglers disclose they have about 10 warehouses in the Essen area.

Most of the vessels, they found, have been manufactured in China before being sent, by container, to Turkey and then moved into Europe .

Diplomats insist co-operation between Germany and the UK has improved.

Arrests and warehouse raids have happened in Germany , in partnership with other countries.

But so-called collateral crime’, such as violence or money-laundering, can be prosecuted within Germany .

UK Home Office says it is “rapidly accelerating” work with countries, including Germany .

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