A convicted human trafficker previously dubbed the 'godfather' of French migrant camps has been discovered living and seeking asylum in Leicestershire, using a false name and working illegally after exploiting post-Brexit border data-sharing loopholes.
Immigration officials revealed that the UK's departure from the European Union severed access to critical criminal databases, allowing Twana Jamal to enter Britain undetected despite a prior five-year prison sentence in France.
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The Immigration Services Union highlighted how the loss of automated record exchanges directly hinders border screening, as standard UK fingerprint checks do not automatically flag overseas convictions.
'If we were able to share databases, even if just with our nearest neighbours, with Germany, with Belgium, with Holland and France, say - then, yes, we'd know that they had a conviction for people smuggling,' said Lucy Morton, a representative of the Immigration Services Union.
A wider investigation by the broadcaster uncovered more than 20 active smugglers who successfully reached the UK, several of whom possess overseas convictions and are currently seeking asylum under aliases.
French prosecutors stated that Jamal, an Iraqi Kurd, generated up to £100,000 per week by charging migrants between £4,500 and £5,000 to cross the English Channel via freight lorries from 2012 to 2016.
Journalists tracked Jamal to Blaby, where he was observed driving without a license and operating the cash register at two local mini-marts under the pseudonym 'Sultan.'
During a recorded phone call obtained by investigators, the convict boasted about his unhindered operations and financial success within the Leicester area.
