Human smuggling gang face jail after Vietnamese woman crammed in car glovebox Eight members of an organised crime gang are facing jail after border officials found a Vietnamese woman crammed inside a car glovebox.
A month later, in July 2022, Emily Etherington was stopped by Border Force officers after she was found hiding another woman in the dashboard of the vehicle.
A court heard how between 2022 and 2024 the gang smuggled people into the UK via land and air and also provided fake documents, made in a Greek forgery factory.
During a search of his vehicle, Border Force officers discovered a Vietnamese woman concealed in a cramped compartment behind the dashboard.
The Home Office launched a wider investigation which revealed a sophisticated network of gang members engaged in people smuggling and document forgery.
