Three men were arrested in the UK before they were convicted in Belgium over their involvement in a major people smuggling ring following a joint investigation by the National Crime Agency and Belgian police.
The group also committed serious sexual offences against male migrant minors, including rape which they would film and use footage to blackmail victims into criminality and further sexual abuse.
Ziarmal Khan, 24, Zeeshan Banghis, 20, and Saifur Rahman Ahmedzai, 23, all Afghan nationals, were tried in their absence in Belgium.
Ahmedzai was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, while Khan and Banghis were each sentenced to three years.
Belgian prosecutors say the trio’s gang transported migrants from Afghanistan through Iran, Turkey and the Balkans into western Europe.
