UK Truck Deaths

• 2 U.K. men found guilty of manslaughter in deaths of 39 Vietnamese found in truck

  The discovery of so many dead people -- some as young as 15 -- shocked Britain and Vietnam last year, and shone a spotlight on the illicit global human smuggling trade.

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  Dec 22, 2020
  
• Remains of all 39 found dead in U.K. truck brought to Vietnam

  The remains of 23 victims arrived at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi early on Saturday, a local government official said. Seven of the bodies were cremated in Britain before being repatriated, the official Vietnam News Agency said.

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  Nov 29, 2019
  
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• Vietnamese families bury trafficking victims found in U.K. truck

  “He was desperate to leave Vietnam, to earn more money,” one man's father said.

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  Nov 28, 2019
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• New arrest made in deaths of 39 people found in U.K. truck

  The 31 men and eight women are believed to have paid people traffickers for their clandestine transit into England.

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  Nov 22, 2019
• Vietnam collects forensic samples to help identify victims found dead in U.K. truck

  Meanwhile, British police released three people on bail Sunday after questioning them in the deaths.

  World

  Oct 27, 2019