# Investigation finds people-smuggling gangs to UK running low on small boats

https://mins.news/en/video/44062

- BBC News, 2026-09-03 16:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l8eYf1tE7g

> A BBC investigation says criminal gangs smuggling migrants across the English Channel to the UK are running short of small boats. Gang members told BBC sources that rival groups are cooperating to load migrants onto fewer, larger vessels and charging more. Crossings are at a six-year low, with UK ministers crediting French police for intercepting more attempts.

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