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Podcast: Beyond the Headlines
Episode: Are UK crackdowns deterring Iraqi Kurdish smugglers?
Description: The UK's National Crime Agency has been intensifying its campaign to crack down on people smugglers operating in the Iraqi Kurdish region.
Thousands of Iraqi Kurds make the risky journey each year trying to reach Europe and the UK. Many are smuggled there on crowded, ill-equipped boats across dangerous seas in search of a better life.
A months-long investigation by The National traced direct links between some of the most notorious smuggler gangs operating from Kurdish towns in Iraq, and in France and the UK.
In this episode of Beyond the Headlines, host...