Romanian people smuggler admits manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in lorry in Essex in 2019
The bodies of the 39 Vietnamese migrants were found in Grays on 23 October 2019, after the lorry had travelled by boat from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Purfleet on the Thames estuary.
Draghici, 50, was detained by police in Romania last August and charged with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration. In 2021, four other defendants were jailed for their roles in the deaths of the victims, two of whom were aged just 15.
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