MARITIME

April 2024: Luxembourg, Belgium

The BBC reportedly tracked down a smuggler who organized a small boat crossing to the U.K. in which five people died. A seven-year-old girl identified only as Sara was among five killed in a crush on board an overcrowded inflatable boat, which set off from a beach in northern France in April, the BBC reported. The BBC investigative team found the smuggler, an Iraqi named Rebwar Zangana, in Luxembourg. The journalists confronted the man, but he denied involvement. However, in earlier phone calls with the man, he confirmed he was still in business and offered the BBC’s undercover reporter a place on a boat for about $1,500.