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BBC investigation leads to arrest of one of world’s most notorious people smugglers

BBC investigation leads to arrest of one of world’s most notorious people smugglers

  • Barzan Majeed, nicknamed ‘Scorpion,’ is caught in Iraqi Kurdistan days after release of BBC podcast series by journalists who tracked him down and interviewed him
  • Senior local official confirms officials used information from the broadcaster’s investigation to help find fugitive believed to have helped smuggle thousands of people to UK
By Arab News ·