London:Made £364,500 a MONTH smuggling migrants into the UK from France.
An Iraqi crime lord dubbed the ‘Godfather of traffickers’ and king of the Calais Jungle made £364,500 a month smuggling migrants into Britain from France.
Twana Jamal, 36, was busted after fed-up migrants turned on him and tipped off the authorities about his illegal cross-Channel operation.
UK police are now working to smash the British arm of his smuggling empire by tracking down fellow gang members and seizing Jamal’s cash.
His personal fortune includes more than £1million made from charging migrants£4,500 a time to bring them to Britain, according to The Sun.
The money is said to have been funnelled through criminal ‘bankers’ in London’s Kurdish community and laundered under the guise of car washes and restaurants.
Jamal was also reported to be the ‘go-to’ guy for getting to the UK from other camps along the French coast, ferrying lorry loads of migrants at a rate of 80-a-month.
Police estimate the operation netted £4million this year alone – but that is feared to be the tip of the iceberg in a trade worth £3.5billion a year.
Jamal initially evaded detection by using trucks with cargoes of onions and cheese to transport migrants from French ports to Britain. The cargo foiled carbon dioxide detectors used to identify the breath of people hiding because it emits the same gas.
Ex-weightlifter Jamal was arrested following a dawn raid on the Grand Synthe camp near Dunkirk. Three French police officers were reportedly injured trying to detain him as migrants fought to stop the gangster being taken away.
