  tus/1859981082101497945#m > two men who ran a people smuggling ring from caerphilly to move thousands of migrants across europe have been convicted following a nca investigation. > on the surface, dilshad shamo and ali khdir appeared to be running a successful car wash franchise. however, they were actually under surveillance by nca investigators who had uncovered their roles in a huge people smuggling ring.  > shamo and khdir were working as part of a larger ocg to facilitate the movement of migrants from iraq, iran and syria. many of them are suspected of arriving in the uk. migrants were offered three tiers of service  via vehicle, cargo ships or yachts, and the top tier by plane. > they also used messaging and social media apps to provide videos from people who had already taken the journey so they could advertise their routes. > after hearing ten days of evidence against them, both pleaded guilty to all offences today. a further hearing will be held on monday ahead of sentencing. > our evidence showed migrants moving under khdir and shamo made it to eu countries and we assess their journeys have and would have continued into the uk. tackling organised immigration crime is a top priority for the nca and we will continue to do all we can to bring those involved in people smuggling networks to justice. any guesses for the sentence, maybe 2 years suspended?
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