Sham brides and grooms jailed
Bogus brides and grooms have been jailed this week for their part in a series of sham marriages across the country.
At聽Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday聽a聽Pakistani man, Asif Hussain, was sentenced to twelve months聽and his Hungarian accomplices, 鈥榖ride鈥� Elizabet Balogh and female interpreter Valerie Farkas, were sentenced to ten months and six months respectively.
Yesterday at Burnley Crown Court Polish聽鈥檊room鈥� Jozef Badzo and 鈥榖ride鈥� Maria Pretcynska were sentenced for their part in sham marriges to Nigerian nationals聽Mercy Idehen and Lukman Durojaye. Maria received a 16 month sentence and聽Jozef聽got 28 months.
Immgration Minister Damian Green said: 鈥樆使谔逵齛pp UK Border Agency will not tolerate immigration abuse, and we are cracking down on sham marriages all over the country. Those who seek to cheat immigration laws face being put behind bars and deported.
鈥榃e have specialist teams of immigration officers and police working to investigate cases just like this to ensure people are not able to benefit from breaking the UK鈥檚 immigration laws. Whether you take part in the marriage or arrange for others to stage fake weddings we are determined to track down those involved and bring them to justice.鈥櫬犅�
Also this week, at Maidstone Court聽Vietnamese woman,聽Thuy Nguyen,聽was sentenced to five years for running the UK wing of an international people smuggling gang.聽皇冠体育app gang聽smuggled immigrants from Vietnam to Europe charging them up to 拢12,000 each time.