Marius Draghici to be deported to Romania

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Marius Draghici to be deported to Romania

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By Lewis Adams & PA Media, BBC News, Essex

Essex Police

Marius Draghici was referred to as the “right-hand man” to one of the people smuggling gang’s ringleaders

A Romanian man jailed over the deaths of 39 people in a lorry trailer is to be deported without paying a penny to his victims’ families.

Marius Draghici, 51, fled the *** after the Vietnamese nationals ***** in the airtight sealed container as it was transported by ferry from Belgium to Purfleet, Essex, in October 2019.

Said to be a “right-hand man” in a long-running people smuggling ring, Draghici was arrested in Romania in August 2022 and extradited to the ***.

He was

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after pleading guilty at the Old Bailey to 39 counts of manslaughter and *********** to assist unlawful immigration. A confiscation hearing at the Old Bailey was told he would be deported “shortly”.

Many of the victims hoped to find better paid work in the ***

A confiscation hearing at the Old Bailey earlier heard that Draghici would not be pursued under the Proceeds of ****** Act – which looks to recover money gained by criminally means.

“Following an investigation, no assets have been discovered,” prosecutor Ben Holt said.

“In any event, it is understood Mr Draghici will be deported shortly and therefore no proceedings are to be pursued.”

The defendant attended the brief hearing by video link from HMP Stocken in the East Midlands.

It was understood he would serve the remainder of his prison sentence in Romania.

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The bodies were found inside a lorry container at Waterglade Industrial Park

Sentencing

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, Mr Justice Garnham said Draghici was an “essential cog” in a ********* *********** which made “astonishing profits out of the exploitation of people desperate to get to the ***”.

To date, more than £283,000 in ill-gotten gains has been ordered to be paid by other defendants as compensation to the victims’ families.

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