Mohammad Zubair Khan

1 week ago | bbc.com | Reha Kansara |Shruti Menon |Mohammad Zubair Khan

Tracking a smuggler behind deadly Atlantic migrant crossingReha Kansara, Shruti Menon & Mohammad Zubair KhanBBCIn January a migrant boat was rescued off the north African coast after 14 harrowing days lost at sea. Some 50 people died on the voyage, many of whom were lied to by people smugglers promising safe and legal routes to Europe. BBC Verify has tracked one of the traffickers responsible - documenting his activities across three continents.

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Sophia Yan |Mohammad Zubair Khan

Once his local area's poorest resident, Master Uzair has amassed wealth through smuggling compatriots to EuropeDown a narrow lane in a village in north-east Pakistan, surrounded by high cement walls, looms the two-storey compound of one of the country's most wanted people smugglers. Master Uzair - once Poranwala's poorest resident, so impoverished that neighbours took him in - bought the empty plot around 15 years ago, neighbours say. This was an early sign that his smuggling ring was profitable.

Jan 30, 2025 | msn.com | Sophia Yan |Mohammad Zubair Khan

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Jan 30, 2025 | msn.com | Sophia Yan |Mohammad Zubair Khan

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Jan 30, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Sophia Yan |Mohammad Zubair Khan

Sophia Yan Senior foreign correspondent, Istanbul.