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Trafficking gang survivor tells how he made 'untold riches' in UK

A lorry in which 39 bodies were discovered last week is driven to a secure location. [Mirror]

A survivor of a trafficking gang has told how he paid them £16,000 to get from a tiny village in Vietnam to a curry shop in Birmingham, where he earned “untold riches”.

After 39 people died in a refrigerated lorry in Essex, Nguyen Dung tells me: “Never do you expect to be put in a frozen coffin, but the potential rewards outweigh the risks.

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