Albanian Pair Found Guilty of Using Plane to Smuggle Economic Migrants

Myrteza Hilaj and Kreshnik Kadena were found guilty of facilitating the commission of a breach of immigration law.
Albanian Pair Found Guilty of Using Plane to Smuggle Economic Migrants
Undated handout photos of Kreshnik Kadena (L) and Myrteza Hilaj. NCA/PA
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Two Albanian nationals who used a plane to illegally transport economic migrants from northern France to an aerodrome in Essex have been found guilty of people smuggling.

Myrteza Hilaj, 50, and Kreshnik Kadena, 37, both of Leyton, east London, were found guilty on Friday at Southwark Crown Court of facilitating the commission of a breach of immigration law.