Britain Arrests 72 People on Fishing Boat in People-Smuggling Investigation

Britain Arrests 72 People on Fishing Boat in People-Smuggling Investigation
A sign is seen outside the National Crime Agency (NCA) headquarters in London Oct. 7, 2013. Reuters/Stefan Wermuth
Mary Clark
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Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Wednesday that 72 people have been arrested after a fishing boat was intercepted off the eastern coast of England, triggering a people-smuggling investigation.

The agency, which focuses on fighting organised crime, intercepted a 30-metre boat off the coast of Great Yarmouth in East Anglia on Tuesday evening after it sailed from the Ostend area of Belgium.