R-v- ZA, Chelmsford Crown Court. Operation Lyne

R-v- ZA, Chelmsford Crown Court. Operation Lyne. Adam Law Solicitors represented the defendant in a large scale multi hander Conspiracy to facilitate unlawful immigration into the United Kingdom. It was the Crown’s case that, over a 13-month period, an organised crime network helped asylum seekers from the Middle East get to this country in order to claim asylum using French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and British documents. The case involved a large scale investigation where the network extended across Europe, including Belgium, France and Spain. It was ZA defence that she was a victim of Modern Slavery. The case attracted extensive and widespread national media coverage which included a statement by the Immigration Minister.