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Europe’s most-wanted people smuggler nicknamed the Scorpion has been found in Iraq. Barzan Majeed, who lived in the UK before being deported, was described as looking like a rich golf player. He remains wanted by police in both Britain and the EU. Majeed assisted thousands of illegal immigrants embarking on the perilous 21-mile journey across the Channel, a BBC investigation has revealed. He said: “Maybe a thousand, maybe 10,000. I don’t know, I didn’t count.” Majeed, a self-proclaimed “money-man”, insisted they had begged him to get them to Europe and he denied being a gang boss. The migrant …

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