UK police 'to help crack down' on people smugglers operating in North Africa | Daily Mail Online

UK police officers are to be tasked with breaking up people-smuggling gangs alongside security forces in North African countries, it has been reported.The Times newspaper has been told National Crime Agency (NCA) officers would join nations in the region in their efforts to stop the people traffickers.According to The Times, the Italian Government has predicted up to 400,000 migrants will seek to travel to Europe through Italy this summer.Record numbers of people crossed the English Channel las