ONE of the men accused of the manslaughter of eight refugees found in a container in Wexford was missing on the final day of his trial in Belgium yesterday.

THE trafficking gang that sent eight people to their deaths in a container bound for Ireland over a year ago made at least €12m a year from their activities.

IT was supposed to be an escape to freedom. It ended up as a nightmare trip from hell.

A BELGIAN taxi driver admitted yesterday he has driven hundreds of illegal immigrants from the centre of Brussels to containers bound for Britain over the past few years.

Belgian prosecutors today accused eight people of running a human trafficking ring that caused the deaths of eight Turkish illegal immigrants when they were smuggled into Ireland two years ago.