This documentary follows detectives as they unravel a massive international people smuggling ring, tracing its roots to a haulage business in Northern Ireland. With exclusive access to Essex Police and their evidence, the film reveals how detectives pieced together a complex web of evidence, including the crucial testimony of a witness known as 'Witness X'. The story takes a poignant turn as it travels to Vietnam, where families of those who died in the back of a lorry share their heart-wrenching stories of losing loved ones in the pursuit of a new life in the UK.
Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers
A truck driver's emergency call triggers a massive police investigation, leading to a search for those accountable for the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants.
