People have called Dr Ittai Gradel a kind of Sherlock Holmes, if Holmes were Danish and obsessed with gems. He’s an antiquities dealer with an eye for stolen goods who will help unlock the mystery at the heart of this story.When Katie meets him in London, he’s got something to show her - two ancient gemstones he believes belong to the British Museum. But this whodunnit begins more than a decade ago as a man with a cardboard box wanders into an antiques market. He has some valuable treasure to sell.Presenter: Katie Razzall 
Producers: Darin Graham, Ben Henderson and Larissa Kennelly 
Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman 
Mix and sound design : James Beard
Composer: Jenny Plant 
Exec-producer: Joe Kent 
Investigations Editor: Ed Campbell 
Series Editor: Matt Willis 
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan ClarkeArchive: Sky News Australia

People have called Dr Ittai Gradel a kind of Sherlock Holmes, if Holmes were Danish and obsessed with gems. He’s an antiquities dealer with an eye for stolen goods who will help unlock the mystery at the heart of this story. When Katie meets him in London, he’s got something to show her - two ancient gemstones he believes belong to the British Museum. But this whodunnit begins more than a decade ago as a man with a cardboard box wanders into an antiques market. He has some valuable treasure to sell. Presenter: Katie Razzall Producers: Darin Graham, Ben Henderson and Larissa Kennelly Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman Mix and sound design : James Beard Composer: Jenny Plant Exec-producer: Joe Kent Investigations Editor: Ed Campbell Series Editor: Matt Willis Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke Archive: Sky News Australia

Thief at the British Museum: 1. The Man with the Cardboard Box

NEW in Shadow World: The Smuggler.Most of us think we know who people smugglers are, they’re people from 'somewhere else', far away from the UK. But what if that's wrong?  What if some of the people illegally smuggling migrants into the UK are actually from here? British people smugglers with an intimate knowledge of our borders. 
 
Investigative journalist Annabel Deas explores how “Nick”, a former soldier in the British Army, became a people smuggler working with organised crime gangs from Albania and Vietnam based in the UK. He has twice been to prison for his crimes. In this intimate portrait of a British people smuggler  - we hear from the perpetrator directly, to uncover his motivations, methods and the consequences of risking the lives of desperate people.
 
The investigation exposes how the smuggling techniques Nick used are still possible today and details the ease with which smugglers can bring migrants into the UK without being caught. Everyone knows about smugglers who bring migrants in on small boats, but the methods Nick used are rarely heard about. Across the series, he reveals how he illegally smuggled migrants onto cross channel ferries inside cars and lorries, and how he used private marinas to bring migrants into the UK hidden inside a sailboat.    
 
The investigation also exposes the ease with which foreign nationals with previous criminal records in the UK were able to operate an international smuggling ring – as Nick first becomes involved with an Albanian organised crime gang based near London and then a Vietnamese woman with previous convictions for running cannabis farms in England.Shadow World: Gripping stories from the shadows - BBC investigations from across the UK.

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NEW in Shadow World: The Smuggler. Most of us think we know who people smugglers are, they’re people from 'somewhere else', far away from the UK. But what if that's wrong? What if some of the people illegally smuggling migrants into the UK are actually from here? British people smugglers with an intimate knowledge of our borders. Investigative journalist Annabel Deas explores how “Nick”, a former soldier in the British Army, became a people smuggler working with organised crime gangs from Albania and Vietnam based in the UK. He has twice been to prison for his crimes. In this intimate portrait of a British people smuggler - we hear from the perpetrator directly, to uncover his motivations, methods and the consequences of risking the lives of desperate people. The investigation exposes how the smuggling techniques Nick used are still possible today and details the ease with which smugglers can bring migrants into the UK without being caught. Everyone knows about smugglers who bring migrants in on small boats, but the methods Nick used are rarely heard about. Across the series, he reveals how he illegally smuggled migrants onto cross channel ferries inside cars and lorries, and how he used private marinas to bring migrants into the UK hidden inside a sailboat. The investigation also exposes the ease with which foreign nationals with previous criminal records in the UK were able to operate an international smuggling ring – as Nick first becomes involved with an Albanian organised crime gang based near London and then a Vietnamese woman with previous convictions for running cannabis farms in England. Shadow World: Gripping stories from the shadows - BBC investigations from across the UK.

NEW in Shadow World: The Smuggler.Most of us think we know who people smugglers are, they’re&nbsp;people from 'somewhere else', far away from the UK.&nbsp;But what if that's wrong?&nbsp; What if some of the people illegally smuggling migrants into the UK are actually from here? British people smugglers with an intimate knowledge of our borders.&nbsp;
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Investigative&nbsp;journalist&nbsp;Annabel Deas explores how “Nick”, a former soldier in the British Army, became a people smuggler working with organised crime gangs from Albania and Vietnam based in the UK. He has twice been to prison for his crimes.&nbsp;In this intimate portrait of a British people smuggler&nbsp; - we hear from the perpetrator directly, to uncover his motivations, methods and the consequences of risking the lives of desperate people.
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The investigation exposes how the smuggling techniques Nick used are still possible today and details the ease with which smugglers can bring migrants into the UK without being caught. Everyone knows about smugglers who bring migrants in on small boats, but the methods Nick used are rarely heard about. Across the series, he reveals how he illegally smuggled migrants onto cross channel ferries inside cars and lorries, and how he used private marinas to bring migrants&nbsp;into the UK hidden inside a sailboat.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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The investigation also exposes the ease with which foreign nationals with previous criminal records in the UK were able to operate an international smuggling ring – as Nick first becomes involved with an Albanian organised crime gang based near London and then a Vietnamese woman with previous convictions for running cannabis farms in England.Shadow World: Gripping stories from the shadows - BBC investigations from across the UK.

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