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Tattoo artist charged desperate asylum seekers thousands to feed his gambling addiction
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the city A tattoo artist set up a 'travel agency for the desperate', charging Iranian asylum seekers thousands to help them flee the country to feed his gambling addiction.
Behnam Farzaneh-Baghbanan, 40, of Salford, has been locked up for eight-and-a-half years for being a 'ringleader' in a gang which charged adults and children 'extortionate' amounts to arrange transport out of the country.
Their journeys were often 'hazardous' and 'distressing', a judge said. Adult couples would be charged £11,000, while children would have to pay £6,000 for the journey.
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