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He labelled the licensing system as the "laxest in Europe" as he pointed out the UK was one of only three countries to rely upon self-reporting of visual conditions affecting the ability to drive.

It reveals a chain of lax laws, absent checks and suspected corruption used by traffickers to bypass a UN embargo.

A state that was financially stretched post-pandemic, a security force which had less experience dealing with organised crime, and previously lax visa rules facilitated European gangs' presence there post-2020.

The supervisors took that step following two scathing audits which identified lax accounting procedures and poor financial oversight at the homeless authority, also known as LAHSA.

That can add a layer of complexity to planning and coordination, however, which may have led to lax security system standards.