<p><img src="" alt="Featured Image"></p><p><!-- wp:html --><p>A UK Court has ordered the extradition of a Sri Lankan man accused of running a people-trafficking ring, while employed at a chicken shop, to France. </p>
<p>Sathasivam Sivagankan, 58, a refugee granted asylum in Britain, allegedly organised clandestine Channel crossings from his rented home, according to Court documents. </p>
<p>A Judge has now ordered the father's extradition to France, where last year he was convicted of people smuggling and given a five-year jail term in his absence, according to The Sun.</p>
<p>Sivagankan had been granted indefinite leave to remain in Britain after fleeing the war in Sri Lanka in 2003 with his wife and sons, who are UK citizens.</p>
<p>The 58-year-old Tamil, from Colliers Wood, South West London, was working part-time at Morley's chicken shop in Brixton and was receiving universal credits, according to documents. </p>
<p>He was also a ringleader in a gang that smuggled Sri Lankans into several European countries over two years. Fourteen people were accused of involvement. One Channel crossing was thwarted in June 2021. </p>
<p>Sivagankan, who has no UK convictions, was first arrested in London in March 2022 on behalf of French authorities. A Judge originally ordered his extradition in November 2022 on a warrant based on accusations made in France. </p>
<p>Court papers stated: "He is described as an organiser within a European-wide criminal group operating in many countries." In January 2023, Sivagankan was sentenced in absentia at a Court in Beauvois, near Paris. </p>
<p>The High Court discharged the initial extradition warrant in October 2023, but a new one, based on his conviction, was issued the following month. </p>
<p>Following Friday's decision, Sivagankan is on £10,000 bail, under a curfew and must wear a tag while he awaits extradition.</p>
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<p>Sathasivam Sivagankan, 58, a refugee granted asylum in Britain, allegedly organised clandestine Channel crossings from his rented home, according to Court documents. </p>
<p>A Judge has now ordered the father's extradition to France, where last year he was convicted of people smuggling and given a five-year jail term in his absence, according to The Sun.</p>
<p>Sivagankan had been granted indefinite leave to remain in Britain after fleeing the war in Sri Lanka in 2003 with his wife and sons, who are UK citizens.</p>
<p>The 58-year-old Tamil, from Colliers Wood, South West London, was working part-time at Morley's chicken shop in Brixton and was receiving universal credits, according to documents. </p>
<p>He was also a ringleader in a gang that smuggled Sri Lankans into several European countries over two years. Fourteen people were accused of involvement. One Channel crossing was thwarted in June 2021. </p>
<p>Sivagankan, who has no UK convictions, was first arrested in London in March 2022 on behalf of French authorities. A Judge originally ordered his extradition in November 2022 on a warrant based on accusations made in France. </p>
<p>Court papers stated: "He is described as an organiser within a European-wide criminal group operating in many countries." In January 2023, Sivagankan was sentenced in absentia at a Court in Beauvois, near Paris. </p>
<p>The High Court discharged the initial extradition warrant in October 2023, but a new one, based on his conviction, was issued the following month. </p>
<p>Following Friday's decision, Sivagankan is on £10,000 bail, under a curfew and must wear a tag while he awaits extradition.</p>
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