the driver of the lorry has been named locally in northern ireland a 25—year—old mo robinson.eing questioned on suspicion of murder. this matter has attracted national and international interest and it is imperative that the operation is conducted with the utmost respect for the 39 people who have lost their lives. grays is at the centre of a huge haulage network. lorry stopped overnight with people coming out of them. some here are shocked but not surprised. this cabbie says he and his collea g u es this cabbie says he and his colleagues are often approached by desperate people. they come up, they can't speak english. they hand you a phone, you speak to someone on the other end and they ask you to take them to an address. it is normally by london. i have seen six people getting out of the back of a lorry in the same location. this man didn't want to be identified. my best friend has seen people running out of a lorry and scattering in all directions. he walks past the place where the lorry was found most mornings. everybody has had an experience that i know, especially in tha

the driver of the lorry has been named locally in northern ireland as 25—year—old mo robinson.questioned on suspicion of murder. this matter has attracted national and international interest and it is imperative that the operation is conducted with the utmost respect for the 39 people who have lost their lives. grays is at the centre of a huge haulage network. lorries stop overnight and people are coming out of them. some here are shocked but not surprised. this cabbie says he and his colleagues are often approached by desperate people. they come up, they can't speak english. they hand you a phone, you speak to someone on the other end and they ask you to take them to an address. it's normally round by london. i've seen six people getting out of the back of a lorry in the same location. this man didn't want to be identified. my best friend has seen people running out of a lorry and scattering in all directions. he walks past the place where the lorry was found most mornings. everybody's had an experience that i know, especially in that area. and itjust seems to be a thing that

an image of the northern irish haulier, mo robinson, is on the front of the times.y being questioned by police. claims that ministers were warned that criminals had switched to using the port of purfleet for smuggling, is the daily mail's headline. the metro carries an image of the lorry, and points out that the cab had a sticker saying — "the ultimate dream" in its window. brexit is the focus of the express — it says that borisjohnson has accused jeremy corbyn of putting the country's fate in the hands of the eu. and the office—space provider wework cutting 4,000 jobs is the ft‘s lead — as the company looks to focus on us, european and japanese markets. those are the front pages, let's start off and it's just that horrific story, the lead for the daily mirror. it is a really dramatic front page that they have put together ahead of tomorrow. it was a huge story today, one of the most horrendous stories we have seen ina long most horrendous stories we have seen in a long time, the biggest murder investigation since 7/7 has been launched. we still don't know the detai

we also know mo robinson, the alledged driver of the truck, will remain in police custody.s from county armagh in northern ireland. police have raided three houses there. here's the national crime agency saying... still no confirmation on whether this is a case of people smuggling, but essex police say it's the largest murder investigation in its history. this investigation already involves at least five countries. i've mentioned the uk and that the people came from china. we also know the lorry was registered in bulgaria to a company owned by an irish woman, but that it hasn't been back to bulgaria since 2017. the refrigerated container arrived in zeebrugge, in belgium, at 2.30pm on tuesday afternoon. it travelled across the channel, and arrived at purfleet, a port on the thames, just after midnight. the lorry collected the container just after 1am. a0 minutes later, ambulance officers discoverered the victims while the container was in an industrial park. police say the tractor unit — the front part of the lorry — entered the country via holyhead in wales on sunday, havin

the driver of the lorry has been named in northern ireland as 25—year—old mo robinson.d of suspicion of murder. on suspicion of murder. this matter has attracted national and international interest, and it's absolutely imperative that the operation is conducted with the utmost respect for the 39 people who have lost their lives. grays is at the centre of a huge haulage network. where the lorries are stopping overnight and people are coming out of them. some here are shocked, but not surprised. this cabbie says he and his colleagues are often approached by desperate people. all they do, is they come up, they can't speak english, they hand you a phone, you speak to someone on the other end of a phone, and they ask you to take them to an address. it's normally round by london. i've seen six people getting out of the back of a lorry in the same location. this man didn't want to be identified. as has my best friend, seen people running out of a lorry, and scattering in all directions. he walks past the place where the lorry was found most mornings. it seems everybody's had e

he has been named locally as 25—year—old mo robinson from portadown in county armagh.roperties in northern ireland have been searched by police. so what do we know about this week's incident? according to the belgian authorities, the container arrived in the port of zeebrugge at around 2:30pm on tuesday. it left there later that afternoon, heading across the channel. it arrived in purfleet in essex just after midnight and at 1:05am yesterday, the trailer was collected by a lorry. about half an hour later, and a couple of miles away, ambulance staff discovered the bodies of 39 adults inside the container on the waterglade industrial park. news that the dead are all from china will bring back memories of another incident nearly 20 years ago, when 58 chinese immigrants were found suffocated inside a lorry in dover. it took months for some of them to be identified. since then, checks at major ports have increased, but critics say quieter ports like purfleet can still be vulnerable. there is simply not enough being done in terms of security, the protection of vehicles acros

it will ta ke 25—year—old mo robinson. the bodies and to find the answer is that they need. investigations into the tragedy are continuing in zeebrugge and attention will also now turn to china, and trying to indentify the victims. to identify the victims. we'll speak to john sudworth in beijing in a moment, but, first, damian grammaticas in zeebrugge. damian, what are the authorities saying there tonight? sophie, well, today, the belgian federal prosecutor has said that they are looking into this to try and determine both where these chinese migrants were put into this trailer and, also, who might have organised it. what the port authorities here are saying to us is that they do not believe it happened here at the port, they believe it could have happened some distance away, possibly even outside belgium and the reason for that is that they believe that the refrigerated trailer arrived here at this quayside already closed and already with a seal on it, and that is important because the standard procedure then is that that

an image of northern irish haulier mo robinson is on the front of the times.police. claims that ministers were warned that criminals had switched to using the port of purfleet for smuggling — that's the daily mail's headline. the metro carries an image of the lorry, and points out that the cab had a sticker saying "the ultimate dream" in its window. brexit is the focus of the express — it says that borisjohnson has accused jeremy corbyn of putting the country's fate in the hands of the eu. and the office—space provider we work cutting 4,000 jobs is the ft‘s lead, as the company looks to focus on us, european and japanese markets. that's the flavour of the front pages. we are going to go back to the front of the telegraph. and tragic story that's been developing today. human cargo drip into frozen feet isn't the headline. yes, it's one of the

the lorry driver has been named as this man, mo robinson.rom county armagh in northern ireland. the lorry itself is registered by a company that's owned by an irish woman. and police say the tractor unit — the front part of the truck — also comes from northern ireland. it travelled across the channel from zeebrugge, in belgium, and entered the uk at the port of purfleet last night. police were called about an hour later. it's not been confirmed that this is a case of people smuggling or that the victims were migrants, but all indications suggest this was the case. well, this tragedy was discussed in parliament earlier. in this clip, you'll hear local mp jackie doyle—price and then the prime minister. to put 39 people into a locked metal container shows a contempt for human life that is evil, and the best thing we can do in memory of those victims is to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice. i do share her strong desire now that the perpetrators of that crime, and indeed all those who engage in similar activities, because we know th

he has been named locally in northern ireland as mo robinson, the 25—year—old arrested in essex thisen named locally in northern ireland as the driver of the lori and remains in custody, having been arrested by essex police in the early hours of this morning. let's also just show you pictures of the lorry itself being driven away from the estate where it was parked and found overnight. and it has been taken to a secure location, it was driven away just taken to a secure location, it was driven awayjust before 5pm this evening by the police. the deputy chief constable was telling us that the police really want to take their time ina the police really want to take their time in a place of dignity and respect to examine the bodies, to try to identify the bodies still on board. 39 bodies, at 38 of them adults and one teenager — and also, ultimately to remove those bodies, as well. so who are these people and where are they from? we can speak now to anthony steen, chair and founder of the human trafficking foundation. that is the first question, these 39 people victims of what the prime m

he's been named locally as 25—year—old mo robinson, from the portadown area of county armagh in northerngoes to meet the labour leader, to try to agree a timetable for a brexit deal, after mps backed

the driver of the lorry has been named in northern ireland as 25-year-old mo robinson. he is being questioned on suspicion of murder. >> this matter has attracted national and international interest, and it is absolutely imperative that the operation is conducted with the utmost respect for the 39 people who lost their lives. ed: grays is at the center of a huge haulage network. >> the lorries are stopping overnight and people coming out of them -- ed: some people are shocked but not surprised. this cabbie says he and his colleagues are oen approached by desperate people. >> they come up, they can't speak english, they hand you a phone, theyask you to take them to an address. >> i've seen six people get out of a lorry i ithe same locatione ed: this man not want to be identified. >> i've seen people running out of the lorry and scattering in all directions. ed: he walks past the place wher the lorry was found. >> it seems that no onems to care about it. : today the prime minister and labor leader jeremy corbyn spoke of their shock and sadness. prime min. johnson: this is

he is being named locally as mo robinson.ntinues. a report in 2017 said this was one of 62 east coast ports that was not normally manned by border officials. that same report said that it is the burger was one of the continent for people smuggling. —— zeebrugge. let's go to shanghai now. good morning. police here saying they believe these people are chinese nationals. what response has there been there? yeah, let's talk about that. that is all essex police have said. they believe they are chinese nationals. on two occasions yesterday, and earlier this morning, the chinese ambassador in london, in a social media post, has made it clear that the nationality has yet to be confirmed. so casting some doubt maybe at the moment and where these 39 people have come from. the news is being reported here in china. there is some censorship, it would appear, of the words chinese nationals. there has also been an editorial in the state—controlled global times newspaper, fiercely nationalistic, saying the uk and the european union must bear

the lorry driver, mo robinson, from county armagh, has been arrested on suspicion of murder by essex the trailer arrived in the uk from belgium, though police aren't sure how long it spent there. it left zebrugge and arrived in purfleet on the river thames, leaving the port shortly after 1am on wednesday. a0 minutes later, paramedics arrived at an industrial estate in grays to find the lorry containing the bodies. our correspondentjon kay joins us now from grays. police made it clearfrom police made it clear from the outset yesterday that their absolute priority was to identify the victims. are they making any progress on that as far as you know? they have said it's going to be a long and complicated international process due to the nature of what has happened. this is the industrial estate where the lorry and container we re estate where the lorry and container were found yesterday morning just on the little road behind me and you can see it has been screened off by police with a large presence here and the lorry has been taken away to tilbury docks a couple of miles away which is w

the driver of the lorry has been named locally in northern ireland a 25—year—old mo robinson.nd international interest and it is imperative that the operation is conducted with the utmost respect for the 39 people who have lost their lives. grays is at the centre of a huge haulage network. lorries are stopping overnight with people coming out of them. some here are shocked but not surprised. this cabbie says he and his colleagues are often approached by desperate people. they come up, they can't speak english. they hand you a phone, you speak to someone on the other end, and they ask you to take them to an address. it is normally by london. tonight, the lorry and the people on board have been taken away. police said their dignity and finding their loved ones comes first. ed thomas, bbc news, grays. we can talk to andrew wallis, the founder of the anti—slavery charity unseen. andrew, good of you to be with us. how common is this? i've read tonight that can police have found nine people in the back of a lorry that was carrying nine more people on the m20. how common is that? tha

in essex, detectives are to continuing to question the 25-year-old driver, known as mo robinson.his evening, policeth confirmed also arrested a 48-year-old man from northern ireland at the airport in connection with the deaths and made this appl. >> i would like to speak directly to anyone whos thi their loved ones may have been in the trailer. i know you may be worried about speaking to the police, and i would like to reassure you we just want to be able to give the victims families answers about what has hpened. ed: all day, the delicate process continued. prive ambulances and police escorts removing the bodies from the refrigerated contain. one by one, postmortem examinations will be carried out as police try to find out who they were and how they died. >> what's this noise? is the fridge working? that's the sound of the fridge? ed: he has been transporting refrigerated lorries for two years. temperatures can get as low as -25. what's inside? >> i don't know. ed: you don't know whasis ? >> i don't know. i can'open this and check. ed: he's not allowed to break the seal, but eve

he has been named in northern ireland as 25-year-old mo robinson.lease say it will take all -- police say it wl take all weekend to remove the bodies and to begin to find the answers they need. laura: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, an in-depth look at the illegal elephant trade. the baby elephants were taken from families in zimbabwe to be sold to china. laura: the rescue services in scotland had praised the 10-year-old boy who scrambled down a ravine to help his seriously injured mother after she slipped and fell more than 300 feet. the boy managed to ring for help using his mother's mobile phone and was able to tell paramedics where she had fallen on the mountain. mountain rescue workers who came to her eight are calling him a hero. this report on extraordinary story of a young boy who helped save his mother. reporter: in darkness and harsh weather, a rescue is happening on a scottish mountain. >> she has been packaged onto the stretcher, and you can see the winch men from the helicopter managing th

he has been named in northern ireland as 25—year—old mo robinson.ke until the weekend to remove all the bodies and to begin to find the answers they need. ed thomas, bbc news, purfleet. investigations are now turning to china in trying to identify the victims. let's get more details from our beijing correspondentjohn sudworth. the chinese authorities tell us they are still trying to gather information. for now, we know nothing about who these people were or where exactly in china they came from. there is a profound sense of shock being expressed on social media that something like this could have happened again. in previous incidents, the 58 people found dead in the back of a lorry in dover back in 2000, for example, or the 21 chinese people who drowned off morecombe in 2004, in those cases, they were brought to the uk by the snake head gangs, a notorious chinese criminal underworld that runs these people smuggling operations. what is interesting is that in recent years, demand was thought to have been falling away, the chinese economy today provide

detectives are continuing to question the 25—year—old lorry driver, named locally in northern ireland as mo robinsons evening, police confirmed they'd also arrested a 48—year—old man from northern ireland at stansted airport in connection with the deaths, and made this appeal. i would like to speak directly to anyone who thinks their loved ones may have been in the trailer. i know you may be worried about speaking to the police, and i would like to reassure you that we just want to be able to give the victims‘ families answers about what has happened. all day, the delicate process continued, private ambulances under police escort removing the bodies from the refrigerated container. one by one, postmortem examinations will be carried out, as police try to find out who they were and how they died. what's this noise, the noise? the fridge working. the fridge working? yes. that's the sound of the fridge? yes, i show you. wojciech has been transporting refrigerated lorries for two years. it goes 20, 2i. temperatures can get as low as minus 25. what's inside it? i don't know. you don't know what's inside?

the driver of the lorry has been named in northern ireland as 25—year—old mo robinson. questioned on suspicion of murder. this matter has attracted national and international interest, and it's absolutely imperative that the operation is conducted with the utmost respect for the 39 people who have lost their lives. grays is at the centre of a huge haulage network. where the lorries are stopping overnight and people are coming out of them. some here are shocked, but not surprised. this cabbie says he and his colleagues are often approached by desperate people. all they do, is they come up, they can't speak english, they hand you a phone, you speak to someone on the other end of a phone, and they ask you to take them to an address. it's normally round by london. i've seen six people getting out of the back of a lorry in the same location. this man didn't want to be identified. as has my best friend, seen people running out of a lorry, and scattering in all directions. he walks past the place where the lorry was found most mornings. it seems everybody's had experience, tha

he has been named in northern ireland as 25—year—old mo robinson. the weekend to remove all the bodies and to begin to find the answers they need. ed thomas, bbc news, purfleet. about 2,000 people in northern california, including the entire population of one town, have been ordered out of their homes to escape a fast—moving wildfire. stop... can you see? no, icann. this was the momentjournalists in sonoma county had to flee the flames as the fire was spread by high winds. in just a couple of days, almost 200,000 people have been left without power, and around 4,000 hectares of land in the wine producing region have been destroyed. washington, dc is paying tribute to congressman elijah cummings, who died this week. his body was brought to the us capitol, where it will lie in state until his funeral on friday. he is the first african—american lawmaker to receive that honour. the son of sharecroppers, he became a civil rights leader, earning respect and friendship from colleagues on both sides of the aisle, although he often clashed with president tru

he has been named locally in northern ireland as 25—year—old mo robinson.il the weekend to remove all the bodies, and to begin to find the answers they need. ed thomas, bbc news, purfleet. rebecca miller is an expert on human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants in asia with the united nations office of drugs and crime, based in bangkok. i asked her whether the recent tragedy looked more like a case of people being trafficked against their will or of people paying to be smuggled. look, this is certainly a horrific event, and unfortunately we do hear cases where migrants are losing their lives. and unfortunately, human trafficking and migrant smuggling are two of the world's largest criminal industries. because the facts of the case are still being established, it's quite difficult to know at this stage whether this is a case of human trafficking or whether it's a case of migrant smuggling. they are two distinct crimes, but they do have a number of overlapping elements. looking at — or at least, let's treat it as people smuggling more broadly. how organ

detectives are continuing to question the 25—year—old lorry driver, named locally in northern ireland as mo robinsonolice confirmed they'd also arrested a 48—year—old man from northern ireland at stansted airport in connection with the deaths, and made this appeal. i would like to speak directly to anyone who thinks their loved ones may have been in the trailer. i know you may be worried about speaking to the police, and i would like to reassure you that we just want to be able to give the victims' families answers about what has happened. all day, the delicate process continued, private ambulances under police escort removing the bodies from the refrigerated container. one by one, postmortem examinations will be carried out, as police try to find out who they were and how they died. what's this noise, the noise? the fridge working. the fridge working? yes. that's the sound of the fridge? yes, i show you. wojciech has been transporting refrigerated lorries for two years. it goes 20,21. temperatures can get as low as minus 25. what's inside it? i don't know. you don't know what's inside? i don't know

detectives are continuing to question the 25—year—old lorry driver, named locally in northern ireland as mo robinsonle the delicate process of private ambulances under police escort remove all 39 bodies from the refrigerated container, postmortems will be carried out one by one, as police try and find out who they were and how they died. what is this noise? the fridge working. the fridge working? yes. that's the sound of the fridge? yes, i show you. wojciech has been transporting refrigerated lorries for two years. it goes 20,21. temperatures can get as low as minus 25. what's inside it? i don't know. you don't know what's inside? i don't know. sealed here, and i can't open this and check. he is not allowed to break the seal but, every move he makes, he is followed by a gps tracker. because it's expensive and they show where i am. the trailer has this? where is this trailer. and we've learnt more about the gps movements of the refrigerated container found in essex. sources say tracking gps data shows the container left monaghan in ireland on october the 15th, then made trips to dublin and wales befo

he has been named in northern ireland as 25—year—old mo robinson.ntil the weekend to remove all the bodies, and to begin to find the answers they need. ed thomas, bbc news, purfleet. i'm joined now from bangkok by rebecca miller. she is an expert on human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants in asia with the united nations office of drugs and crime. her thank you very much for your time. first of all, clearly this is a tragedy from many angles. what do you think they were looking at here? does it look to you like people being trafficked against their will, 01’ being trafficked against their will, or is it more like these victims paid smugglers to get them into the uk? look, this is certainly a horrific event, and unfortunately we do hear cases where migrants are losing their lives. and u nfortu nately, losing their lives. and unfortunately, human trafficking and migrants smuggling are two of the world's largest criminal industries. because the facts of the case are still being established, it is quite difficult to know at this stage whether thi

lorry driver mo robinson is still being held on suspicion of murder.d at stansted airport yesterday on suspicion of people trafficking and manslaughter. and joanna meyer and her husband thomas from warrington are also being held on the same charges. the democratic unionist party conference begins in belfast today. leader arlene foster is expected to reaffirm her party's opposition to borisjohnson's brexit deal when she addresses delegates this afternoon. emma vardy is in belfast for us. and emma, divisions with the conservatives again apparent? they certainly are, described as a bit like the big elephant that is not in the room! last year at the conference, borisjohnson was present, playing a starring role, being cheered to the rafters by delegates for telling them that no government should ever agree to put a border down the irish sea. fast forward to today, many here feel borisjohnson has somewhat forward to today, many here feel boris johnson has somewhat sold forward to today, many here feel borisjohnson has somewhat sold out the dup, they see him

detectives are continuing to question the 25—year—old lorry driver, named locally in northern ireland as mo robinsoncate process of private ambulances under police escort remove all 39 bodies from the wreckage rated —— refrigerated container, postmortems will be carried out one by one, as police try and find out how they died. what is this noise? the fridge working? that's the sound of the fridge? this man has been transporting refrigerated lorries for two years. temperatures can get as low as —25. what's inside it? answer unclear. you don't know what's inside?” can't open this and check. hi he is not allowed to open the seal but, every m ove not allowed to open the seal but, every move he makes, he is followed bya gps every move he makes, he is followed by a gps tracker. the trailer has this? and we've learnt more about the gps movements of the refrigerated container found in essex. sources say tracking gps data shows the container left county monaghan in ireland on october the 13th, monaghan in ireland on october the i3th, crossing to dublin and then dover to calais on october the 16th. in europe,

names locally in northern ireland as 25—year—old mo robinson.ill take them to the weekend to remove all the bodies, to preserve their dignity and find the answers they need. ed thomas, bbc news, purfleet. the national crime agency and the border force have been warning that criminal networks are targeting smaller ports on the south and east coast of the uk like purfleet in essex. and they are increasingly using belgium as a way in with zeebrugge identified as a key port used to smuggle people across the channel. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports from zeebrugge. apm today in zeebrugge, heading for purfleet. a8—hours ago, hidden amongst the cargo on the same sailing, it's believed was the refrigerated trailer carrying chinese migrants. every day, a000 containers are moved on this route between europe and the uk. some are canvas sided and relatively easy to search, but most are sealed containers. over here you can see the guy who is going into it. they are much harderfor the port authorities to check. if there is somebody inside t

named locally in northern ireland as 25—year—old mo robinson.l take them to the weekend to remove all the bodies, to preserve their dignity and find the answers they need. ed thomas, bbc news, purfleet. the trailer arrived in zeebrugge on tuesday night where investigations into the tragedy are continuing. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas sent this update from there. today the belgian federal prosecutor has said that they are looking into this to try to determine both where these chinese migrants were put into this trailer, and also who might have organised it. what the port authorities here are saying to us is that they do not believe it happened here at the port. they believe it could have happened some distance away — possibly even outside belgium. and the reason for that is that they believe that the refrigerated trailer arrived here at this quayside already closed and already with the seal on it and that is important because the standard procedure then is that that trailer gets a minimal check outside, and then is waived through.

lorry driver mo robinson is still being held on suspicion of murder.as arrested at stansted airport yesterday on suspicion of people trafficking and manslaughter. and joanna meyer and her husband thomas from warrington are also being held on the same charges. i'm joined now via webcam from ho chi minh city by mimi vu from the vietnamese anti—trafficking ngo, pacific links. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. i wonder, this is clearly heartbreaking and horrific story, can you give us a sense of how big a destination the uk is for people in vietnam ? how big a destination the uk is for people in vietnam? well, i wouldn't say it is not necessarily for people in vietnam, most of the victims and people who migrate to europe in the uk only come from a handful of provinces in vietnam and for those people, the uk is the number one destination. this has been going on for many, many years now and it is only recently that it is becoming more apparent and more in the news and that governments from all over had started paying attention to it. but it h

the lorry driver, mo robinson, from county armagh, has been arrested on suspicion of murder by essexsecutors in belgium have, this morning, announced that the trailer arrived in zeebrugge, on wednesday afternoon. in zeebrugge, on tuesday afternoon. it then left, the same day, en route to the uk and arrived in purfleet, on the river thames, where it then left the port, shortly after 1am, on yesterday morning. a0 minutes later, paramedics arrived at an industrial estate, in grays, to find the lorry containing the bodies. our correspdonent, jon kay, is in grays and spoke to me earlier. they have said it's going to be a long, complicated international process, due to the nature of what has happened. this is the industrial estate, where the lorry and the container were found, yesterday morning. just on the little road there, behind me. see, it has now been screened off, by police. there is still a large police presence here. and the lorry has actually been taken away to tilbury docks, a couple of miles away, that is where that process is going on. that process of identification. the ident

was a very short hearing only 5 minutes in length as you mentioned morse robinson also known as mo robinson appeared via live video link up from an undisclosed location he was wearing a gray sweatshirt and he spoke a couple of times to confirm his his name his date of birth and his address and address in county in northern ireland and then came the charges 39 counts of manslaughter also other charges involving conspiracy to traffic people immigration violations and also money laundering know a publication for bail was made but the prosecution did believe that should be requested that it should be denied over fears that the defendant could potentially obscure and all of that means that morris robinson remains in custody to his next hearing on november the 25th the central criminal court also known as the old bailey in central london if of course he pleads guilty there then sentencing will be arranged if he pleads not guilty at the magistrate here then confirm for the trial will begin next year. thank you. the protests in haiti's capital calling for the president to resign as resulted in viol

mo robinson, a 25-year-old from an hour southwest of belfast.is facing 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy and money laundering. the other thing police are trying to do withou very much luck is identify the 39 victims in this case. or even establish their national identity. so far they have only said they believe some of them were of chinese origin and some vietnamese origin. now they are saying very little about that at all. the problem for police is these people came with very little, if any, identification on them. so now they are having to identify them by marks, scars or tattoos that may be on their body. for that they need the help of the public. people in the chinese or vietnamese community who may have known their loved one was coming to the uk. the trouble that they're having, though, is many of the people who may know them may be in this country illegally and are reluctant to come forward. so police are trying to make the case that they are not interested in prosecuting people, only finding closure for their families. >>> next, more

the 25-year-old driver identified as mo robinson is also still in custody, suspected of murder. answered at his parents' house. shocked and perhaps frustrated by the global attention the community is getting, not everyone appreciated our visit. >> you live here, yeah? >> yes. >> we want to talk to you about -- >> it's a very tight-knit community. nothing like this ever before has come upon the village and hopefully nothing ever will again. we have a driver who is innocent until proven guilty. we have a driver who has been questioned about it. but there's a godfather somewhere and we need to find out who is up the chain to get the person at the top. >> this is the property of gtr, the company whose trailer the bodies were found inside of. no one here wants to talk to us on camera, but they say they are developing with the police investigation. key to this case may be the gps tracking systems they have installed on all of their containers. that gps tracking device was on the entire time and that data has been turned over to police. scott mcclain, laurelville, northern ireland. >>>

detectives are continuing to question the 25—year—old lorry driver, named locally in northern ireland as mo robinsonate process of private ambulances under police escort remove all 39 bodies from the refrigerated container, postmortems will be carried out one by one, as police try and find out who they were and how they died. what is this noise? the fridge working. the fridge working? yes. that's the sound of the fridge? yes, i show you. wojciech has been transporting refrigerated lorries for two years. it goes 20,21. temperatures can get as low as minus 25. what's inside it? i don't know. you don't know what's inside? i don't know. sealed here, and i can't open this and check. he is not allowed to break the seal but, every move he makes, he is followed by a gps tracker. because it's expensive and they show where i am. the trailer has this? where is this trailer. and we've learnt more about the gps movements of the refrigerated container found in essex. sources say tracking gps data shows the container left monaghan in ireland on october the 15th, then made trips to dublin and wales before crossing

under arrest, the driver of the lorry, named locally as mo robinson. evening the vehicle itself was driven away with the bodies of those who perished still inside forfurther the bodies of those who perished still inside for further forensic testing. the priority? finding out who they were and where they came from. the lorry and trailer will be moved to a secure location in tilbury docks are the body can be recovered whilst preserving the dignity of the victims. we are yet to identify them and must manage this sensitively with their families. i appreciate how much attention this incident will continue to attract and the public and media appetite to understand what has happened. what we know as the container travelled on a cross—channel ferry from zeebrugge in belgium to purfleet on the thames estuary. it docked around midnight on tuesday. early yesterday it was moved to the waterglade industrial park nearby. cctv showed it leaving the board. a short time later the ambulance service was called, then the police antibodies were found. ambulance service was

detectives are continuing to question a 25—year—old lorry driver named locally in northern ireland as mo robinsonhe delicate process of private ambulances under police escort remove all 39 bodies from the refrigerated container, postmortem examinations will be carried out, one by one, as police try to find out who they were and how they died. was this noise? a fridge working? that is the sound of the fridge? for a check has been restored —— transporting refrigerated lorries for two years. temperatures can get as low as —25. what's inside? i don't know. you don't know what is inside? i don't know. it is sealed here and i can't... he is not allowed to break the seal but every move he makes is followed by a gps tracker. because it is an expensive track. and we have learnt more about the gps movements of the refrigerated container found in essex. sources say tracking gps data shows the container left monaghan in ireland in october the 15th, they made trips to dublin and wales before crossing from dover to calais on the evening of october 16. once in mainland europe, it appears the container travelled