{"id":1473,"date":"2026-09-28T11:15:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taneen.tv\/en\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:58:31","slug":"1402-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taneen.tv\/en\/1402-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Asylum Seeker, Mastermind of \u00a3181 Million Phone Trafficking Operation, Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">The Daily Mail has reported that an Afghan asylum seeker described as the &#8220;mastermind&#8221; of a major network for trafficking stolen mobile phones in Britain has been sentenced to nine years and six months in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">According to this report published on Friday, September 24 (Mizaan 3), Amir Khadikhil, 35, along with Ismat Miakhil, 33, and Mansour Mohammad, 30, were involved in receiving and transferring tens of thousands of stolen mobile phones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">The Daily Mail wrote that Khadikhil led this network, and more than 62,000 stolen iPhones, worth approximately \u00a3181 million, were transferred to China and Dubai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">According to the Daily Mail, this network sent two large shipments per week through DHL and UPS companies and sold the stolen phones in markets in the Middle East and East Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">In the same case, Ismat Miakhil was sentenced to nine years and Mansour Mohammad to six years and six months in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">The Metropolitan Police of London has described this group as part of &#8220;the largest mobile phone trafficking network in Britain.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">During the investigation, more than 5,000 mobile phones worth \u00a35.5 million were also discovered and seized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">The Daily Mail also reported that Khadikhil entered Britain in 2019 after fleeing Afghanistan and did not have legal work permission at the time of his asylum application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">His lawyer said that Khadikhil was homeless at that time and was employed by an Afghan citizen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily Mail has reported that an Afghan asylum seeker described as the &#8220;mastermind&#8221; of a major network for trafficking stolen mobile phones in Britain..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":1474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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