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The man who was arrested after authorities found the corpses of 39 Vietnamese immigrants inside his refrigerated truck has pleaded guilty.

Maurice Robinson, 25, was charged last month with 39 counts of manslaughter but entered a guilty plea to lesser charges on Monday, according to the Associated Press. Robinson was the first person arrested for their alleged roles in a people smuggling ring. In addition to others in Britain and Ireland, multiple people in Vietnam have also been charged.

On Oct. 23, the bodies of eight women and 31 men were found dead inside of Robinsons refrigerated truck about 15 miles outside of London. Reports have indicated that the victims may have suffocated, but questions still linger about the exact time during the journey they died and what went wrong.

All of those who died have been identified as Vietnamese. At the outset of the investigation, authorities said the bodies were from China but soon realized that was a mistake. Since the discovery, investigators have been in direct contact with a number of families in Vietnam and the U.K. Police are working to figure out everyone who was involved in the smuggling ring.

What were dealing with ... is the push factors; the war zones, the famine, the conflicts, and the crime and corruption in countries that make people want to leave and the absence of human rights and the attraction of the United Kingdom. Its perceived by organized crime as a potential easy target, said Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer after the discovery.

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Driver of truck that had 39 bodies inside admits to illegal immigration scheme - Washington Examiner