LONDON, 23 January, 2021 (TON): Progress in the 2019 death case of 39 Vietnamese migrants in London, took place when the ringleaders of a human smuggling group have been imprisoned for their involvement in the scene.

On Friday the court in the U.K. sentenced seven men to prison when their roles were assured for being involved in the case.

The men were given prison terms ranging from 13 to 27 years for involvement in a people-smuggling plot that led to their deaths.

In October 2019, the case sparked a global outrage when the victims of ages ranging from 14 to 44 slowly suffocated inside a container in the back of a truck discovered at an industrial port near London.

The court ruled two defendants who were identified as the ringleaders of the smuggling group, Gheorghe Nica, 43 and haulier boss Ronan Hughes, 41.

Nica was sentenced to 27 years in prison while Hughes was handed 20 years.

Two truck drivers also caught and received prison sentences, one 23 year old Eamonn Harrison given an 18 year sentence, 13 years and 4 months sentence given to 26 years old driver, Maurice Robinson.

The judge also ordered that the men serve two-thirds of their sentences in custody, rather than the more customary 50%.

Three other men involved in the group were also handed prison terms from three to seven years.

They' had been previously found guilty of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration.