A prolific human trafficker has "given the thumbs up" to smuggling Shamima Begum back into Britain just days after the jihadi bride was eyeing up a "loophole" to return to Britain, GB News can exclusively reveal.
The People's Channel star Patrick Christys has maintained contact undercovers with several people smugglers - one of whom, believed to be a former member of the Afghan Special Forces, offered his smuggling services to Begum.
The trafficker has also previously posted alongside picture of cash and firearms, with an "Isis-style single-fingered pose", Patrick noted.
"So we exposed this guy back in October 2025, and despite putting it all out here on national television, we can confirm that he is still operating and he's claiming to be able to break Shamima Begum back into Britain," the star said.
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"We asked him if he would let Shamima Begum come back to Britain. He gave the thumbs up. We sent him a picture of Begum and then he immediately posted this video, presumably as proof that he was still able to get people like her into Britain."
On Monday, Begum was suspected of plotting an escape from her Syrian detention camp and a return to Britain with the help of people smugglers, according to text messages allegedly sent from inside the facility.
According to text messages allegedly sent from inside the facility, documentary maker Andrew Drury, 60, who has interviewed Begum six times at al-Roj camp, claimed he received messages setting out an alleged escape plan.
As a result, fears have mounted that Begum could travel across Europe and to northern France, where she would then be able to board boat and sail onto British shores.
A prolific human trafficker has 'given the thumbs up' to smuggling Shamima Begum back into Britain
The suspected people smuggler is still "masterminding illegal crossings across the Channel", sending GB News's undercover team an image of a masked man behind the wheel of a car, with a "sinister" visage.
Patrick added: "Now, I want to stress to you that I believe this man is a very, very serious operator when it comes to what's going on in the Channel.
"And someone very high up the human trafficker gang chain, not simply some foot soldier wandering around Calais. And I believe that to be true for a couple of reasons.
"Firstly, how long he's been operating and secondly because he says that he's currently in Pakistan, which would imply that he is masterminding this all from abroad, from somewhere."
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Despite "believing he is out of reach of the British authorities, the People's Channel has passed his contact information to the National Crime Agency.
Patrick appeared appalled the trafficker was still using the same WhatsApp number as he was back in October, when GB News revealed his identity.
He added: "Remarkable, really, when you think about, you know, national emergency in the Channel and all that, if it's as easy as that for us, just us here at GB News to find someone willing to traffic Begum back into Britain...
"Then let's be honest, she's going to have no problem at all, is she?"
In the bride's bid to return to Britain, texts were reportedly sent by Hoda Muthana, an American former Isis member and close associate of Begum, who has also been stripped of her citizenship.
The exchange revealed Muthana allegedly using coded language to request money - referring to US dollars as "gummies" and British pounds as "mints" - to pay traffickers to extract both women from the camp.
According to the exchanges, the pair intend to cross the border into Turkey and present themselves at their respective embassies, believing this would force authorities to act.
Muthana allegedly wrote that British officials would "eventually" accept Begum back "once Turkey deports her which is what they do".
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