Every company policy state that if you drink on the road your job will be terminated. Also, if any alcohol is found in your truck by your company your employment will also be terminated. Most of the major transport companies also have a mandate that all drivers involved in a road traffic accident will need to take a compulsorily drug and alcohol test. The consumption of alcohol is prevalent amongst professional drivers and stress has been linked to the increase in consumption. 

JUNE 2019 will see the biggest change in tachograph regulation in more than 12 years - the mandatory introduction of 'smart tachographs' in all new vehicles. With many improvements, such as satellite positioning data and increased security, the new devices are

Two other men, described as his 'lieu­tenants', were Sentenced to eight years each and await extradition. Belgian prosecutors believe the gang made hun­dreds of attempts to smuggle migrants into the UK.

Only some were stopped by the Border Force. The National Crime Agency's Andrea Wilson said: 'Dauti treated desperate migrants as commodities he could make money from. He was perfectly happy to risk their lives on incredibly danger­ous journeys in the backs of lorries.'

She added: 'Through our close work­ing with the Belgian Federal Police and prosecutors, we have taken out a sig­nificant organised crime group involved in bringing migrants to the UK illegally. Dauti was head of that group.'