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Bust shows gaps in U.S.-Canada border
14 indicted for smuggling Indians, Pakistanis into United States
From Brian Todd
CNN
Wednesday, April 12, 2006; Posted: 10:25 p.m. EDT (02:25 GMT)WASHINGTON (CNN)—As debate rages over securing the U.S. border with Mexico, authorities announced Wednesday that they had dismantled a human-smuggling ring that was running illegal immigrants into the United States through Canada.
The ring was responsible for importing dozens of Indian and Pakistani immigrants, according to U.S. and Canadian authorities.
At least 50 illegal immigrants have been arrested.
Fourteen U.S. and Canadian residents have been indicted by a U.S. grand jury on charges related to human smuggling, officials said. Two suspects are still at large.
Kavel Multani, 46, a dual Canadian-Indian citizen who allegedly oversaw the Vancouver, British Columbia-based ring, was charged with nine counts of smuggling and transporting illegal aliens.
Authorities say the immigrants, some of them children, were first flown on commercial flights to Toronto, Ontario, using forged documents.
“The aliens were charged as much as $35,000 apiece to be smuggled from their home countries through Canada to the U.S.,” said Leigh Winchell, special agent in charge of Seattle investigations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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