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Justice Department Expands Crackdown on Human Smuggling at Northern Border
The Justice Department's Joint Task Force Alpha, expanded to northern and maritime borders, has charged 56 defendants and seized millions in profits from human smuggling operations, officials said.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the expansion of Joint Task Force Alpha to combat Transnational Criminal Organizations involved in human trafficking and smuggling.
- Since President Donald Trump took office, the JTFA has charged 56 defendants tied to smuggling conspiracies and has been credited with over 300 arrests.
- Bondi described a violent case involving a 'monster' who tried to transport a family across the U.S.-Canada border, resulting in deaths from exposure, highlighting the dangers of trafficking networks.
- The JTFA aims to aggressively investigate and prosecute human smuggling crimes, with Bondi stating they will not rest until those profiting from vulnerable people's suffering face justice.
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The three men were accused of helping 44 migrants illegally cross the Canada-U.S. border in early August.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced new measures to combat crime on the U.S.-Canada border. The Trump Administration will expand the existing payroll to end trafficking and human trafficking networks.Read more]]>
Bondi says human smuggling across the Canada-US border is getting worse
US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Thursday human smuggling across the border with Canada is getting worse — and that traffickers are looking north following the Trump administration's crackdown at the border with Mexico.
The U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced the expansion of the Alpha Joint Task Force (JTFA) – dedicated to fighting human trafficking on the borders of Mexico and Canada – to include for the first time the entire northern border line and the coasts of the country.From Tampa, Florida, where she presented the results of the dismantling of a gang that was smuggling Cubans to the United States – at $40,000 per person – Bondi said that, in co…
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