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CTV News
a day ago
- CTV News
Police in Akwesasne Mohawk Territory break up suspected human smuggling operation
The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service says it disrupted a suspected human smuggling operation in its territory this past weekend. In a news release, the police service said three people with Brazilian passports were found near Raquette Point, Akwesasne, N.Y., on Saturday. The individuals — a man, a woman, and a child — told police they had been held against their will for several days and were given minimal necessities. The investigation led police to a home on Cornwall Island, in Ontario, police said. 'While police were actively monitoring the location, two more individuals believed to be migrants were dropped off at the exact location,' the news release said. 'In the interest of public safety, officers entered the residence and located two additional migrants, along with a resident from Akwesasne. All individuals were safely detained. Background checks confirmed that the two additional migrants had active extradition warrants from the United States related to immigration violations.' The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service said the investigation remains ongoing and no other information would be made available. No charges have been announced. Akwesasne police said the operation was carried out with assistance from Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police, the RCMP, Sûreté du Québec, and the Canada Border Services Agency. The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service has identified persons of interest. Anyone with information is asked to call (613) 575-2340 or submit a secure tip by email at tips@ You may also provide an anonymous tip to Seaway Valley Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Montreal Gazette
2 days ago
- Montreal Gazette
Akwesasne police disrupt suspected human smuggling ring on Cornwall Island
Montreal Crime A suspected human smuggling operation was disrupted on Cornwall Island by the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service last weekend, the force said on Tuesday. In a Facebook post, the AMPS said they were alerted to the incident at about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday after Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police in Akwesasne, New York, intercepted three Brazilian citizens — an adult man, a woman, and a child — in the Raquette Point area, just across the river from Cornwall Island. The individuals, who spoke limited English, reported being held against their will for several days at a private residence with minimal necessities provided. An investigation led officers to a home on Cornwall Island (Kawehno:ke), Ontario, where police later found two more migrants along with a local Akwesasne resident, who were detained. According to police, the migrants had active extradition warrants from the United States related to immigration violations. The operation involved collaboration among AMPS, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police, the RCMP, Sûreté du Québec, and the Canada Border Services Agency. The AMPS said the investigation is ongoing and are asking anyone with information to contact AMPS directly (613-575-2340 or tips@ or to anonymously contact Seaway Valley Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
CTV News
2 days ago
- CTV News
Police in Akwesasne Mohawk Territory break up suspected human trafficking operation
The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service says it disrupted a suspected human smuggling operation in its territory this past weekend. In a news release, the police service said three people with Brazilian passports were found near Raquette Point, Akwesasne, N.Y., on Saturday. The individuals — a man, a woman, and a child — told police they had been held against their will for several days and were given minimal necessities. The investigation led police to a home on Cornwall Island, in Ontario, police said. 'While police were actively monitoring the location, two more individuals believed to be migrants were dropped off at the exact location,' the news release said. 'In the interest of public safety, officers entered the residence and located two additional migrants, along with a resident from Akwesasne. All individuals were safely detained. Background checks confirmed that the two additional migrants had active extradition warrants from the United States related to immigration violations.' The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service said the investigation remains ongoing and no other information would be made available. No charges have been announced. Akwesasne police said the operation was carried out with assistance from Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police, the RCMP, Sûreté du Québec, and the Canada Border Services Agency. The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service has identified persons of interest. Anyone with information is asked to call (613) 575-2340 or submit a secure tip by email at tips@ You may also provide an anonymous tip to Seaway Valley Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
CBC
2 days ago
- CBC
Suspected human smuggling ring disrupted in Akwesasne
Police in Akwesasne say they've disrupted a suspected human smuggling operation in the territory that was apparently holding migrants against their will. According to a news release Wednesday from the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service (AMPS), they were alerted by Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police — their counterparts on the U.S. portion of the territory — on June 7 about a "serious incident involving suspected human smuggling." A man, woman and child with Brazilian passports had been "intercepted" that afternoon by Saint Regis officers near Raquette Point in New York state, police said. The three people, none of whom spoke much English, said they'd been held against their will for several days and provided with "minimal necessities," AMPS said. They also told police that others were being held at a residence on Cornwall Island on the Ontario side. More migrants found at residence According to AMPS, while police were monitoring that residence, two other people believed to be migrants were dropped off. Officers then entered the property where they found two more migrants and a third person from Akwesasne. Those two migrants had active extradition warrants from the U.S. related to immigration violations, police said. No arrests or charges had been announced as of early Wednesday afternoon. Home to about 27,000 people, the territory near Cornwall, Ont., is severed by both the Ontario-Quebec border and the international boundary with New York state. For decades, Akwesasne's jurisdictional tangle has been taken advantage of by people seeking to move illicit products and humans across the border — sometimes with fatal consequences.
