Le trafic d’êtres humains à la frontière canadienne s’aggrave, dit la procureure générale
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says human trafficking at the border with Canada is worsening, and traffickers are turning north following the Trump administration's crackdown on the border with Mexico.
"The northern border has always been the case, but the situation has gotten significantly worse and has grown significantly, […] it's a multi-billion dollar trafficking of drugs, weapons and human beings," Ms. Bondi said at a press conference in Tampa, Florida.
Ms. Bondi announced that Joint Task Force Alpha, a multi-agency initiative to stop human trafficking, has been expanded to cover the Canada-U.S. border and U.S. maritime borders.
Ms Bondi's comments come a week after she met in Washington with Justice Minister Sean Fraser, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and "fentanyl czar" Kevin Brosseau on August 27 to discuss tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.
According to a report from the meeting, Canadian officials highlighted Canada's ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of communities "on both sides of our shared border in the fight against fentanyl and transnational criminal organizations, to strengthen the criminal justice system and border security."
The White House tenant raised tariffs on Canada to 35% in August, citing border security and retaliatory tariffs from Ottawa as justification.
These customs duties do not apply to goods that comply with the rules of origin of the Canada-United States-Mexico Trade Agreement.
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