RCMP lay charges in St. Joe's human smuggling and trafficking case
A two-year investigation by the Sault Ste. Marie Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Detachment has resulted in Human Smuggling and Human Trafficking charges against two male subjects from the Greater Toronto Area.
The investigation, dubbed Project OFLEX, was initiated on May 31, 2015, after a lone female illegally entered Canada on a vessel that left Neebish Island in Michigan, and landed on St. Joseph's Island in Ontario.
The crossing was spotted by members of the United States Border Patrol, and relayed to the Sault Ste. Marie RCMP.
On June 23 and 24, 2017, investigators from the Sault Ste. Marie RCMP Detachment arrested Nodir Burkhanov (38 years) of Vaughan, and Leonard Beasley (65 years) of Toronto for their involvement in the cross border incident.
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