US & Canadian Authorities Bust Human Trafficking Ring

US and Canadian authorities have busted another human trafficking ring operating across the Canadian border:

“We are alleging that over the last two years, this group was responsible for the majority of migrants that were smuggled into the U.S. (from Canada),” said Michele Paradis, a spokeswoman with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

“They were being hidden in trunks of cars, they were being put on railway cars, they were put in the backs of transport trucks and there were occasions where small boats were used.”

Paradis said the illegal migrants were from China, Korea and Eastern Europe. Twenty-four were arrested while trying to enter Canada from the States, and at least 74 were caught trying to cross into the United States.

“The smugglers themselves are not the least bit concerned for the safety of the migrants at all,” Paradis said. “They’re only concerned about one thing, and one thing only, and that’s the amount of money they can make.”