An Ontario man is facing a nine-count indictment in the U.S. alleging he was the 'primary organizer' of a human smuggling network using Akwesasne Mohawk territory.
Simranjit Singh of Brampton, Ont., has pleaded not guilty to nine counts related to human smuggling in the U.S. Federal Court for the Northern District of New York.
Singh allegedly acted as a broker, charging $5,000 to $35,000 per person to smuggle mainly Indian nationals into the U.S., according to court records. Canadian authorities could not return them to India because the Indian consulate refused to provide travel documents. Singh is now attempting to stay through his second wife, who sponsored him. That application was pending at the time of his arrest last summer.
"Ok they cross river," Singh wrote, at 8:51 p.m. on March 17, 2020, according to evidence from U.S. authorities filed in a Canadian court as part of his extradition.
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