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Four Lankans arrested in global smuggling case
May 24, 201303:47 PM
Dominican Republic authorities have arrested four men from Sri Lanka accused of smuggling at least 60 migrants from India and the Middle East into the U.S. and Canada using fake passports.
Officials with the National Investigations Department say the alleged leader of the group is a Canadian citizen identified as 42-year-old Karunhanithy Nallathamby.
Director Fidel Calcagno said late Wednesday that Nallathamby was in charge of obtaining passports in Canada that would later be altered and given to migrants once they reached the Dominican Republic.
He said the majority of migrants had criminal backgrounds and would stay in Nallathamby’s house for up to two months before traveling to the U.S. or Canada.--AP
