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RCMP civilian intelligence analysts make more work for uniformed RCMP members...
Canada/US Border Integrity Thread
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Hey! That was like one time….
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Well there was that one guy, yeah. Though in defense of their analysts, he was an executive.
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I may work for IRCC...IRPA is always a headache lol
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Totally agree. But program officers and "pet" project managers don't catch smugglers, even though they are "personnel".
I'm jaded enough to see what may happen based on "growth promise" experiences in almost 5 decades in my agency and the green machine.
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What's the biggest challenge?
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Not sure I buy the 89% stat without seeing how they’re measuring it. But one thing’s for sure, adding aerial assets means they’re expecting more than just families showing up with bags. When this stuff edges into homeland security territory, legal oversight gets tricky. Feds usually bring in teams like Oberheiden to keep agency actions clean under international law, they’ve handled DOJ and border-related scrutiny before
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An intriguing case with a Canadian involved, tracked by courtwatch.news ...
www.courtwatch.news
Excerpt of the latest roundup shared under the Fair Dealing provisions of the Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42) ...
"... International Drug Ring Revealed
An arrest in Nevada reveals international and American law enforcement are chasing a sophisticated drug network that shipped hundreds of pounds of meth around the globe and into the U.S. The charging documents, which haven't been previously reported, show that the operation is targeting smugglers in China, Australia, Vietnam, Turkey, Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, and the United States.
The investigation, according to court records, began in Ankara in June 2022, when the DEA’s attaché office in Turkey recruited a confidential source in a major drug trafficking organization. The source, identified only in court records by the alias “Queen,” played a central role in helping undercover DEA agents infiltrate the transnational trafficking network. At the behest of DEA agents, Queen reportedly embedded herself within the organization, earning the trust of one purported leader, a Canadian man named Opinder Singh Sian, after she promised to help the traffickers move shipments through Los Angeles.
In his conversations with Queen, Sian came across as well-connected in the criminal underworld, allegedly mentioning his various ties to the Italian mob, a prominent Turkish drug kingpin who has been on the run since 2018, and the Kinahan Family, a powerful Irish organized crime syndicate. Queen reported their discussions back to the DEA, which arranged for her to introduce an undercover agent to Sian at a lunch meeting in Southwest L.A. On March 28, 2023, the three met at a restaurant on Manhattan beach, where the undercover agent – posing as one of Queen’s family members – reportedly told Sian that he could help smuggle shipments of meth by recruiting a cousin who worked at the Port of Long Beach.
Beginning in June 2023, Queen and Sian coordinated with the undercover agent to purportedly move hundreds of pounds of meth through the port in L.A. to a final destination of Sydney, Australia. According to the criminal complaint, the undercover agent, Queen, and Sian planned for Sian’s lieutenants, including one who went by “Darth Vader,” to meet with a second undercover DEA agent and Queen’s courier, “Lalo,” to handover the shipments of meth at a residence in nearby Pomona. Yet, instead of smuggling the meth to Australia, Lalo and the undercover agent acted as interceptors, giving the hundreds of pounds of meth to law enforcement, who sent it to a DEA lab for testing.
The DEA also enlisted the help of Australian law enforcement, which went so far as to concoct a fake batch of drugs to look like the meth seemingly bound for Sydney. An Australian undercover law enforcement officer then delivered the fake batch, which contained a tracking device, to Sian’s alleged associates based in Australia. The sting reportedly led Australian police to a stash house, which law enforcement eventually raided.
As the DEA’s investigation went on, Sian reportedly introduced Queen to multiple of his associates in the trafficking network, giving agents an unfettered window into the smuggling operation and its participants. Sian purportedly used the encrypted messaging app Threema, a competitor to the more well-regarded app Signal, to chat with Queen and to add her to groups with other reported traffickers in order to introduce them. A filing in the case indicates law enforcement was able to identify many of the alleged traffickers Queen messaged, including the ones who used pseudonyms as their usernames.
Court records also detail how Sian agreed to a plan with Queen to expand the network’s trafficking operations by shipping chemicals to produce fentanyl in the U.S. According to the complaint, Sian told Queen he could procure shipments from China of the precursor chemicals and arranged for a sit-down in a Vancouver coffee shop between Queen and two of his associates who run a Canadian trucking company. At the sit-down, the two men allegedly offered to help Queen smuggle the Chinese-made chemicals by receiving the shipments in Vancouver and moving them over the U.S. border. One of the truckers reportedly confided in Queen that he wanted to make money as a smuggler because his wife was “greedy” and wanted him to earn more money for their family.
Last week, law enforcement netted at least one of the key players in the purported trafficking ring when it arrested Sian in Nevada. A filing in the case revealed that law enforcement allowed him to enter the U.S. from Canada so they could arrest him to face prosecution. On Monday, a judge ordered for him to be detained pending trial, noting Sian “is alleged to have been involved in a large-scale drug operation involving approximately 520 pounds of Fentanyl. The defendant is alleged to be a member of a criminal gang and is alleged to have ties to international hitmen.” He is currently scheduled to be transferred on July 21st to face charges in the Central District of California.
The U.S. Attorney’s office of the Central District of California, which is prosecuting the case, had no comment on the charges. A lawyer for Sian did not respond to an inquiry from Court Watch. The Australian Embassy in D.C. directed us to their Department of Foreign Affairs, which did not respond ..."
More in the court docs attached.
#133: International Hitmen and Transnational Drug Dealers
An exclusive about a global drug bust. Plus: Safe Spaces, ChatGPT trips up a good lawyer, T-Rex Skull, J6er gets Life, and Vanity Fair Sued.
www.courtwatch.news
"... International Drug Ring Revealed
An arrest in Nevada reveals international and American law enforcement are chasing a sophisticated drug network that shipped hundreds of pounds of meth around the globe and into the U.S. The charging documents, which haven't been previously reported, show that the operation is targeting smugglers in China, Australia, Vietnam, Turkey, Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, and the United States.
The investigation, according to court records, began in Ankara in June 2022, when the DEA’s attaché office in Turkey recruited a confidential source in a major drug trafficking organization. The source, identified only in court records by the alias “Queen,” played a central role in helping undercover DEA agents infiltrate the transnational trafficking network. At the behest of DEA agents, Queen reportedly embedded herself within the organization, earning the trust of one purported leader, a Canadian man named Opinder Singh Sian, after she promised to help the traffickers move shipments through Los Angeles.
In his conversations with Queen, Sian came across as well-connected in the criminal underworld, allegedly mentioning his various ties to the Italian mob, a prominent Turkish drug kingpin who has been on the run since 2018, and the Kinahan Family, a powerful Irish organized crime syndicate. Queen reported their discussions back to the DEA, which arranged for her to introduce an undercover agent to Sian at a lunch meeting in Southwest L.A. On March 28, 2023, the three met at a restaurant on Manhattan beach, where the undercover agent – posing as one of Queen’s family members – reportedly told Sian that he could help smuggle shipments of meth by recruiting a cousin who worked at the Port of Long Beach.
Beginning in June 2023, Queen and Sian coordinated with the undercover agent to purportedly move hundreds of pounds of meth through the port in L.A. to a final destination of Sydney, Australia. According to the criminal complaint, the undercover agent, Queen, and Sian planned for Sian’s lieutenants, including one who went by “Darth Vader,” to meet with a second undercover DEA agent and Queen’s courier, “Lalo,” to handover the shipments of meth at a residence in nearby Pomona. Yet, instead of smuggling the meth to Australia, Lalo and the undercover agent acted as interceptors, giving the hundreds of pounds of meth to law enforcement, who sent it to a DEA lab for testing.
The DEA also enlisted the help of Australian law enforcement, which went so far as to concoct a fake batch of drugs to look like the meth seemingly bound for Sydney. An Australian undercover law enforcement officer then delivered the fake batch, which contained a tracking device, to Sian’s alleged associates based in Australia. The sting reportedly led Australian police to a stash house, which law enforcement eventually raided.
As the DEA’s investigation went on, Sian reportedly introduced Queen to multiple of his associates in the trafficking network, giving agents an unfettered window into the smuggling operation and its participants. Sian purportedly used the encrypted messaging app Threema, a competitor to the more well-regarded app Signal, to chat with Queen and to add her to groups with other reported traffickers in order to introduce them. A filing in the case indicates law enforcement was able to identify many of the alleged traffickers Queen messaged, including the ones who used pseudonyms as their usernames.
Court records also detail how Sian agreed to a plan with Queen to expand the network’s trafficking operations by shipping chemicals to produce fentanyl in the U.S. According to the complaint, Sian told Queen he could procure shipments from China of the precursor chemicals and arranged for a sit-down in a Vancouver coffee shop between Queen and two of his associates who run a Canadian trucking company. At the sit-down, the two men allegedly offered to help Queen smuggle the Chinese-made chemicals by receiving the shipments in Vancouver and moving them over the U.S. border. One of the truckers reportedly confided in Queen that he wanted to make money as a smuggler because his wife was “greedy” and wanted him to earn more money for their family.
Last week, law enforcement netted at least one of the key players in the purported trafficking ring when it arrested Sian in Nevada. A filing in the case revealed that law enforcement allowed him to enter the U.S. from Canada so they could arrest him to face prosecution. On Monday, a judge ordered for him to be detained pending trial, noting Sian “is alleged to have been involved in a large-scale drug operation involving approximately 520 pounds of Fentanyl. The defendant is alleged to be a member of a criminal gang and is alleged to have ties to international hitmen.” He is currently scheduled to be transferred on July 21st to face charges in the Central District of California.
The U.S. Attorney’s office of the Central District of California, which is prosecuting the case, had no comment on the charges. A lawyer for Sian did not respond to an inquiry from Court Watch. The Australian Embassy in D.C. directed us to their Department of Foreign Affairs, which did not respond ..."
More in the court docs attached.
Damn, that’s a very complex operation. Nicely done!An intriguing case with a Canadian involved, tracked by courtwatch.news ...
Excerpt of the latest roundup shared under the Fair Dealing provisions of the Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42) ...#133: International Hitmen and Transnational Drug Dealers
An exclusive about a global drug bust. Plus: Safe Spaces, ChatGPT trips up a good lawyer, T-Rex Skull, J6er gets Life, and Vanity Fair Sued.
"... International Drug Ring Revealed
An arrest in Nevada reveals international and American law enforcement are chasing a sophisticated drug network that shipped hundreds of pounds of meth around the globe and into the U.S. The charging documents, which haven't been previously reported, show that the operation is targeting smugglers in China, Australia, Vietnam, Turkey, Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, and the United States.
The investigation, according to court records, began in Ankara in June 2022, when the DEA’s attaché office in Turkey recruited a confidential source in a major drug trafficking organization. The source, identified only in court records by the alias “Queen,” played a central role in helping undercover DEA agents infiltrate the transnational trafficking network. At the behest of DEA agents, Queen reportedly embedded herself within the organization, earning the trust of one purported leader, a Canadian man named Opinder Singh Sian, after she promised to help the traffickers move shipments through Los Angeles.
In his conversations with Queen, Sian came across as well-connected in the criminal underworld, allegedly mentioning his various ties to the Italian mob, a prominent Turkish drug kingpin who has been on the run since 2018, and the Kinahan Family, a powerful Irish organized crime syndicate. Queen reported their discussions back to the DEA, which arranged for her to introduce an undercover agent to Sian at a lunch meeting in Southwest L.A. On March 28, 2023, the three met at a restaurant on Manhattan beach, where the undercover agent – posing as one of Queen’s family members – reportedly told Sian that he could help smuggle shipments of meth by recruiting a cousin who worked at the Port of Long Beach.
Beginning in June 2023, Queen and Sian coordinated with the undercover agent to purportedly move hundreds of pounds of meth through the port in L.A. to a final destination of Sydney, Australia. According to the criminal complaint, the undercover agent, Queen, and Sian planned for Sian’s lieutenants, including one who went by “Darth Vader,” to meet with a second undercover DEA agent and Queen’s courier, “Lalo,” to handover the shipments of meth at a residence in nearby Pomona. Yet, instead of smuggling the meth to Australia, Lalo and the undercover agent acted as interceptors, giving the hundreds of pounds of meth to law enforcement, who sent it to a DEA lab for testing.
The DEA also enlisted the help of Australian law enforcement, which went so far as to concoct a fake batch of drugs to look like the meth seemingly bound for Sydney. An Australian undercover law enforcement officer then delivered the fake batch, which contained a tracking device, to Sian’s alleged associates based in Australia. The sting reportedly led Australian police to a stash house, which law enforcement eventually raided.
As the DEA’s investigation went on, Sian reportedly introduced Queen to multiple of his associates in the trafficking network, giving agents an unfettered window into the smuggling operation and its participants. Sian purportedly used the encrypted messaging app Threema, a competitor to the more well-regarded app Signal, to chat with Queen and to add her to groups with other reported traffickers in order to introduce them. A filing in the case indicates law enforcement was able to identify many of the alleged traffickers Queen messaged, including the ones who used pseudonyms as their usernames.
Court records also detail how Sian agreed to a plan with Queen to expand the network’s trafficking operations by shipping chemicals to produce fentanyl in the U.S. According to the complaint, Sian told Queen he could procure shipments from China of the precursor chemicals and arranged for a sit-down in a Vancouver coffee shop between Queen and two of his associates who run a Canadian trucking company. At the sit-down, the two men allegedly offered to help Queen smuggle the Chinese-made chemicals by receiving the shipments in Vancouver and moving them over the U.S. border. One of the truckers reportedly confided in Queen that he wanted to make money as a smuggler because his wife was “greedy” and wanted him to earn more money for their family.
Last week, law enforcement netted at least one of the key players in the purported trafficking ring when it arrested Sian in Nevada. A filing in the case revealed that law enforcement allowed him to enter the U.S. from Canada so they could arrest him to face prosecution. On Monday, a judge ordered for him to be detained pending trial, noting Sian “is alleged to have been involved in a large-scale drug operation involving approximately 520 pounds of Fentanyl. The defendant is alleged to be a member of a criminal gang and is alleged to have ties to international hitmen.” He is currently scheduled to be transferred on July 21st to face charges in the Central District of California.
The U.S. Attorney’s office of the Central District of California, which is prosecuting the case, had no comment on the charges. A lawyer for Sian did not respond to an inquiry from Court Watch. The Australian Embassy in D.C. directed us to their Department of Foreign Affairs, which did not respond ..."
More in the court docs attached.
Thanks for posting this - court docs n' all!!An intriguing case with a Canadian involved, tracked by courtwatch.news ...
Excerpt of the latest roundup shared under the Fair Dealing provisions of the Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42) ...#133: International Hitmen and Transnational Drug Dealers
An exclusive about a global drug bust. Plus: Safe Spaces, ChatGPT trips up a good lawyer, T-Rex Skull, J6er gets Life, and Vanity Fair Sued.
"... International Drug Ring Revealed
An arrest in Nevada reveals international and American law enforcement are chasing a sophisticated drug network that shipped hundreds of pounds of meth around the globe and into the U.S. The charging documents, which haven't been previously reported, show that the operation is targeting smugglers in China, Australia, Vietnam, Turkey, Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, and the United States.
The investigation, according to court records, began in Ankara in June 2022, when the DEA’s attaché office in Turkey recruited a confidential source in a major drug trafficking organization. The source, identified only in court records by the alias “Queen,” played a central role in helping undercover DEA agents infiltrate the transnational trafficking network. At the behest of DEA agents, Queen reportedly embedded herself within the organization, earning the trust of one purported leader, a Canadian man named Opinder Singh Sian, after she promised to help the traffickers move shipments through Los Angeles.
In his conversations with Queen, Sian came across as well-connected in the criminal underworld, allegedly mentioning his various ties to the Italian mob, a prominent Turkish drug kingpin who has been on the run since 2018, and the Kinahan Family, a powerful Irish organized crime syndicate. Queen reported their discussions back to the DEA, which arranged for her to introduce an undercover agent to Sian at a lunch meeting in Southwest L.A. On March 28, 2023, the three met at a restaurant on Manhattan beach, where the undercover agent – posing as one of Queen’s family members – reportedly told Sian that he could help smuggle shipments of meth by recruiting a cousin who worked at the Port of Long Beach.
Beginning in June 2023, Queen and Sian coordinated with the undercover agent to purportedly move hundreds of pounds of meth through the port in L.A. to a final destination of Sydney, Australia. According to the criminal complaint, the undercover agent, Queen, and Sian planned for Sian’s lieutenants, including one who went by “Darth Vader,” to meet with a second undercover DEA agent and Queen’s courier, “Lalo,” to handover the shipments of meth at a residence in nearby Pomona. Yet, instead of smuggling the meth to Australia, Lalo and the undercover agent acted as interceptors, giving the hundreds of pounds of meth to law enforcement, who sent it to a DEA lab for testing.
The DEA also enlisted the help of Australian law enforcement, which went so far as to concoct a fake batch of drugs to look like the meth seemingly bound for Sydney. An Australian undercover law enforcement officer then delivered the fake batch, which contained a tracking device, to Sian’s alleged associates based in Australia. The sting reportedly led Australian police to a stash house, which law enforcement eventually raided.
As the DEA’s investigation went on, Sian reportedly introduced Queen to multiple of his associates in the trafficking network, giving agents an unfettered window into the smuggling operation and its participants. Sian purportedly used the encrypted messaging app Threema, a competitor to the more well-regarded app Signal, to chat with Queen and to add her to groups with other reported traffickers in order to introduce them. A filing in the case indicates law enforcement was able to identify many of the alleged traffickers Queen messaged, including the ones who used pseudonyms as their usernames.
Court records also detail how Sian agreed to a plan with Queen to expand the network’s trafficking operations by shipping chemicals to produce fentanyl in the U.S. According to the complaint, Sian told Queen he could procure shipments from China of the precursor chemicals and arranged for a sit-down in a Vancouver coffee shop between Queen and two of his associates who run a Canadian trucking company. At the sit-down, the two men allegedly offered to help Queen smuggle the Chinese-made chemicals by receiving the shipments in Vancouver and moving them over the U.S. border. One of the truckers reportedly confided in Queen that he wanted to make money as a smuggler because his wife was “greedy” and wanted him to earn more money for their family.
Last week, law enforcement netted at least one of the key players in the purported trafficking ring when it arrested Sian in Nevada. A filing in the case revealed that law enforcement allowed him to enter the U.S. from Canada so they could arrest him to face prosecution. On Monday, a judge ordered for him to be detained pending trial, noting Sian “is alleged to have been involved in a large-scale drug operation involving approximately 520 pounds of Fentanyl. The defendant is alleged to be a member of a criminal gang and is alleged to have ties to international hitmen.” He is currently scheduled to be transferred on July 21st to face charges in the Central District of California.
The U.S. Attorney’s office of the Central District of California, which is prosecuting the case, had no comment on the charges. A lawyer for Sian did not respond to an inquiry from Court Watch. The Australian Embassy in D.C. directed us to their Department of Foreign Affairs, which did not respond ..."
More in the court docs attached.
Great find! And agree with @brihard a very complex operation!
(Now let's hope California doesn't bugger up the prosecution...)
