A human smuggling conspiracy reaching from Sri Lanka through the Caribbean to the United States was uncovered in 2019 and a Canadian national pleaded guilty on Feb. 24. Sri Kajamukam Chelliah, a Sri Lankan-Canadian, worked with other smugglers to bring at least six Sri Lankans into the United States illegally, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). He also pleaded guilty to smuggling Sri Lankans into Canada via the United States in 2019. Chelliah arranged transport for the aliens from the airport in Port Au Prince, Haiti, to a local hotel and then traveled with them by boat from Haiti to Turks and Caicos Islands, then to the Bahamas, and finally by boat to Miami. Chelliah, along with a total of 154 aliens on board a Haitian sloop sailboat heading for Turks and Caicos Islands, was picked up by Turks and Caicos authorities in October 2019, according to the DOJ. …
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