Just months after eight people died trying to cross the St. Lawrence River, federal funding aims to tackle organized crime on the Akwesasne territory near Cornwall. The money will be provided to the Mohawk community for crime prevention and other policing initiatives. But as Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, there is no quick fix to stop illegal and at times deadly border crossings.
- Akwesasne police detain 13 people suspected of trying to cross illegally into U.S.
- Man’s body found in river linked to migrant deaths’ probe: Akwesasne police
- Quebec provincial police conduct raid in Mohawk community of Kanesatake