Australian National Review – Organised crime produces fentanyl domestically and smuggles drugs using illegal immigrants: report

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Organized crime is mass-producing fentanyl within our borders, prompting the RCMP to speak out publicly on the issue. The shift to domestic operations is consistent with rising opioid deaths.

By 2023, 82% of all opioid-related deaths involved fentanyl, a trend that has gradually worsened since 2016, when Health Canada began tracking the problem after implementing “safer supply” strategies.

In the past eight years, 44,592 Canadians have died from fatal opioid overdoses, most of which involved fentanyl, reported The real northAccording to Statistics Canada, more than 8,000 Canadians have died from opioid overdoses in the past year alone.

Opioids were responsible for 6,312 hospitalizations and 28,345 emergency room visits in 2022, as well as 41,938 ambulance calls. Each of these numbers increased last year.

Criminal entities have established migration routes for illegal immigrants to enter Canada and the U.S. under a veil of secrecy. These networks also smuggle contraband into the country through these routes, including drugs, tobacco, and firearms.

Between 2018 and 2021, the RCMP seized more than 15,500 grams of fentanyl at the border.

As fentanyl imports from abroad began to decline in 2019, gangs began producing it domestically to meet demand. Small-volume exports through the mail have bypassed the agency’s Organized Crime Unit, a spokesman said.

“They pose a significant challenge to law enforcement in being able to monitor their movement across borders, and then their movement once they enter a country,” said James Cooke of the RCMP Organized Crime Unit. told CTV News.

“Our focus is on those (transnational organized crime) who profit from it, those who smuggle controlled substances across borders or traffic them domestically,” he said.

The RCMP continues to work with its Canadian and international partners to identify and investigate organized crime groups and networks that facilitate the passage of illegal immigrants.

The RCMP received a five-page document from April 2023 stating that organized crime has a stronger position in Canada, including Mexican cartels.

“While we have information that the Mexican cartels are located and operating in Canada, we do not know if they are behind all human smuggling operations,” confirmed Sergeant Charles Poirier, RCMP spokesman.

The federal agency said Rebel News last September 25 that human trafficking remains a prominent concern, following the closure of Roxham Road in March, when the Trudeau government demolished its last remaining outpost.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller agreed On July 16, it was discovered that organized crime was exploiting flaws in the screening process, allowing migrants to enter the country undetected.

“Well-thought-out actors, regardless of country, and especially sophisticated gangs, are often able to circumvent even the most stringent immigration requirements,” he said.

Miller also acknowledged that criminals who enter the country are likely to continue committing crimes. “Good determined actors have the ability to get in, despite all efforts,” he said.

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