Vic Toews: Tamil Tigers

Criminal Enterprise Dept: "It's clear that this is part of a broader organized criminal enterprise," Toews said Monday, adding that "this was a very profitable undertaking, even if the boat is eventually seized.", according to CTV. Toews said officials are still sorting out whether anyone aboard the ship is engaged in human trafficking or a member of the Tamil Tiger organization and public Safety Minister Vic Toews says that the nearly 500 Sri Lankan migrants who came to Canada last Friday aboard a rusty cargo ship paid as much as $50,000 apiece for the trip. Toews said it is unclear if each passenger paid the same fare. But he reiterated earlier statements that the ship may be part of a smuggling operation that is linked to the Tamil Tigers, which waged a bloody, decades-long battle for an independent state in Sri Lanka. As reported in the news.
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