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Canada Border Services: Marriage Fraud

Marriages Of Convenience Dept: OTTAWA - Canada's border agency has opened more than three dozen criminal investigations related to marriage fraud in the last few years, newly released documents show, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Information from the government's immigration case processing centre in Alberta revealed similarities among marriage sponsorships that led them to suspect phoney relationships and fILE - In this file photo taken June 30, 2006, a couple displays their wedding bands. The Canada Border Services Agency has also begun a probe of possible organized criminal involvement in arranging marriages of convenience to attain status in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.