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The United States on April 7 imposed sanctions on a Pakistani national and a smuggling organization it said he runs to help people migrate illegally from Pakistan and Afghanistan into the United States.
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Abid Ali Khan and the transnational criminal organization he allegedly runs, calling it “a prolific human smuggling organization. It said some of the people who have been smuggled into the United States may pose a national security risk.
Khan’s organization has facilitated the smuggling of foreign nationals through Latin America since at least 2015, the Treasury Department said in a statement. The average cost was $20,000 per individual, the statement said.
U.S. blacklists alleged Pakistan-based human smuggling organization Reuters 7 hrs ago
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on an alleged Pakistan-based human smuggling organization, accusing it of being involved in smuggling migrants to the United States, including foreign nationals that may pose a national security risk.
The move comes as a sharp increase in apprehensions on the U.S.-Mexico border has posed one of the biggest political challenges to the new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden.
The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it blacklisted Pakistani national Abid Ali Khan and what it dubbed the Abid Ali Khan Transnational Criminal Organization, which the Treasury accused of being a a prolific human smuggling organization, as well as three people and one entity associated with the organization.
US Treasury Department says it blacklisted Pakistani national Abid Ali Khan
Reuters
April 08, 2021
WASHINGTON:
The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on an alleged Pakistan-based human smuggling organisation, accusing it of being involved in smuggling migrants to the United States, including foreign nationals that may pose a national security risk.
The move comes as a sharp increase in apprehensions on the US-Mexico border has posed one of the biggest political challenges to the new administration of US President Joe Biden. The US Treasury Department in a statement said it blacklisted Pakistani national Abid Ali Khan and what it dubbed the Abid Ali Khan Transnational Criminal Organisation, which the Treasury accused of being a a prolific human smuggling organisation , as well as three people and one entity associated with the organisation.
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on an alleged Pakistan-based human smuggling organization, accusing it of being involved in smuggling migrants to the United States, including foreign nationals that may pose a national security risk.
The move comes as a sharp increase in apprehensions on the U.S.-Mexico border has posed one of the biggest political challenges to the new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden.
The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it blacklisted Pakistani national Abid Ali Khan and what it dubbed the Abid Ali Khan Transnational Criminal Organization, which the Treasury accused of being a a prolific human smuggling organization, as well as three people and one entity associated with the organization.
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