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Exclusive: First Nation reservation in upstate New York grappling with transnational crime

Ranatiiostha Swamp, chief of police of the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory, traveled to Texas to join an Operation Lone Star Task Force operation and seek help from sheriffs and policymakers.
Because the international border and waterways run through Akwesasne, parts fall under different Canadian and American legal systems, while chiefs say Mexican cartels buy farmland exploiting open routes amid Indian Act and Immigration and Protection Act limits.
Evidence of cross‑border cooperation includes maritime shiprider agreements and U.S. Border Patrol work, while chiefs say rising illegal crossings coincide with increased theft and fraud.
Chiefs are pursuing memorandums of understanding to enable land patrols, while OLS Task Force sheriffs and Texas policymakers work with First Nation police chiefs on border-security partnerships.
With funding from Public Safety Canada expected to be cut next March, chiefs say federal and provincial authorities in Canada lack understanding, limiting coordinated responses in the divided Akwesasne community.

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Exclusive: First Nation reservation in upstate New York grappling with transnational crime

(The Center Square) – A First Nation reservation located in upstate New York, which is also located in Canada, says it is grappling with transnational and illegal border crosser crime. One of its law enforcement chiefs came to Texas seeking…

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