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human smuggling

July 2, 2020

Police detain ten migrants, alleged smuggler

Responding to a tip from the public, a joint police task force last week arrested ten Haitian migrants and a Dominica national who was charged with being engaged in illegal smuggling …

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by Joey Waldinger
May 29, 2020

Frett gets prison for smuggling man from USVI

Tambu Frett was sentenced Friday to spend two years in prison and pay fines totaling $14,000 for charges of illegal entry, breach of curfew, and smuggling, after he was arrested …

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by Joey Waldinger
May 7, 2020

Court to hear recordings in smuggling case

Thursday morning in Magistrates’ Court, attorney Leroy Jones insisted that his client Tambu Frett smuggled United States Virgin Islands citizen Bryan Boland into the territory as an act of kindness. …

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by Joey Waldinger
May 1, 2020

Magistrate: Crown evidence suggests a “smuggling ring”: Case to be presented in special hearing Thursday

On the day that Virgin Islander Tambu Frett was scheduled to be sentenced for the charges of illegal entry, breach of curfew, and smuggling, Crown prosecutors submitted a document that …

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by Joey Waldinger
March 20, 2018

Man pleads guilty to smuggling migrants

A 72-year-old man admitted on Friday in Magistrates’ Court to smuggling 21 migrants into the territory last April. Carwill Potter, a Virgin Islands native, also pleaded guilty to the charge …

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by Amanda Ulrich

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