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Treasury Sanctions Alleged Human Smuggling Network that Spanned Mexico, India and UAE

Summary by CBS News
The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sweeping sanctions on members of an alleged human smuggling network based in Mexico that it says trafficked people from four continents using yachts, hotels and cartel connections.

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U.S. sanctions a criminal network based in Cancn to be responsible for trafficking thousands of migrants from Asia, Europe and rich Southam.

·Mexico City, Mexico
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Ricardo LaraThe Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned on Thursday the human trafficking organization Bhardwaj (Bhardwaj HSO), a transnational criminal group based in Cancun, Quintana Roo, accused of illegally introducing thousands of migrants from Asia, Europe, South America and the Middle East into U.S. territory. The measure includes its leader, Vikrant Bhardwaj, a citizen of Indian and Mexican nati…

·Mexico
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Its members are accused of allying with the Sinaloa Cartel to smuggle thousands of migrants into the U.S. from Europe, the Middle East, South America and Asia.

·Mexico City, Mexico
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The organization that was operated by Vikrant Bhardwaj had as its main headquarters Cancun MEXICALI, Baja California, October 30, 2025.- The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), belonging to the U.S. Treasury Department, sanctioned the human trafficking organization “Bhardwaj” and its leader, Vikrant Bhardwaj, for allegedly illegally introducing thousands of undocumented migrants through Mexico, mainly based in Cancun, Quintana Roo and having…

The United States Department of the Treasury announced new sanctions for a Mexican criminal group that allegedly engages in the smuggling of migrants from Europe, the Middle East and South America, illegally taking them to the American Union. According to the unit, through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), it sanctioned the Bhardawaj Organization (Bhardwaj HSO), which is based in Cancun, Mexico, and is headed, according to the United …

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CBS News broke the news in United States on Thursday, October 30, 2025.
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