Navy reports increase in sailors and Marines investigated for human smuggling in the past year
Paul Szoldra
Aug 21, 2020 3:35 PM EDT
The Navy has seen an uptick in cases of sailors and Marines involved in human smuggling over the past year, a Navy official told Task & Purpose this week.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service "had an increase in documented cases involving human smuggling in fiscal years 2019-2020," said Navy spokesman Ensign Mohammad Issa, though he added that "during the last five years, there have been less than 30 total documented human smuggling cases" within the Navy and Marine Corps.
The service made the disclosure when asked by Task & Purpose whether there had been an increase in human smuggling after a number of cases in Southern California made national headlines.
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