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Canadian Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Extortion Cases Involving Foreign Nationals

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Ottawa, Jan 23 (IANS) Authorities in Canada have escalated their crackdown on a series of extortion cases that have been reported across British Columbia’s Lower Mainland, with investigators now analysing the involvement of over hundred foreign nationals, a report has stated. The British Columbia Extortion Task Force, established by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in 2025, has identified 111 foreign nationals whose involvement in these incidents is being investigated.Among those, seve…