ALBANY, N.Y. (WCAX) – Two Hogansburg, New York, men face federal charges of human smuggling for profit.
Authorities say Joseph Coffey, 35, and Darren Cook, 32, last month conspired with a Canadian group to smuggle three people — two Chinese and a UK citizen — across the St. Lawrence River and into the U.S.
“They utilized the Akwesasne Reservation, which has been used by smugglers as a revolving door for moving aliens, drugs, and other contraband into the United States,” Acting U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III said in a statement…