Death at the border: Investigating the world of human smuggling

We investigated the murky world of human smuggling after a family of four from India, including a toddler, froze to death earlier this year trying to cross from Manitoba into Minnesota. Our documentary reveals a convicted fraudster — who had been under surveillance by U.S. Homeland Security for years — is being investigated in connection with the family’s death, raising questions about whether more could have been done to save the family.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.6616620

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producer/director
SCOTT ANDERSON

writer
STEVEN D’SOUZA

producer
NAZIM BAKSH

associate producer
ANDREW CULBERT

video editor
MORNA SCOTT-DUNNE

senior videographer
JOHN BADCOCK csc

additional cinematography
ANDY HINCENBERGS
TYSON KOSCHIK
TREVOR LYONS
GURMEET SAPAL
DAREK ZDZIENICKI

india producer
MURALI KRISHNAN

archival material
FACEBOOK
KIRO 7
POND5
RCMP MANITOBA
SHUTTERSTOCK
U.S. BORDER PATROL
YOUTUBE
KITTSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

special thanks
SATBIR SINGH AULAKH
NEETA DESAI
CATHY ROSS

graphic designers
TIM KINDRACHUK

graphic director
JEFF GOLDHAR

visual research
LESLIE MORRISON

media management
MATT GUERIN

post audio
RON SEARLES

colourist
SCOTT McINTYRE

rollout producer
LEANNE STEPNOW

social media producer
AVNEET DHILLON

digital producer
JANET DAVISON

theme music
STEVE D’ANGELO

project manager
VICTOR KERR

associate director
NANCI KING

packaging editor
ALESSIA PROTOMANNI

resource coordinators
MEGAN BEECKMANS
CHAHAT DESAI
SAM NAR

coordinating associate director
RHONDA KIRKPATRICK

senior producer
ALLYA DAVIDSON

executive producer
DIANA SWAIN

original broadcast
OCTOBER 20, 2022

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