CBSA has removed 111 people linked to extortion from Canada since August 2025

The Canada Border Services Agency says it has removed 111 people from Canada since August 2025 who were linked to extortion. In total, the agency has issued 188 removal orders for people with potential links to extortion; 30 people have been removed since its previous update nearly three months ago.

The Pacific region, which includes B.C. and the Yukon, accounted for 91 removal orders and 58 removals. The agency issued 50 removal orders and completed 23 removals in the Greater Toronto Area, and issued 47 orders and completed 23 removals in the Prairie region. CBSA president Erin O'Gorman said the results reflect sustained efforts to identify, investigate and act against people who threaten communities, as well as collaboration with law-enforcement partners to combat organized crime.

CBSA is part of a B.C. extortion task force launched in September 2025. Its 40 officers come from the B.C. RCMP, Abbotsford Police Department, Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit - B.C. (CFSEU-BC), Delta Police Department, Metro Vancouver Transit Police and Surrey Police Service. The task force also receives support from the federal RCMP National Co-ordination and Support Team. A month before its official launch, CBSA began enhanced tracking of immigration-enforcement cases with potential extortion links in B.C., Alberta and later the Toronto area.

Surrey has recorded 139 reported extortions, 21 extortion-related shootings, two arsons and 74 victims in 2026, including 38 repeat victims. The most recent confirmed extortion-related shooting occurred July 7 in Cloverdale.

Federal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said extortion and organized crime threaten community safety, and that the federal government is committed to disrupting them through collaboration with law-enforcement partners and enforcement action. The CBSA named four people removed over links to extortion and organized crime, but did not disclose the cities from which they were removed because of privacy concerns.

Palwinder Singh, a foreign national linked to an extortion-related shooting in fall 2025, was removed after the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada found him inadmissible under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for membership in a criminal organization linked to extortion-related violence. Jasmer Singh, a foreign national convicted in Canada of forcible confinement, was found inadmissible for serious criminality, issued a deportation order and removed.

Amitoz Bajwa, a foreign national, was removed after the Immigration and Refugee Board found him inadmissible for membership in an organization engaged in a pattern of criminal activity. He was also linked to firearms-related activity and an extortion-related shooting. Sahibjot Singh was found inadmissible after being linked to an organization engaged in a pattern of criminal activity; he acknowledged committing offences that formed part of that pattern and was subsequently removed from Canada.