Canada-U.S. waterways make for easy smuggling: report
JIM BRONSKILL

Canadian Press

June 1, 2008 at 2:56 PM EDT

OTTAWA — A lack of information about private vessels that ply the waters between Canada and the United States is hampering efforts to thwart cross-border smugglers, warns a newly declassified intelligence report.

The latest threat assessment prepared for special border enforcement teams says pleasure boats are among the increasingly inventive means used by crafty couriers to slip illicit cargo — including drugs, guns and people — from one country to the other.

The marine environment “is viewed as particularly vulnerable and porous to smuggling activityâ€