Amid strained India-Canada relations, cyber scammers have a free run
New Delhi: The strain in India-Canada relations over the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar has given cyber scammers in India a window to speed up operations and dupe Canadian senior citizens amid a halt in cooperation between the two countries in investigating cases of fraud, ThePrint has learnt.
According to sources in the Indian security establishment, more than a dozen requests for the recording of statements of victims under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) between the two countries are pending as Canada has stopped responding.
The MLAT was signed between the two countries for mutual assistance in criminal matters to improve the effectiveness of both countries in the investigation, prosecution and suppression of crime. The treaty was signed in 1994 but became ope...