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What Was in U.S. Indictments Targeting Alleged Canada-Linked Crime Groups?
The FBI says he led North American operations for the Bishnoi network, which authorities link to assassinations, extortion schemes and large-scale drug trafficking.
- On Tuesday, U.S. prosecutors unsealed three indictments charging 37 defendants, including jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, with murder-for-hire, extortion, and drug trafficking as part of the coordinated 'Operation Hardball' sweep that produced 24 arrests.
- From an Indian prison, Bishnoi allegedly directed the June 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia, using smuggled mobile phones to coordinate the killing and global drug operations.
- A separate indictment alleges Ravinder Singh Dhanda led a network smuggling cocaine and methamphetamine from the U.S. into Canada using farm trucks, with co-conspirators meeting in Surrey during January 2025 to coordinate logistics.
- Alleged lieutenant Satinderjit Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, reportedly used violent intimidation to demand $500,000 from a Surrey-based immigration consultant, while the FBI offers a $50,000 reward for his arrest.
- Sikhs for Justice welcomed the charges as a step toward accountability for the 2023 Nijjar killing, as authorities seek extradition of all 37 defendants to dismantle the network's transnational criminal infrastructure.
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Extortion, drugs, assassination and transnational Indian crime syndicates: 'Operation Hard Ball' explained
Canadian and U.S. authorities laid out sweeping allegations of racketeering, extortion and murder against a trio of transnational Indian crime syndicates this week, including the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The CBC has spent months investigating the reality of those operations on Canadian soil.
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Lawrence Bishnoi gang faces major US crackdown; chargesheet filed on murder, extortion, drug charges
The US claims that Lawrence Bishnoi's gang spanned India, the US, Canada, the UK, Europe, and Australia. The gang is alleged to have been involved in crimes such as murder, shootings, extortion, drug trafficking, kidnapping, and human trafficking.
·India
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Leaning Left16Leaning Right8Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution52% Left
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