U.S. indictment of Lawrence Bishnoi

Notes

• The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has indicted three Punjab-linked transnational organized crime syndicates for activities including extortion, racketeering, murder-for-hire, and drug trafficking.
• The Lawrence Bishnoi Organised Crime Group (OCG) is identified as a transnational enterprise operating across India, Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Europe, and Australia.
• The DoJ alleges that Lawrence Bishnoi and associate Goldy Brar ordered the 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, Canada.
• The indictment claims the Bishnoi group recruits impoverished minors in India and uses fraudulent student/work visas to facilitate criminal operations abroad.
• The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered 84 cases against Bishnoi; he is currently held in solitary confinement at Sabarmati jail under Section 303 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
• The DoJ indictment alleges that criminal networks continue to operate and coordinate violence from within Indian high-security prisons.
• The investigation involves 37 charged individuals, with 24 arrests made across the U.S., Canada, and Spain, and 10 fugitives still being sought.
• The case highlights the intersection of transnational organized crime with geopolitical tensions, specifically regarding the Nijjar killing and India-Canada diplomatic relations.

Part of a longer story

This is day 3 of 3 in U.S. investigation into transnational organized crime syndicates linked to Punjab, which has been running since 9 July 2026. Reading it whole is usually worth more than reading today alone — the exam asks how something developed.

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