Overview

• David Eby will write to Prime Minister Mark Carney requesting the gang’s inclusion on Canada’s Terrorist Entities List to combat rising extortion and violence.
• Surrey Police Service formed a dedicated Extortion Investigations Team after receiving ten reports of threats via letters, calls and social media over six months.
• The RCMP links the India-based syndicate to extortion and violent crimes against South Asian community members in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.
• India’s National Investigation Agency describes Lawrence Bishnoi as running a transnational crime network from jail cells that coordinates cross-border operations.
• Designation as a terrorist organization would enable asset forfeiture, impose reporting requirements on financial institutions and strengthen interjurisdictional law enforcement cooperation.