because this is what this sub is about globalism. Leaders living in the uk, us and canada arranging hits in punjab or across the globe. The ISI role in formenting these gangs, the complex role of nationalism . IT goes into the horrible affects on punjabis with murders and the ablity for these leaders to escape justice.
Its a read that I thinks shows how globalized crime is.
Like murders in fresno for example.
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**Chandigarh:** The well-heeled quiet of comedian Kapil Sharma’s Kap’s Cafe in Surrey, Canada, was shattered by a quick succession of gunshots. It happened not once, but three times between July and October. Nobody was killed but a message was sent. Behind the broken glass, the common thread is the ever-expanding, tangled reach of Punjab’s gang wars.
What began as campus rivalries and local turf wars in Punjab first infiltrated music, entertainment, and sports such as kabaddi. It has now expanded into a globalised network powered by a new trinity: transnational networks, trucks, and terrorism.
Gang leaders issue threats from safe havens in the US and Canada, even as old feuds flare up in Fresno truck yards, Surrey cafés, and Lisbon suburbs. In North America, the [trucking industry is the logistical spine](https://www.eurasiareview.com/28102025-india-us-sinister-enlargement-of-punjabi-gangs-analysis/), with Punjabi-dominated networks in California and Texas reportedly used to ferry drugs, fentanyl precursors, and weapons. And then there is the blurring line between crime and terror. Police say that some gangsters are now taking hit lists and grenade tutorials from ISI handlers in Pakistan, while others are operatives for groups such as Babbar Khalsa.
“A new dimension came to Punjab. Gangsters started operating outside India and for the enforcement agency of India, it’s a challenging task to track,” Chauhan said, occasionally slipping into Punjabi slang as he reeled off the names of gangsters he has tracked for nearly two decades.
Anti-gangster Task Force (AGTF) office. In 2025 alone, the AGTF has neutralised 11 gangsters and arrested 896 criminals | Photo: Krishan Murari | ThePrint
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why is this important?
because this is what this sub is about globalism. Leaders living in the uk, us and canada arranging hits in punjab or across the globe. The ISI role in formenting these gangs, the complex role of nationalism . IT goes into the horrible affects on punjabis with murders and the ablity for these leaders to escape justice.
Its a read that I thinks shows how globalized crime is.
Like murders in fresno for example.
**Chandigarh:** The well-heeled quiet of comedian Kapil Sharma’s Kap’s Cafe in Surrey, Canada, was shattered by a quick succession of gunshots. It happened not once, but three times between July and October. Nobody was killed but a message was sent. Behind the broken glass, the common thread is the ever-expanding, tangled reach of Punjab’s gang wars.
What began as campus rivalries and local turf wars in Punjab first infiltrated music, entertainment, and sports such as kabaddi. It has now expanded into a globalised network powered by a new trinity: transnational networks, trucks, and terrorism.
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Gang leaders issue threats from safe havens in the US and Canada, even as old feuds flare up in Fresno truck yards, Surrey cafés, and Lisbon suburbs. In North America, the [trucking industry is the logistical spine](https://www.eurasiareview.com/28102025-india-us-sinister-enlargement-of-punjabi-gangs-analysis/), with Punjabi-dominated networks in California and Texas reportedly used to ferry drugs, fentanyl precursors, and weapons. And then there is the blurring line between crime and terror. Police say that some gangsters are now taking hit lists and grenade tutorials from ISI handlers in Pakistan, while others are operatives for groups such as Babbar Khalsa.
At his office in Chandigarh, Gurmeet Singh Chauhan, DIG of the Punjab Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF)—known as the ‘gangbuster’ of Punjab—identified the [brazen 2022 murder](https://theprint.in/india/crime-cult-status-young-death-moose-wala-killing-brings-focus-on-punjabs-brutal-gang-feuds/977220/) of Sidhu Moosewala as the turning point. The killing exposed a fragmented landscape controlled by foreign-based handlers, pushing Punjab into a dangerous new phase of criminal violence.
“A new dimension came to Punjab. Gangsters started operating outside India and for the enforcement agency of India, it’s a challenging task to track,” Chauhan said, occasionally slipping into Punjabi slang as he reeled off the names of gangsters he has tracked for nearly two decades.
Anti-gangster Task Force (AGTF) office. In 2025 alone, the AGTF has neutralised 11 gangsters and arrested 896 criminals | Photo: Krishan Murari | ThePrint
Allegedly plotted by Canada-based Goldy Brar, then a close ally of Bishnoi, as vengeance for Moosewala’s perceived proximity to the rival Bambiha gang, the murder proved that Punjab’s crime was no longer contained by national borders. It also supercharged the glamorisation of gangster culture. Despite being jailed since 2014, Bishnoi became a [household name](https://theprint.in/opinion/lawrence-bishnoi-punjab-canada-stardom-jail/2318941/); his face appears on t-shirts and his style has inspired [a “Lawrence Bishnoi jacket” trend.](https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/style/lawrence-bishnoi-jacket-fashion-trend-3-arrested-by-rajasthan-police-for-selling-outfit-bearing-gangsters-name/ar-AA1RbAAv?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1)