Bishnoi indictments reveal Canada’s immigration system has ‘a broken screening process’ gangs exploit to recruit foot soldiers internationally

Bishnoi indictments reveal Canada’s immigration system has ‘a broken screening process’ gangs exploit to recruit foot soldiers internationally ANALYSIS 17 JULY 2026 i ARTICLE SUMMARY QUOTES When U.S. prosecutors unsealed three sweeping indictments last week charging 37 people tied to India-based crime syndicates, they also demonstrated how Canada’s immigration system has become a recruitment pipeline for transnational organized crime in recent years. The indictments, the culmination of a two-year investigation dubbed Operation Hard Ball, including 24 arrests across Canada, the U.S. and Europ…