加拿大成跨國恐怖網絡\'避風港+指揮中樞\'

Apr 6, 2026, Punjab dossier shows Canada as 'proxy base' for terror networks

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-dossier-shows-canada-as-proxy-base-for-terror-networks-10621092/ 

The 65-page document, accessed by The Indian Express, details sophisticated transnational networks using Canadian soil as a central hub to coordinate threats and violence, with links to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and proscribed terrorist groups.

Feb 06, 2026 FIRST READING: Canada is losing control of a major city to gangsters

Foreign criminals slip into Canada easily, and when caught they get bail

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/canada-is-losing-control-of-a-major-city-to-gangsters 

 

 

加拿大成跨國恐怖網絡"避風港+指揮中樞"

www.bcbay.com | 2026-04-06 12:29:35  溫哥華港灣

溫哥華港灣（BCbay.com）貝殼報道：據印度快報（Indian Express）獲取的一份旁遮普警方機密報告顯示，來自多個國家的犯罪分子正日益利用加拿大作為“代理行動基地”和“通信指揮中心”，策劃針對旁遮普的敲詐勒索、定點暗殺及恐怖活動。

這份長達65頁的報告描繪了一個以加拿大為核心樞紐的複雜跨國網絡，相關活動不僅涉及印度境內犯罪，還延伸至加拿大本土暴力事件，並與巴基斯坦三軍情報局（ISI）及多個被取締的恐怖組織存在關聯。

Punjab dossier shows Canada as 'proxy base'

加拿大被指為“指揮中樞”

報告指出，一些身處加拿大的關鍵人員——包括Prabhdeep Singh、Balwinder Singh、Nishan Singh Chorian以及Adesh Jamarai——被指充當敲詐電話、威脅信息和恐嚇行動的協調者。

這些人員通過加拿大境內網絡發號施令，其行動不僅影響印度，還涉及加拿大本地的槍擊事件和定點襲擊，顯示出跨國犯罪威脅的升級。

盡管旁遮普與加拿大長期通過旁遮普裔僑民保持緊密聯係，報告警告稱，這些聯係正被有組織犯罪集團“係統性利用”，並從傳統犯罪演變為高度組織化、與恐怖活動相關的網絡，使加拿大不僅成為避風港，也成為實際的行動指揮中心。

跨國敲詐：從印度蔓延至加拿大

報告稱，印度境內的商人、小企業主及演藝人員正頻繁接到來自加拿大的匿名電話、網絡電話（VoIP）及加密平台發出的勒索威脅。

威脅內容包括槍擊、手榴彈襲擊及暗殺，一旦拒絕支付即付諸實施。報告列舉的案例包括：

* 阿博哈爾（Abohar）一名商人遭槍殺

* 古爾達斯普爾一名藥店老板因500萬盧比勒索被殺

* 拉納·巴拉喬裏亞（Rana Balachauria）遇害

與此同時，這類犯罪模式也在加拿大本土出現。報告指出，大溫素裏市曾在2026年1月因相關案件宣布進入緊急狀態：2024年共發生44起案件（其中27起為槍擊），而2026年1月中旬又新增超過35起。《國家郵報》發表評論文章，直言大溫素裏市已經被黑幫勢力掌控！

阿爾伯塔省埃德蒙頓自2023年10月以來也報告至少18起類似案件，受害者多為與印度有關聯的旁遮普裔人士，作案手法與印度國內案件高度一致。

多名人員被列為恐怖分子

報告點名多名在加拿大活動的關鍵人物，包括Lakhbir Singh Sandhu、Arsh Dalla以及Zeeshan Akhtar，這些人已被印度依據非法活動（預防）法列為恐怖分子。

此外，報告還列出另外21名在加拿大活動的相關人員，包括：

* Parminder Singh Khela

* Jahal Singh

* Ramandeep Singh

* Gaurav Gill

* Manpreet Singh

* Prabhjot Singh Nat

* Karambeer Singh Bhatt

* Harupinder Singh

* Jatinder Singh

* Ramandeep Singh

* Simranjit Singh

* Charanjit Singh 等。

資金與武器鏈條：涉及地下錢莊與走私武器

報告指出，這些犯罪所得通過“地下錢莊”係統轉移，並用於購買來自巴基斯坦走私的武器，包括火箭推進榴彈（RPG）、簡易爆炸裝置（IED）及槍支。

相關資金被用於人員招募、武器走私以及針對印度基礎設施的攻擊。其中，2022年一起RPG襲擊事件被認為體現出巴基斯坦三軍情報局（ISI）的參與。

執法與司法合作受阻

報告還指出，印度近年來已多次向加拿大提出引渡請求，涉及多名與有組織犯罪及恐怖活動相關的人員。

然而，許多請求至今未獲解決。針對部分人員發布的國際刑警組織紅色通緝令也未促成逮捕。此外，涉及住址核實、資金流向及資產調查的司法協助請求（MLAT）同樣進展緩慢。

報告認為，犯罪證據的嚴重性與執法進展之間存在明顯落差，使相關人員得以在缺乏法律後果的情況下繼續活動。

呼籲加強國際協作應對跨國威脅

報告最後強調，隨著這些犯罪團夥在加拿大的運作日益複雜，並持續利用司法管轄差異、移民體係及法律保護漏洞，相關風險正在上升。

在此背景下，報告呼籲各方采取更全麵、協調的國際應對措施，以遏製跨國犯罪與恐怖網絡的擴散。

Punjab dossier shows Canada as 'proxy base' for terror networks

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-dossier-shows-canada-as-proxy-base-for-terror-networks-10621092/

The 65-page document, accessed by The Indian Express, details sophisticated transnational networks using Canadian soil as a central hub to coordinate threats and violence, with links to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and proscribed terrorist groups.

Written by: Man Aman Singh Chhina

4 min readChandigarhUpdated: Apr 6, 2026 08:44 AM IST

Canada-based terrorists identified: Lakhbir Singh Sandhu (alias Landa); Arshdeep Singh Gill (alias Arsh Dala); Mohammad Jaseen Akhtar (alias Zeeshan Akhtar).

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A confidential dossier prepared by Punjab Police has exposed how criminal elements from various countries are increasingly exploiting Canada as a “proxy operational base” and “communication control room” for orchestrating extortion rackets, targeted killings, and terrorism aimed at Punjab.

The 65-page document, accessed by The Indian Express, details sophisticated transnational networks using Canadian soil as a central hub to coordinate threats and violence, with links to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and proscribed terrorist groups.

The report highlights that Canada-based operatives, including Prabhdeep Singh (alias Prabh Dasuwal), Balwinder Singh (alias Doni), Nishan Singh Jourian, and Adesh Jamarai, function as facilitators for extortion calls, intimidation campaigns, and threat messaging. Operating through associates in Canada, they direct activities that extend beyond India, including firing incidents and targeted attempts within Canada itself, underscoring the growing transnational threat.

While Punjab and Canada maintain strong historical, social, and cultural ties through the Punjabi diaspora, the dossier warns that these bonds have been “systematically exploited” by organised crime syndicates. These groups have evolved from conventional criminality into hardcore operations with terror linkages, using Canada not just as a safe haven but as an active command center.

 

Indian citizens, particularly small traders, shopkeepers, businessmen, and entertainers, face coordinated extortion demands via anonymous calls, VoIP, and encrypted platforms originating from Canada. Threats include shootings, grenade attacks, and assassinations, often carried out if demands are unmet. Examples cited include the murder of a businessman in Abohar, a chemist in Gurdaspur over a Rs 50 lakh demand, and the killing of Rana Balachauria.

The extortion wave has spilled into Canada, with cities like Surrey declaring an emergency in January 2026 after 44 cases in 2024 (including 27 shootings) and over 35 more by mid-January. Edmonton reported at least 18 incidents since October 2023, often targeting Punjabi diaspora members with Indian ties, mirroring tactics used against victims in India.

Prominent Canada-based figures identified include Lakhbir Singh Sandhu, Arsh Dala and Zeeshan Akhtar. They are designated terrorists under India’s Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

The dossier has also named 21 other Canada-based operatives. They are Parminder Singh Khaira (alias Pattu), Jahar Singh (alias Paras/Prince Chauhan), Ramandeep Singh (alias Raman Judge), Gaurav Gill (alias Gora), Manpreet Singh (Alias Manu Mahawa), Prabhjot Singh Natt (alias Prabh Sialka), Karanbir Singh Bath, Harrupinder Singh (alias Dipty), Jatinder Singh (alias Goldy Shahpuria), Ramandeep Singh (alias Chhotu/Raman Gill), Simranjit Singh (alias Danny) and Charanjit Singh (alias Rinku Bihla) among others.

The dossier further states that extortion funds are routed via hawala to procure weapons like RPGs, IEDs, and firearms smuggled from Pakistan. This supports recruitment, arms trafficking, and attacks on Indian infrastructure, with ISI facilitation evident in cases like the 2022 RPG strikes.

It mentions that India has submitted multiple extradition requests to Canada over the past several years in relation to individuals involved in organised crime and terrorism.

A significant number of these requests remain unresolved despite the seriousness of the offences involved. Similarly, Interpol Red Corner Notices issued against several designated terrorists have not resulted in arrests. In addition, Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) requests seeking verification of residential addresses, financial transactions, and property details of these individuals remain pending. T he gap between the gravity of documented criminal and terrorist activities and the limited progress on enforcement actions has created conditions in which such operatives continue to function without legal consequences, it adds.

The dossier says that given the increasing sophistication of the Canada based gangsters’ operational capabilities and their demonstrated ability to exploit jurisdictional gaps, immigration frameworks, and legal protections in host countries, there is a compelling need for comprehensive and collaborative countermeasures.

FIRST READING: Canada is losing control of a major city to gangsters

Foreign criminals slip into Canada easily, and when caught they get bail

By Tristin Hopper    Feb 06, 2026

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/canada-is-losing-control-of-a-major-city-to-gangsters

 

This week, B.C. premier David Eby announced that he was appointing an extortion czar to help manage the worsening problem of violent extortions.

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Former Mountie Paul Dadwal would be placed in charge of a new community advisory committee to “close any gap between community members and police” in regards to frequent instances of B.C. businesses being shaken down for cash by gangsters.

It’s but the latest sweeping public gesture made by a government official in reaction to news that Canada is increasingly losing control of a major city.

 

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In September, the federal government declared that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang — an organized crime group from India that has been linked to many of the alleged extortions — would henceforth be a designated terror entity. Last week, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said he had deputized two RCMP helicopters to help stem the crisis.

And in late January, Surrey City Council called for their community to be placed under a state of emergency.

But the extortion crisis is underlain by two problems that are worsening crime almost everywhere else in Canada.

First, foreign criminals have been able to exploit a porous and overwhelmed Canadian immigration system. Second, a justice system is proving chronically unable to send these foreign criminals home or even keep them in jail.

The result is that Surrey, B.C. is now plagued by threats, shootings and arsons by criminals predominantly targeting the South Asian community.

When the attacks were first starting up in 2023, the B.C. RCMP circulated an example of what a typical extortion letter looked like. A sheet of paper topped with the word “WARNING,” it explained “we are Indian gang members, we want our share from your business like protection money.”

The extortions started with small businesses like auto shops, but in recent months began expanding to more brazen targets such as local media. The studios of Surrey’s Swift 1200 AM were targeted by a shooting attack last September.

And then, starting just after New Years, the attacks massively accelerated. Almost every day this year has seen Surrey Police announce some new shooting, threat or arson attack believed to be perpetrated by extortionists.

On Jan. 19, for example, Surrey Police announced they were investigating a business in the city’s East Cloverdale neighbourhood that had been peppered by gunfire overnight. The next day, a near-identical release concerned a business in the city’s Newton neighbourhood being hit by gunshots.

And those are just the ones being reported to the police. In January, a police investigator told independent journalist Sam Cooper that extortion targets, many of whom are often repeat victims, were losing faith in Canadian law enforcement.

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“I’m hearing of people living in hotels and they’re footing the bill for themselves, or they’ve left the country,” he said.

Or, in some cases, they’re reportedly shooting back. Last month, Surrey Police announced that homeowners believed to have fired at alleged extortionists were under investigation for “vigilantism.”

The dual problems of lax immigration and a toothless criminal justice system were probably best highlighted in December, when Surrey Police arrested 15 Indian nationals suspected of extortion-related crimes, only for all 15 to immediately claim status as refugees.

Such an obvious exploitation of Canada’s asylum system drew public condemnation from all three levels of government, with Eby calling the whole thing “ludicrous.”

But it worked; even as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada vowed in a recent media statement that asylum claims would not shield criminals from punishment, the claims did indeed throw a wrench into Canada’s normal removal procedures for accused criminals.

Reversing such “misuse of the system,” said IRCC, would require an Act of Parliament.

Prior extortion arrests have revealed suspects who entered the country on student visas, capitalizing on an unprecedented surge of temporary migration into Canada that often left immigration officials unable to perform even basic screening.

Vikram Sharma, an Indian national accused of two Bishnoi Gang extortion attacks, was one of hundreds of thousands to enter Canada on a student visa in 2022. That was the same year that the number of study permit holders in Canada would soar to a record-breaking 807,000.

Meanwhile, last month, Crown prosecutors revealed the details of an accused double murderer alleged to have killed a Guelph, Ont., couple in a robbery “less than a month” after arriving in Canada as a student.

Two of the alleged hitmen accused of carrying out the 2023 assassination of Sikh nationalist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C. had similarly entered Canada on student visas that the suspects themselves would boast had been “obtained in a few days.”

All the while, in a law enforcement pattern that is now routine in every corner of Canada, arrested suspects are usually given bail. That was the general theme of a small anti-extortion protest in Surrey this week, with protest organizer Rasinder Kaur telling the CBC “the fear in our community is because (perpetrators) are not getting punished.”

“The problem we have is we have criminals knowing that they’re going to come into Canada, commit crimes, get bail, claim refugee status. It’s a matter of fact, it’s not even up for contention,” Ron Chhinzer, a Conservative activist and former anti-gang investigator, told The Hub in an interview last month.

Speaking of public trust in law enforcement, the Toronto Police just announced the details of a particularly cinematic instance of Canadian police corruption. Seven Toronto Police officers have been accused of running a criminal enterprise on the side, complete with alleged drug trafficking, murder plots (the photo above is from a police raid related to one such plot) and the handing over of police intelligence to organized crime.

Conservative MP Jamil Jivani has just wrapped up one of the more bizarre foreign adventures by an opposition backbencher. Within hours of announcing that he was heading to Washington, D.C. to try and break the impasse between Canada and the U.S., the National Post obtained a photo of Jivani with U.S. Vice President JD Vance. Jivani also relayed a message home from U.S. President Donald Trump. That message is: “Tell the Canadians I love them.”

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It would be hard even for a premier to get this kind of access. When Canadian organizations such as the secessionist Alberta Prosperity Project boast of meeting with White House officials, they’re only ever meeting unnamed low-level functionaries. Jivani is probably managing it because of his friendship with Vance, which goes back to their law school days.

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Nevertheless, the Carney government has dismissed the whole thing, and even the Conservative Party doesn’t seem too pleased about it. None of the party’s social media channels made any mention of the trip, nor did leader Pierre Poilievre.

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Which is sort of a pattern with Jivani, who is still relatively new to the caucus and doesn’t really jibe with its usual system of lockstep messaging. Right at the start of the 46th Parliament, Jivani came out with a solo campaign to end the temporary foreign worker program, reportedly without prior approval from Tory higher-ups.

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Earlier this week, this newsletter covered the fact that former prime minister Stephen Harper’s portrait was unveiled in the House of Commons. Unmentioned was that the painting was designed to be a Where’s Waldo-style tableau of hidden messages. An official breakdown above, compiled by the Parliament of Canada, notes that the Calgary skyline is outside the window, a French dictionary is on the bookshelf to symbolize Harper’s success at learning the language in adulthood, and his still-alive cat Stanley is in the background. The books in the foreground are all things that Harper has written, including his master’s thesis. And he’s holding the 2015 budget, Canada’s last to be balanced.

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