The authorities in the United States have announced what they describe as the “largest-ever” action against India-based transnational organised crime networks. Under a joint international operation named Operation Hard Ball, law enforcement agencies from the United States, Canada and parts of Europe have arrested 24 suspects. In total, 37 individuals, including jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his close aide Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar, have been charged in three separate federal indictments filed in US courts. Other individuals named in the indictments include gangsters Rohit Godara, Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, Ravinder Singh Dhanda, and several other alleged members of organised crime syndicates. According to US investigators, these criminal organisations were not limited to India but operated across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The networks are accused of involvement in murder, contract killings, extortion, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, kidnapping, human trafficking, and money laundering, targeting the Indian community in these nations