Foreign intelligence services are contracting out killings to gangs

Foreign intelligence services are contracting out killings to gangs

The arrests of three suspected hitmen accused of killing a B.C. Sikh leader highlight an emerging security problem: foreign intelligence services are contracting their dirty work to the criminal underworld. Governments are increasingly accused of trying to silence and kill opponents outside their borders, and they are relying more and more on crime groups to … Read more

Prelude to an assassination: India’s ‘incompetent’ campaign against slain B.C. Sikh leader

Prelude to an assassination: India’s ‘incompetent’ campaign against slain B.C. Sikh leader

Five years before Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in the parking lot of his Surrey, B.C., temple, India sent the RCMP an urgent request. A bombing was about to occur in India, the notice said. To stop the attack, the RCMP needed to arrest Nijjar immediately, the Indian authorities explained. Acting … Read more