"Socalj" for Borderland Beat Los Angeles federal agents led a global operation targeting of the India-based Bishnoi Gang, known for extortion, drug trafficking and the assassination of Indian political figures, industrialists, actors and musicians in the US, Canada and India. The raids Tuesday that saw the arrest of at least 11 California and over a dozen more across the US, Canada and Europe. Operation Hard Ball was the result of a years-long federal undercover investigation into three Indian crime syndicates led primarily by Lawrence Bishnoi that engage in racketeering, targeted killings, shootings, extortion, large-scale drug trafficking and other crimes.