When hitmen shot dead Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar near Vancouver last June, Canadian cops blamed the government of India’s strongman leader Narendra Modi. Subsequent assassination plots in NYC, the UK and Germany have pointed at two men.
One is India’s most notorious mobster. The other is its most decorated spy, a man whose undercover ops—and willingn ... Show More
Apr 7
Boston's Irish Mob Gang War: The Winter Hill Gang
In 1960s Boston, Buddy McLean ignited a savage gang war after tensions with the McLaughlin brothers boiled over into open bloodshed. What started as neighborhood beef turned into a cycle of ambushes, barroom executions, and street hits that terrorized Boston. McLean’s Winter Hill ... Show More
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Mar 31
The Trillion Dollar Scam King Gangster Taking Over
When fleets of young Chinese men arrived in the tiny, Pacific nation of Palau in 2018, authorities wondered why they’d eschewed the archipelago’s pristine shores and coral reefs for a handful of tumbledown buildings on the edge of Koror, its biggest town. It wouldn’t take long fo ... Show More
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May 2024
Arrests in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, foreign interference in elections, ghost gear
RCMP have arrested members of an alleged hit squad for the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Police say the accused are members of an Indian gang and could be connected to three other murders in Canada. Last fall, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the Indian gov ... Show More
26m 41s
Jul 2021
Daily: THE MODI POLITIC – India’s deadly descent into despotism
India’s brutal second wave of COVID is now receding, leaving behind intensified poverty, economic carnage, a staggering estimated 400-700m infections and a death rate of approximately 2%. But things were already going catastrophically wrong in the world’s largest democracy thanks ... Show More
29m 43s
Aug 2021
India's secret freedom radio
When Indian independence leaders, including Gandhi, were jailed in 1942, activists set up a secret radio station to carry the message of rebellion against British rule. Among the campaigners who worked at the station was Usha Mehta, who was later imprisoned for broadcasting anti- ... Show More
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