'Follow the money, cut links': How India can crush transnational gangs

The rise of organised gangs in Punjab and Haryana has taken on a transnational character, with gangs such as the Lawrence Bishnoi network demonstrating how criminal syndicates can operate across borders even when their leaders are lodged in Indian jails, and the challenge now extends beyond street-level policing to disrupting their communication, recruitment, finances and overseas operations,…