Punjabi Mafia

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The Punjabi Mafia (known locally as Sardar - Sir/Sr.) are loosely, somewhat organized crime families in the Punjab region, East India, Afghanistan, England, Canada, Australia, U.S., and Pakistan. They have controlled the underworld of the Asia for centuries and now most recently of Europe & North America. It originated from one of the world's oldest known and deadliest "Thuggee" groups, according to historians. Unlike other crime syndicates, the Punjabi mafia is more of a coalition of families (for ex. Johals and Dhariwals), rather than one large criminal body. They carry their criminal instincts using other gangs or individuals using their "money" power, rather than pulling the trigger themselves. They do their work behind the scene as chairmans, so their is not much known about them in public or to authorities as its the "underdog" who is known or found guilty due to lack of evidence or unwillingness of witnesses against mafia man himself.


[edit] In the West

In the west, the Punjabi mafia is significantly strong yet "invisible", as the justice system puts it. In countries like United States, England and Canada it has, and is gaining a great deal of influence and power. Families such as Virks, Dhaliwals, and especially Johals, Sandhus, Attwals, Hundals, Manns, and Dhillons are known to be mafia families. The most powerful families in Europe and North America are the Johals, Dhaliwals, Dhillons, Hundals, and Bains families who run a million dollar business empire smuggling in people from overseas. In the United Kingdom, especially in the 1960s and today, the Punjabi mafia families own many illegal brothels, moon-shining stills, clubs, restaurants, etc. in London or other busy cities.

In Canada, especially around Vancouver and Toronto, there is growing gang violence and police have placed some of the blame on the Punjabi mafia. There, many officials believe that Punjabi families are involved with gang activity and rising violence. One CBC documentary stated that Punjabi mafia men are very hard to arrest because they are usually respected business owners with only indirect ties to local gangs. Since 2000, the Punjabi mafia has been blamed for killing as many as 64 prominent businessmen. The Punjabi mafia are very good at maintaining a distance between themselves and contracted gangs and police have had little success in achieving any convictions.

The Punjabi mafia families on the West Coast of North America are expanding their operations. The West Coast has become a gold mine for Jatt Punjabi's like the Johal's, Dutta's and Dhaliwal's, because of the transportation and real-estate company's they own. They use their transportation companies' trucks and ships to move black market goods and cocaine north to Canada and marijuana south to the states.

There are also many more American gangs with links to the Punjabi Mafia which include the MS13, Latin Kings, Bandidos, Norteñeos and the Hells Angels.

[edit] Links of Families

Punjabi mafia families are known to have links with the following groups:-

Dhaliwal Mafia- East Coast

Punjabi mafia existence is provided by the Vancouver Sun. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/specials/websterawards/story.html?id=cc7ac95e-4266-4006-8340-c874932aeee1

[edit] External links

  • http://www.thestar.com/News/article/179163 <<< Toronto News Article on proof of Punjabi Mafia connections from Canada Wide and also US America, article is most recent $20 Million of Cocaine seized on Feb 07, 2007.. <<Refers to Toronto Punjabi Mafia only... Not BC Vancouver. TorontoStar newspaper.
  • http://www.thestar.com/News/article/179468 <<<< Avtar Sandhu case is still ongoing. He has been relased and had to surrender passport. Avtar statement said, he doesnt know English and demanded a Punjabi Speaking translator.