SoCal Metro worker among several arrested in transnational organized crime case
Federal authorities have arrested 24 individuals, including a Los Angeles Metro worker, as part of an international operation targeting an India-based organized crime syndicate. The group is accused of involvement in drug trafficking, extortion, and a 2023 assassination in Canada.
Why it matters
The case highlights the reach of transnational crime syndicates and the vulnerability of public infrastructure employees to recruitment by criminal organizations.
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Several people have been arrested, including a Metro worker, as part of an operation targeting a transnational organized crime ring responsible for flooding communities with drugs and illegal weapons, federal authorities announced Tuesday.
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