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Marked for death

VANCOUVER - In the crime business, silence is golden. Colin Martin of Malakwa BC, a self-confessed drug kingpin knew the risk he was taking when he offered to help American Drug Enforcement Agents bust some major cross-border smuggling operations that were moving marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine, provided they let him continue to do business unimpeded for 10 years, US court papers show. (Vancouver Province)

 

Gangs of Regina

REGINA - For the first time, the Regina Police Service has painted a picture for the public of the particulars of street gang activity within the city.   (Regina Leader-Post)  MORE:   Policing gang activity   Preventing gang activity   Street gangs in Regina

 

Wedding found guilty

SAN DIEGO - Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding was convicted in a San Diego, Calif., courtroom Monday of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine.  It took a jury just 2 1⁄2 hours of deliberating at the start of the day to find the man guilty of the charges filed against him in June 2008.  (Vancouver Sun)   PREVIOUS:  Wedding charged in cocaine conspiracy   Witness a suspect

 

Gangster sting

VANCOUVER - Separately and unbeknownst to each other, the rival gangs met their contacts in public places and secret spots.   What neither gang knew was that their cartel contacts were not underworld, but undercover police officers with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU).  (Vancouver Sun)   MORE:  Gangsters in court on drugs charges  

 

Underage, armed & dangerous

Are you worried your child might be involved with a gang?  Police say there are several warning signs that you should watch out for.   (CTV)  RELATED:   Private schools screening for gang ties   Abbotsford battles gangs with back-to-school program

 

Home release

VANCOUVER - Gangster Manny Buttar was sentenced to 15 months for smashing a beer glass against a stranger's head as Buttar confessed to killing a rival gang leader.  But Buttar will be able to serve the sentence at home as long as he abides by strict conditions, BC Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker said.  (Vancouver Sun)   MORE:  Accused 'got rid' of Johal   Did gangster's man-purse spark assault?  

 

Mexican drug war cuts off BC dealers

VANCOUVER - Well before the Mexican government advertised its war on drugs, there were signs in BC that things were going awry in the lucrative narcotics trade.  Supply lines were drying up, recalled BC-based RCMP Superintendent Pat Fogarty, because the cartels were too busy fighting the Mexican military.   (National Post)

 

Career choice

VANCOUVER - Kids as young as 8 or 9 are saying they aspire to become gangsters as a career choice, something that is alarming police and youth workers. Sgt. Shinder Kirk of BC's Integrated Gang Task Force says the problem is not being taken seriously enough by kids. (CTV)

 

Bail denied

VANCOUVER - Two alleged gangsters facing a series of gun charges after an undercover sting by Vancouver police have both been denied bail.  Provincial Court Judge Jeanne Watchuk ordered Monday that 58-year-old Udham Sanghera and Gordon Taylor, 42, be held in custody.  (Vancouver Sun)

PREVIOUS:  'Cop-aganda'   Founder arrested   Gangs responsible for 100 recent shootings

 

Trafficker sues accused kidnappers

VANCOUVER - Drug trafficker Peter Sum Li, who according to prosecutors paid out the largest ransom ever in a kidnapping in Canada, is suing his six alleged kidnappers for restitution, general and special damages.  (Vancouver Province)   PREVIOUS:  Drug kingpin testifies   Rescue ended month in captivity

Bummer for slow driver

EDMONTON - An Edmonton man busted with a million dollars' worth of marijuana after being pulled over for driving too slow on the highway near Edson was put behind bars yesterday.  Thanh Tam Vo, 55, was sentenced to 28 months in prison after earlier being convicted of possession for the purpose of trafficking.  (QMI)

 

Gang raid

NANAIMO - A 23-year-old man with ties to the violent Red Scorpions gang is in jail and Nanaimo RCMP are still looking for another man after guns, drugs, body armour and stolen property were seized at an Extension-area home late Thursday.   (Nanaimo Daily News)   8 linked to Red Scorpion gang arrested

 

Seeking $314K from gang leader

VANCOUVER - Dave Loeppky still feels shooting pains in his left foot where the bones were shattered by gunfire from a man police describe as the leader of the United Nations gang.  A dispute over a blaring car stereo four years ago led to the random attack on the Osoyoos refrigeration mechanic by UN crime boss Doug Vanalstine.   (Vancouver Sun)

 

Real Estate agent take down

VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Council of BC is investigating a brand-new HomeLife agent after the Langley man was charged in connection with a gangland extortion and aggravated assault.  Ronny Jason Krayem, 29, was just issued his real estate licence Nov. 10 and was to start his new career next week.  But Krayem was arrested three days earlier in connection with a series of events last month in which three men were threatened at gunpoint and beaten over a missing drug shipment that failed to arrive at its intended destination back east.  (Vancouver Sun)

 

BC to ban body armour

VICTORIA - Gang members and organized  (Opinion 250)   COMMENT:  Chipping away at the armour   

 

Gang violence spreading

VANCOUVER - Communities such as Prince George, Kelowna and Kamloops, even small centres like Fort St. John, face a threat of increased violence as gangsters look for green pastures away from increasingly hot big Canadian cities.  (CP)  PREVIOUS:  Heist linked to BC gang   BC gangs like Alberta

 

2nd grow-op found

VANCOUVER - Chilliwack RCMP investigating a major marijuana-growing operation in an underground bunker have arrested six people on the neighbouring property after discovering it, too, was being used to grow drugs. (Vancouver Sun)  PREVIOUS:  Drug bunker found   7600 Nixon Rd   Massive underground bunker   Big bust   RELATED:  ICBC sold grow-op trailers   Harvest time in Quebec

 

Drug bust

VICTORIA - Drugs with a street value “in the millions” have been seized, eight people have been arrested and police are searching for three more in relation to a major RCMP drug investigation that has spanned two years.   (Victoria Times Colonist)

 

10 years

VANCOUVER - Victor Faruq, 32, admitted that between January and April 2007, he supplied several Sacramento-area drug dealers with large quantities of the chemical party drug.  (Vancouver Sun)  PREVIOUS:  Man admits drug deals, money laundering    Charges preceded gunplay

 

Link between pilot and owner probed

SICAMOUS - Colin Martin, 37, of Sicamous, BC, reported his helicopter missing last month after Samuel Brown, 24, flew it - as well as ecstasy and nearly 200 kilograms of BC bud - to a remote landing pad in northern Washington.  (CBC)   PREVIOUS:  Pilot remembered   UN gang member named   Smuggling ring   Cross border drug bust  

   

Out on bail

VANCOUVER - Despite a crackdown on gun and gang violence, some judges are still granting accused criminals bail on strict conditions and with large sureties posted.  (Vancouver Sun)

No measures to counter Mexican gang activity

Gang war

Drug war on another border: Canada

Gang wars turn laidback Vancouver into Murder City

When gangsters go to court

Feds creates more minimum offences

From heaven to hell

Faster, higher, stronger - and deadlier

Police chasing 'top-end trafficker'

Premier ignoring gangland realities

Crime groups thrive

Drug hotel is about to empty out

Gangs gaining strength in Vancouver

Cops say resources stretched thin

Western cities plagued by street drugs, gangs

Gang growth 'rampant’

Too many gangsters armed, ready to fire

Portrait of Street Level Social Problems

2009 Integrated Threat Assessment   .pdf  

Hard Times  .pdf

Welcome to Vancouver

Concrete roadblocks set up in front of homes

Justice in our times

Bad press for BC    BC or Colombia?

Underworld assassins 19, Law Enforcement 0

CRA worker may have leaked info

Metro cops join to fight gangs

Flash map of gang shootings locations

Bars, police team up on gang control

Arrest foils targeted killings

Targeted shooting

Gang members keeping their heads down lately, say cops

'We have to stop the killings'

Multiple murders raise ho-hums from ministers

BC Follies

Turf wars leave cops struggling

Gang war grip metro

Latest gang shootings in Metro Vancouver

Why gangsters love their BlackBerrys

Gang violence

Thugs: BC's growing menace

They laugh at the law

We need to get tough with street punks

Too close for comfort

Is Vancouver  'Gangland Canada'?

Lower Mainland violent deaths 2009

Gun incidents

Designer profiling  

Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta

Murder rate doubles

Drug chemicals found in slain man's unit

Second victim named

Slain man described as 'loving person'

Slain gangster lived the good life

Men killed outside restaurant

Cameras could help cops identify killers

4 city restaurants victims in 6 months

BC government deals with crime

Metro mayors consider regional police force

Rally against gang violence

Fashion labels blacklisted by clubs

Rethink jail time for young criminals

Step one: Give a damn

Canada behind in gang prevention: expert

BC ignored all the warning signs of growing youth gangs: AG

Guns and gangs trouble police

Man slain week after release

Gang figure had Island ties

Men killed outside restaurant   Criminal resumé

Victim identified

Just wanted to turn his life around

Violence spreading

Mayors' anti-gang meeting bears fruit

Mayors' 11 point battle plan

Seeking a solution for a problem that might not exist

Tories table crime bill   Anti-gang bill  

Good politics ineffective policy

Bureaucrat named BC crime czar

Gang violence knows no borders

Attempt to crack down on gangs

BC government deals with crime

Prosecution services can't withstand more cuts

Gang crackdown is no hollow pledge: Campbell

BC 2009 Budget

BC general election 2009

Gang Politics

Stop the blaming and start the naming

Real jail time needed

Joey writes the wrongs for the last time

Illegal gun action plan released

Clouding the issue of gang crime

Patchwork public policy

Missing the target

Band-Aid plan will do little

Targeted list grows

War on gangs

Spotlight on certain gangs

Former gang member tries to help others

Gang unit to increase

Premier's plans a 'total cop-out'

Metro mayors consider regional police force

Politicians under the gun

BC general election 2009

Mayors call for tougher stand

History of gangs and guns

   

How cocaine makes it to the streets

VANCOUVER - Deep in the jungles of Peru or Colombia, a kilo of cocaine can be bought for as little as $3,000.   By the time the lucrative white powder makes the 7,000-plus-kilometre journey to the streets of Vancouver, a kilo is worth as much as $30,000.   (Vancouver Sun)

$5M targets South American gangs

Police, prosecutors need witnesses

Cellphone key commodity

Corporate hierarchies, innocent victims

   

Kamloops Daily News

'Little white rocks'

Fight night in gangland

Gang associate shot

RIP Todd "Joe" Krantz

IS member slain at gym

Fatal shooting

Street that never sleeps

Gang's loose ties make it a tough nut

Gang culture hard call for judges

Dealer claims bust ended his career

Gang intimidation alleged

New Gang In Prince George

Parole

VANCOUVER - Convicted kidnapper Randy Naicker admitted to the National Parole Board Monday that he founded the Independent Soldiers.  But Naicker claimed it was only a clothing company he started back in 2004 and not the notorious gang known to police for drug trafficking and violence.   (Vancouver Sun) 

IS gangster shot 20 times

Man shot in underground parking lot

Apparent targeted hit

Charges dropped

Guilty plea

Teflon Don' gets prison time

IS bound for jail

Abhari had huge rap sheet, no jail

Widow says Ronal Shakeel ‘Shak’ Raj wasn't in gangs

Analysis: Killers will most likely never be caught

2 men dead in latest gang violence

Gangs target Vancouver Island

'Independent' crime groups moving drugs

   

Who's who in the UN gang

Federal court side with gangsters

VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Canada has sided with several UN gang members over the Canada Revenue Agency, saying a government employee had no authority to issue letters demanding information about the source of the gangsters’ income.  (Vancouver Sun) 

'Living on the edge'   

Dad proud   30 years  

Cracks in gang before arrest  

UN boss and murderer had contact  

Victim wanted in US

Man involved in kidnapping

Man gunned down

Man found dead

Ex-cop pretended to be IHIT member   IHIT

Gangsters face new charges

UN accused in murder plot

Defence wants UN gang files

Sun topic: Gangs

US court sheds light on UN Gang

New court documents

United Nations Gang

Feds nab kingpin

Wanted gangster running BC ski business

Alleged held in beating case

Threatened and beaten

Roueche court document  .pdf

Phone conversations implicate father  

Caught on tape  

Gang wiretaps

Complaint filed

US seeks 30 years

The last king of potland

UN associate denied bail

Letter under scrutiny

Hard time

Good life on low income

Roueche pleads guilty

UN raids

Gang Court Challenge

Reformed UN gangster recalls lifestyle

Arrests a breakthrough in fight against gang violence: police

4 shootings in BC despite 'major blow' to crime

UN gangster convicted

UN gang members arrested

Red Scorpions and UN Gang: A primer

Gang leader's relative charged

Hells Angels, UN Gang meeting

Slain realtor linked to UN Gang

Realtor connected to UN gang

Not guilty plea

BC gang members shot in Mexico

UN members battle taxman 

UN gang leader's mother says her boy is a 'loving son'

Charges expected in Canada against UN

US court reveals gang methods

BC gang leader pleads not guilty

BC gangster arrested

US police have eye on BC gang

BC gang leader arrested in Texas

UN gang found new cocaine source

   

Conspiracy case moves ahead

VANCOUVER - Three more United Nations Gang members charged with conspiring to murder rival gangsters the Bacon brothers made a brief appearance in Surrey Provincial Court.  (Vancouver Province)

UN gangsters charged

UN members facing charges

UN gang members charged

Conspiracy charges

   

Bacons & friends

Jail is unfair

VANCOUVER - A leader of the UN gang is mingling with other inmates at Surrey Pretrial jail while purported Red Scorpion boss and accused killer Jamie Bacon remains unfairly cut off from the outside world, BC Supreme Court heard. (Vancouver Sun)

Judge not satisfied

Judge furious  

Recordings jeopardize murder case  

A family affair

Bacon brothers have their day in court

Complaint filed against police

Police harassment

Plea bargain

Abbotsford gang shooting

Gangland fears rise

Credible death threats

Police Warning

Boys are innocent

Perceived Bacon brothers links blamed

Anger as gangsters released on bail

Bacon and associate released on bail

Bacon, associate arrested

Fraud charges stayed

Secret gun compartment work of a specialist

Officer wasn't looking for guns

Bacon brothers outfitted cars with armour

Prosecution doomed

DNA links weapon to Jarrod

Mom told sons to put on their vests

Shortage of high security courtrooms

Jamie gets others to do the dirty work

Witnesses describe attempt

Police had no right to search

Brothers were under investigation

Red Scorpions/Bacon brothers vs. UN

Ban on publication

Victim seen with Bacon

Gangster briefly detained

More Bacon Brothers

Bacons Searched and Released

Judge sets Bacon free

Charter violations cited

R. v. Bacon et al

Friends, family and associates warned

Founder arrested

'Cop-aganda'

Gangs responsible for 100 recent shootings

Police change tactics

Police admit they have a 'gang war'

'There is a gang war'

Takedown of Sanghera group   Holler arrested  

Gang 'functionally dismantled

   

Red Scorpion links

NANAIMO - Two brothers with alleged ties to the violent Red Scorpions gang face drug charges after Nanaimo RCMP seized as much as $40,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine from a motel. (Nanaimo Daily News)   Women taking greater role in gangs

Luck runs out

Gangster facing charges

Red Scorpion gangster charged

8 associates dead since warning issued

Victims linked

Woman found dead

Abbotsford homicide

Body, burned vehicle found

Remains found in burned car

'Active shooters' arrested

Victim's parents file suit

Paperwork delay

Paperwork delays case

Behind 6 murders in a Surrey highrise

Lower Mainland Murders 2007

Details of charges laid

Red Scorpions founder 1 of 5 arrested

Guilty plea, 3 others charged

Take down a blow to Red Scorpions

Police tight lipped

Public questions police ability

Red Scorpion crackdown

Red Scorpions

Pair face drugs charges

Philippines police arrest Red Scorpion

Red Scorpion expected to be deported

15 years

No parole for 15 years

Publication ban challenged

Publication ban on publication ban hearing

Accused hears charges against him

Red Scorpions head to court

More arrests expected in Surrey six slayings

Gangster charged

Gangsters find rides

Released on bail

Man in jail sets up revenge shooting

RCMP crack two Lower Mainland drug crime rings

Men charged for stabbing murder

Scorpions' associate charged

Details of charges laid

Arrests may mean more shootings in BC'

Police add charges

Families of innocent bystanders speak out

Red Scorpions associates arrested

Charges laid

Arrests made

   

Gang members charged

PRINCE ALBERT - 6 men, including several who are serving lengthy prison sentences for high-profile crimes including murder, have been charged in connection with a stabbing death in the Prince Albert penitentiary on Jan. 4.  (CBC) 

 

Indian Posse leader beaten to death

Gang leader killed

Lock down

Inmate dead 

   

Armed gangs spreading violence

In the past five years, aboriginal gangs (ABOC), as they are classified by the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada, have surpassed outlaw motorcycle gangs and Italian organized crime syndicates as the largest single group held in federal prisons, with 536 members serving federal sentences. 90% of them are doing time on the Prairies, dominated by three established gangs: the Indian Posse, the Native Syndicate and the Warriors.

PRISON GANG PROFILE: 

Alberta Warriors

Indian Posse

Manitoba Warriors

Native Syndicate

Redd Alert

Aboriginal gangs in 'crisis proportions'

Prison gangs and youth gangs in Canada  

Police not to name gangs isn't having desired effect

   

Involved in drug trade

PUERTO VALLARTA - Two BC men gunned down in Puerto Vallarta were involved in the drug trade, likely as “brokers” facilitating the shipment of cocaine to Canada, a police expert said.  (Vancouver Sun)

Little likelihood of arrests

Gang ties

Murdered involved in drug trade

Pair known to police

2 executed  

Mexican news report

   

Cops seize 2 ‘transfer houses’

VANCOUVER - A lengthy Vancouver police undercover operation has led to a series of charges and the seizure of two marijuana "transfer houses" used by organized crime.   (Vancouver Sun)

10 years

VANCOUVER - Justice Brenda Brown said she had no choice but to give a substantial sentence to Jaspal Singh Thiara after a jury convicted him for trying to kill an addicted client who owed him money.  (Vancouver Sun)

   

Guns, drugs seized

VANCOUVER - Nine Metro Vancouver gangsters are facing a total of 26 charges after a year-long, multi-jurisdictional investigation that led to the seizure of more than $2-million worth of guns and drugs, Delta police Staff Sgt. Harj Sidhu said.  (Vancouver Sun)  RELATED:  Cops ask families to turn in gangsters   Soaring cocaine price behind killings   Getting a grip on gang violence

Violent past

VANCOUVER - When James Edward O'Toole was sentenced for carrying a loaded gun in 2003, an outraged BC Supreme Court judge said, "People die because, out of foolishness or anger, people pull guns."  O'Toole, a 29-year-old aspiring musician with gang connections died in a hail of bullets on Commercial Drive. Vancouver Sun)  PREVIOUS:  Gang links alleged   Jed Cruz   Targeted shooting

   

Citizens take a byte out of crime

VANCOUVER - Citizen-powered crime websites are popping up after a Surrey mother called on the police to publicize convicted criminals online, something she said could have prevented the murder of her 22-year-old son.  (Vancouver Sun)   PREVIOUS:    Mother's day spent grieving for murdered son   Restaurant program takes aim at gangsters

Multiculturalism

OTTAWA - In a report published in the RCMP Gazette magazine, Ottawa police Staff Sgt. Mike Callaghan of the guns and gang section said that 314 of the city's 600 confirmed gang members were born outside the country.   (Ottawa Citizen)   MORE:  Violent crime up in small-town Ontario

   

Double-digit sentence

VANCOUVER - BC Supreme Court Justice Austin Cullen had little sympathy in his sentencing decision, released Wednesday, against Hieu Thanh Nguyen. Nguyen was convicted of two counts of kidnapping, one count of trying to extort $200,000 and one of possessing stolen property.  (Vancouver Sun)

Eatery really a gangster meeting house

VANCOUVER - It was the surveillance cameras and locked doors that made police wonder what was being served in an east Vancouver restaurant.  There was no cook, and gang members were among those showing up after hours to party at the Star Night Vietnamese Restaurant on East Broadway.  (Vancouver Sun)

   

Gangster accused of drug trafficking

Mandeep Kumar Ranga put up a fight when members of the RCMP's Greater Vancouver Drug Section arrived at his parents' east Vancouver home, shouting to relatives that he was being kidnapped.  (Vancouver Sun)   PREVIOUS:  Gangster mistakes cops for kidnappers

Gun dealer supplied UN gang

VANCOUVER - Jong Ca John Lee, 27, arrested last year with a Vancouver condo full of explosives, land mines and machine guns was a major supplier to the United Nations gang, according to just-released court documents.  (Sun)  RELATED:  Gangster changed jobs

   

Canadian faces drug charges

LOS ANGLES - Agents with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) along with officers from the Santa Monica Police Department arrested Alexandru Sabau, 37, late last week after a man went to meet a police informant who had arranged to trade 25 kilograms of cocaine for ecstasy tablets.

(CanWest)  MORE:  Man charged with smuggling Ecstasy

Grow-op bust

PEMBROKE - A massive plantation of 40,000 marijuana plants has been discovered by police in a cornfield in eastern Ontario.  The plants were found Sept. 18 at a farm on B Line Road in Laurentian Valley Township near Pembroke, Ont. during the execution of a search warrant.  (CBC)   MORE:  Neighbours surprised   Grow-op purchased 3 years ago

   

Hit-and-run

VANCOUVER - Police believe an Abbotsford hit-and-run may have been another failed gangland hit.  (Vancouver Province)   PREVIOUS:  Hitmen failed   Man in critical condition 

Task force reports successes

VANCOUVER - The Uniform Gang Task Force says it's achieved some success since its launch eight months ago.   (Vancouver Province)

   

Drug dealers with a big heart

VANCOUVER - In a twist on the fabled tale of outlaws in Sherwood Forest, three suspected drug traffickers who made millions of dollars peddling cocaine and marijuana up and down the Pacific Northwest are being hailed as "Robin Hood heroes" in their native India.  The suspects, identified as Harjeet Mann, 39, from British Columbia, Jasdev Singh, 33 and Sukhraj Dhaliwal, 38, were arrested late last month in an undercover operation spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement Agency in Bakersfield, California.  (Mata Press Service)

Suspect arrested

VANCOUVER - Calvin Leung, 26, was arrested in Coquitlam and charged with kidnapping, forcible confinement, extortion and robbery in connection with an alleged kidnapping in Vancouver on June 12.   Police have also issued a Canada-wide warrant for Mohammed Rahimi, who is facing charges of kidnapping, forcible confinement, extortion, assault and robbery. (Vancouver Sun)   PREVIOUS:  Canada-wide warrants issued   Police discover another kidnap victim   Botched kidnapping  

   

Likely a gang target

VANCOUVER - A Port Moody-area man shot in the head in a targeted hit as he drove his black Mercedes was identified yesterday.  Earl Levoy Ross, 29, a personal-fitness trainer, "is lucky to be alive," said Port Moody Sgt. Phil Reid.  "This may be a gang connection," he said. "We believe it is a targeted event."   (Vancouver Province)

Gangster charged with threatening officer

VANCOUVER - A well-known gangster has been charged with threatening to kill a sergeant with the integrated gang task force.  Nachatar Singh (Nash) Bagri allegedly leveled the death threat against an officer identified in court documents as "Sgt. Boutilier" on Feb. 26, Bagri's 34th birthday.  (Vancouver Sun)

   

Drug 'manager' deserves jail

VANCOUVER - The co-accused of the first man in BC to be charged under a law targeting criminal gangs should be sentenced to three years in jail for assault and drug trafficking, says a prosecutor.  Andrew Goosen was the "on-site manager" for a drug-trafficking operation run out of Vancouver's American Hotel in 2002 by his co-accused, Tony Terezakis.  (Vancouver Province)   PREVIOUS:  Trail leads from drug raid to murders   Murder of Eugene & Michele Uyeyama

'Con Air' ride

VANCOUVER - The latest recipient of a one-way ticket out of town was tattoo-covered Stephen Philip King, 34, wanted in Barrie, Ont., on a 2000 charge of break-and-enter.  King arrived in Vancouver in 2006 and soon headed a relatively new street gang, the Game Tight Soldiers (GTS), who muscled their way into the cocaine trade on the Downtown Eastside, Insp. Dean Robinson said yesterday.  (Vancouver Province)   MORE:  Drug gang's heart 'cut out'   Heart cut out of gang

   

Shifting alliances

VANCOUVER - A change in the makeup of criminal groups was identified yesterday as one of the causes of surging violence.  "Nowadays, it's very multi-ethnic," said a police source close to gang investigations. (Vancouver Province)  PREVIOUS:  Targeted hits tough to solve    Suspects killed before they can be arrested   2 more gangland victims 'targeted'   Lower Mainland Murders 2008

Teen girls arrested

VANCOUVER - The RCMP have launched an investigation to determine what motivated teenagers in Langley, BC, to manufacture explosive devices that were found in park on Friday, prompting the evacuation of several blocks.  (CBC)   PREVIOUS:   2 teens arrested   Teen leads cops to more explosives   Teens injured in apartment explosion   Teen injured by homemade explosives

   

Gang shreds off member's tattoo

KITCHENER - Prosecutor Andre Rajna described how several members of the Stick-Up Kids used a cheese grater to scrape off a gang tattoo from the hand of a member they thought had ratted on them.  (Toronto Star)

Family takedown

SALISBURY - Police have charged members of the Tingley clan with 57 counts, including conspiracy to traffic cocaine, OxyContin, marijuana, contraband tobacco and firearms.  (CBC)

   

Debt paid with a finger

Crack addict and petty dealer Shawn Giesbrecht owed only $170 to his supplier in the Crew, a Prince George puppet club for the notorious Hells Angels.  But he was warned by Crew enforcer Scott Payne that the unpaid debt would cost him dearly.  Payne told Giesbrecht to place his hand on a table and hacked off a finger.  (Vancouver Sun)   MORE:   Quick cash led to lengthy sentence   Aging Angels and quitters create vacancies in the ranks   Cops say organized crime 'rampant'

Gangsters jailed six years

VANCOUVER - The sentencing of Bobby Harminder Singh Atwal, 27, Jasraj Singh Bains, 27, Harkamal Singh Cheema, 27, and Mandeap Singh Johal, 28, ends a series of related kidnapping prosecutions in which the Crown convicted 11 separate gangsters in three brutal 2005 abductions.  The kingpin of the drug operation, Jethinder Singh (Roman) Narwal, was earlier convicted on 13 counts in all three cases and sentenced to 17 years with credit for time served. (Vancouver Sun)

   

25 years

VANCOUVER - A BC Supreme Court jury accepted that Rajinder Kumar Benji plotted the March 6, 1998 murder of Vancouver businessman Michael Singh, strangling him with his own tie before stuffing it down his throat and leaving him in the trunk of his car.  (Vancouver Sun)   PREVIOUS:  Hung jury   Suspect says he's a victim of perjury   Witness lied

Canadian caught at border

BLAINE - A 28-year-old Canadian man was arrested near the US border in Blaine after customs agents found 93,000 tablets of Ecstasy in his car, officials said on Friday.  Tavinder Singh Randhawa, of Delta, BC, was taken into custody shortly after he entered the US through a designated NEXUS lane around 7 am on Thursday.  (KOMO)  

   

Downtown arms dealer gets five years in jail

VANCOUVER - An arms broker with gang associations who shocked Vancouver police with the size and variety of the cache of guns and ammunition found in his apartment has pleaded guilty to weapons and drug charges and been sentenced to five years in jail.  Jong Ca John Lee, 26, showed no emotion during sentencing.  (Vancouver Province) 

Canada's money-laundering king

VANCOUVER - Tho Ahn Khuc -- a key figure in the largest money laundering case in Canadian history -- spent a lot of time on the phone talking about kids. talked about fat kids and white kids, blond kids and kids with white shirts. Khuc was a Vancouver drug dealer and "kids" was the code word for cocaine. (Vancouver Sun)

   

Man charged with attempted murder

VANCOUVER - A 22-year-old Coquitlam man was charged yesterday with two counts of attempted murder and four counts of arms trafficking, stemming from a double shooting at a North Vancouver highrise apartment complex last October.  Anton "Tony" Ivanic was in custody last night following his arrest last Friday in Burnaby.  (Vancouver Province)

Marketing drugs to kids

DALLAS - Something called “cheese” is killing kids. In August of 2005, no one had even heard of it - so much so, that when a school district police officer first saw a bag of this drug, he thought it was fake.  (AP)   PREVIOUS:   Stopping a kid killer   Coming to a street corner near you: flavoured meth   Feds bust pot-laced snack factory   DEA: Looking for Mr. Greenbud

   

Safer in jail

SEATTLE - A Vancouver man will be safer as a prisoner than as a drug smuggler on the city's streets, a US judge said as he sentenced Charles Lai to 13 years in jail.   (Vancouver Province)    MORE:  13 years   Suspected drug trafficker taken off ship   BC man arrested   Drug suspect is arrested

Gangs stalling Haiti's reconstruction

TORONTO - Haiti remains a "volatile" nation plagued by gangs and drug trafficking more than three years after an uprising ousted former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, despite Canada's half-billion dollar pledge to help stabilize the troubled country, says a newly released document.  (CP)

   

Gangster sentenced

VANCOUVER - A gangster who escaped from a maximum-security jail has been sentenced in absentia to more than six years behind bars. Omid Tahvili , 37, was handed a six-year and two-month term on charges of the kidnapping and sexual assault of a Surrey man.  (Vancouver Province) 

Tahvili may be ready to surrender

Hearing goes on for escapee

Kingpin finally convicted

Arson hits North Van crime boss's home

FBI wanted alert

AMW wanted

Tipster: Body burned

Riddle of Vancouver's 'Tony Soprano'

Tahvili iced?

39 months

Jail-guard pleads guilty to accepting bribe

Escaped gangster phones lawyer

Escaped gangster makes phone calls

Gangster scammed guard

Guard led prisoner in jail escape, video shows

Prison guard faces 3 charges

Details of gangster's escape

BC prison guard charged

   

Victim launches civil suit

VANCOUVER - In her two-year battle to recover from a bullet to the head, Laurie Tinga has already shown the fighting spirit her friends and family admire.  Now she has begun a different kind of battle with the filing of a civil suit against six gangsters who police believe were behind the shootout that left her an unintended victim.  (Vancouver Sun)  

 

File on Bobby Tajinder Singh Gill

Shooting survivor sues six men for damages

Innocent victim of gang shooting speaks out

Police release photo of Port Moody shooting suspect

 

   

IHIT's methods passé, says LA cop

VANCOUVER - The four men targeted in the gangland slaying in Surrey last week were members of a drug crew operating at the street level.  And there are at least 30 such crews operating throughout the Lower Mainland, a police source told The Province.  The source said the murder victims were big players in the Surrey drug trade and that the youngest, Ryan Bartolomeo, 19, was new to the crew.  (Vancouver Province)  

Dead pushers doomed by own product

Grieving mom vows to fight gangs

Mourning a life 'snatched away'

BC calls for stiffer penalties in wake of deaths

Narong connected with UN gang

Four of murder victims had ties to drugs and gangs

Guns, Gangs, Drugs

2 innocent bystanders

Edward Schellenberg

Chris Mohan

Lower Mainland Murders 2007

   

His friends dead, he wanted out - but it wasn't that easy

VANCOUVER - After a year behind bars, Tri Troung returned to the streets of Vancouver a different person.  In prison, he had decided to leave the violent Vietnamese street gang he was running with, realizing he was on the road to an early death.  (Vancouver Province)  

'You can't walk away…they'll find you'

Gangs with guns on the rise

Ruled by 'wild animals'

'Stomp your head' was their theme song

The gang that cut off a boy's hand

For children, an urgent lesson in death

Take back your life

Rob a store and you're in

Some kids just can't beat the rap

Running for his life

Goodbye to gangster life

Do you need to 'give your head a shake?'

Take back your community

   

856 gang in spotlight

VANCOUVER - A small Aldergrove-based gang has become the talk of the town following a high-profile car chase and shooting in rural Langley Tuesday.   But insiders warn that the 856 gang - believed to be behind the targetted shooting of Leonard Pelletier, an alleged Hells Angels associate, near D.W. Poppy secondary school - could be in over its heads.   (Sun Media)

 

Victim's wife insists they're farmers

Target of shooting moves to 'safe' house

Shooting near schools targets biker

Gang violence erupts in BC

Mounties aware of 856 gang

Shootout near two schools

Violence near schools gang-related: police

   

Victim has long criminal record

Vancouver police said Monday that Gurmit Singh Dhak, a well-known figure in gang circles, was refusing to cooperate with investigators probing the weekend shooting at Quattro on Fourth in Kitsilano.  Dhak, has been associated with a criminal organization dubbed "Billy's Crew."  (Vancouver Sun)

 

Shooting victim in line of fire before

Shooting inside Vancouver restaurant

Lower Mainland violent deaths 2007

   

Victim in shooting was much loved

VANCOUVER - Zachary Ferland, a 19-year-old Prince Rupert man identified by family as one of the two people killed in last week's shooting rampage at a Vancouver Chinese restaurant, was a "beautiful boy," his aunt said Monday.   (Vancouver Sun)

Police finish work at shooting scene

Police race to head off gang war

Anatomy of a mass shooting

Shooting likely 'targeted hit'

Vancouver gang violence in recent years

City's street gangs just keep multiplying

   

Sentenced for murder conspiracy

VANCOUVER - A man who suffers from cancer and is “living on borrowed time” according to his lawyer has received an effective sentence of three-and-a-half months in jail for conspiracy to commit murder.  Tajinder Singh Bains, 34, was along with his co-accused, Ravinder Singh Soomel, charged last year with first-degree murder in the November 1997 slaying of Jason Herle, 20, outside the victim’s family home.  (Vancouver Province)

Families welcome charges

RCMP looking for clues

10 years later

10th years, still no charges

3 charged with drug trafficking

RCMP makes arrest connected to unsolved 1998 murder

Police arrest second man

Two men charged in homicide

Tara Singh Hayer

Suspected hit man vanishes

A history of OC in the Indo community

Suspected hit man vanishes

   

Karaoke killer linked to OC

OTTAWA - Homicide investigators hunting Fu Kwok Wei, otherwise known as Jackie Wei, say they believe the suspected gunman has either been provided a new name or himself been killed for drawing unnecessary attention to the gang after being named the suspect in the Dec. 6 slayings of Algonquin students Tailang Liu and Linhai Tian.  (Ottawa Citizen)   PREVIOUS:  Hundreds gather for funeral of two Chinese men   Karaoke shooting not gang-related: police  

5 provinces join forces

TORONTO - Fed up with Ottawa's response to organized crime, five provinces are taking the law into their own hands.  In an unprecedented move, justice ministers from Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta signed an inter-provincial accord to work together to combat bikers, mobsters and gangsters.  (Toronto Star)  PREVIOUS:  Crime gangs getting more organized   Cops shouldn't wait for the More Important Murder Effect

   

2 men acquitted

VANCOUVER -  BC Supreme Court Justice Robert Metzger concluded that he was not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the grainy video offered sufficient detail to identify the faces of the co-accused, Sikhdeep Singh Biling and Ravinder Singh Mann. (Vancouver Sun)  Assassination attempt should be wake up call: RCMP   SHARK CLUB: Canada-wide manhunt for New West man   Bar shooting triggers call for ID scanners

Gang violence has Prince George worried

PRINCE GEORGE - Business owners in downtown Prince George are worried about escalating gang violence after a bomb was thrown through the window of a clothing store (G'Z Up Clothing and Apparel).  The bomb did not detonate, although police say it was capable of exploding.  (Vancouver Province)   PREVIOUS:   Bomb tossed into store   Bomb did not explode   The real thing   Bomb unit removes 'package''

   

Cops raid Kanesatake

MONTREAL - RCMP said the raids at 13 sites on the reserve were part of an operation to dismantle an organized criminal network of marijuana production and distribution. (Montreal Gazette)   MORE:  300 officers conduct drug raids   Police arrest 36 in major drug sweep   Kanesatake woman ran drug ring, police say

27 popped in pot probe

OTTAWA - The undercover operation, involving Mounties, OPP and Ottawa police, resulted in 230 charges ranging from drug trafficking to money laundering against 27 people, including the alleged ring leader, Maurice Chan, 38, who police say is the head of an Ottawa-based Asian criminal organization. (Sun Media)

   

Drug racket at Delhi's Tihar jail

DELHI - An Indian court has ordered police to look into claims that an alleged drug kingpin from Surrey, BC is now supplying dope to inmates at Delhi’s Tihar jail – Asia’s largest prison complex.  Gurdish Toor, 29, was arrested in Delhi last August in connection with the seizure of 100 kilograms of ephedrine worth C$24 million dollars that was destined for the North American markets. (Mata Press)

 

Canadian drug traffickers go global

Need a pill press? Call Shanghai

Number of criminal groups growing

Surrey man ran Indian drug cartel

Toronto based Punjabi NRI headed drug cartel

Indian authorities arrest Canadian

   

Same crimes, new criminals

NANAIMO - Mounties say they are moving "quick and hard" to prevent the Red Scorpions and other gangs from planting themselves deep within Nanaimo's criminal underworld and the turf that was dominated by the Hells Angels a few years ago.  (Nanaimo Daily News)  

Lawyer released on bail

Paper trail

Alleged gangster tied to slain crime boss

$1M in unexplained cash

Coke shipment linked

Alleged gangster fights to stay in BC

Slain man was a top crime boss

Police agencies hurting fight against crime

Quadriplegic under guard

Paralysed blind man in murder conspiracy

Indo gangster ran a death squad

Gang 'lieutenant' convicted

Construction obscured drug bunker from city inspectors

Underground bunkers

Gangs 'loaded' with informants

Movie guns diverted to gangs

Almost 2,000 firearms missing from store

Police seize stash of firearms

Group faces a number of weapons charges

BC police break up Western gun-trafficking ring

Kidnapper jailed for 13 years

Chain of appeals keep gangster in Canada

Arrested gangster has avoided deportation for 8 years

MP defends supporting drug trafficker

MP wrote letter

5 years in US prison

Gangster pleads guilty

Going, going, going

Accused trafficker gets $4M bail

Extradition upheld  

Gang member gunned down

Gangster pleads guilty, in US

Man acquitted in shooting of drug dealer

Killing carried out as revenge for robbery attempt

How immigrant brothers descended into violence

More gang shootouts feared

Drug lords prey on trucking industry

Shot men have history with police

Court hears tales of guns, drugs, kidnapping

Police investigating 10 drive-by shootings

Brace for gang war, police warn

Gangster gets 15 years

Siblings arrested in kidnapping case

Gang figure guilty in drug kidnappings

Co-accused in gallery raise tension

Gang spreads terror in Vernon

Sweep will result in 'multiple' charges

RCMP investigating BC town's alleged crime ring

Trial moved to Vancouver

Alleged gangster aims to stay in Canada

Saanich man pleads guilty

Drugs, bombs and guns

Stymied probe led police to gangs

Six-year probe shines light on BC gangs

East Indian gang deaths

Swindlers target Indo businessmen

11 charged in Surrey abduction

Some gangsters beyond hope says officer

Pair gunned down in brazen daylight attack

Gangster gunned down in cafe

Gangster has ties to US companies

Weapons cache seized

Gang gunfire hits homes

Richmond park shooting leaves several wounded

Gang squad makes eight arrests

Kidnappers tried to get to victim

Notorious twins' guilty plea big win for gang unit

A history of organized crime in the Indo-Canadian community

Stepping up the ranks of Indo gangs

Gang violence hits home

Street gangs for hire

Big Circle Boys born of Red Guards

Carrying guns has become trendy

BC Homicide Statistics - 1999 to 2004

Swap your gun for a safer city?

'You just see dollar signs'

Blood spills in park shootout

The RCMP's gangster 'hit list'

Shooting leaves victim shaken

Indo gang violence a 'cancer' in society

Police release photo of shooting suspect

Police suspect gang activity in shooting

Indo gang blamed for shooting

Sister of shot woman furious

Hail of bullets hits woman's home

Indo gangs unpopular with other gangsters

'Six feet under'

Police say 'gangster wannabes' behind rise

Teenagers 'coerced' to join gangs

Jury convicts third man in brutal kidnapping

   

RCMP prepares to take on gangs

PRINCE RUPERT - The RCMP said Friday it was preparing to lay charges in a gang war involving drugs, shootings, abductions and torture that has escalated to the point where the safety of the public is in question.  (Vancouver Sun) 

Turf war

Shackled man found in crack house torture chamber

Gang war

Gang activity growing in the North

Attempted murder charges

Names released

The life & death of a gangster

Mourners bury another slain gang member

Gang member was ordered deported 4 years ago

Man linked to Ottawa shooting

Crips land in Calgary

3 gang members arrested before funeral

Gang wars hit BC prisons

   

Murder was a set up

CALGARY - Aaron Bendle was supposed to spend New Year's Eve celebrating with friends, but the 22-year-old Calgary man never made it to the night's planned festivities. (Calgary Herald)

4th arrest   3rd arrest

2nd arrest   2nd man charged  

Cop intel found

Internal gang document not leaked

Leaked police document

Suspect was out on bail

Innocent man

Witness hid in freezer

Police find 3 men dead

   

Calgary gang war claims 50 lives

CALGARY - Police concede the numbers are disturbing - 50 lives lost to gang warfare in the city since 2005.  (Sun Media)

Tran walks free

Tran ordered deported, again

Stay granted  

Critics take aim

Allowed to stay   

Tran remains in Canada

Turf war laid out in court

Court system does not do justice to BC

Shooting bears hallmarks of gang retaliation

Edmonton Institution

Redd Alert vs. Fresh Off the boat

Redd Alert

Prison locked down after blaze

Gang mayhem at Max

Market slump

Jail term blow to gang

Gang member removed from Canada

Gangster code stymies police

Police seek support

Arrests thwart hunt

Bombs found in luxury home

Police raid gang home

A man without a country

Dysfunctional system

Tran released from custody

Tran released

Guns under toys

'Kill kit' seized

Police ponder publicizing names, faces

Police propose lifting cloak of secrecy

Gang war won't end until rivals are 'all dead'

Gang unit probes double shooting

Gas bar staff rushed to help victims

Beltline ambush in broad daylight

Feud hampers investigation

Police keep watch over gang funeral

BC, Edmonton gangs may join feud

Gang killing    Drive-by

Gang members arrested

CPS announce drug-network crackdown

Gang suspect freed

Accused protected

Gang ties revealed

Police target organized crime

Gangland Canada  

Public gunfights raise fears Calgary gangs out of control

History of the FOB, FK murders

High school insults breed a dozen killings

Calgary gang situation

'I am not a gang member'

Gangs are 'all about making money'

Fight to keep kids on track

Parents told to wake up gangs

Shooting blamed on gang war

Gang shooting victim

Another gang shooting

Justice Canada isn't dysfunctional, really

2 more sought

Accused says friend admitted stabbing

Boom lures gangs: report

Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta

   

A town in a 'state of crisis'

HOBBEMA - In a town of 12,000, a dozen firearm-related reports over the span of three weeks make Hobbema sound like a war zone.  But on the Alberta reserve, where a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting struck a toddler last Sunday, the number of reports actually marks an improvement.   "In 2005, we were averaging four or five drive-bys a night," said Corporal Darrel Bruno, a spokesman for Hobbema's RCMP.  (National Post)

Maximum sentence

Band offers rewards

Gun amnesty in Hobbema

Gunfire rings through Hobbema

Charges laid in drive-by

Hobbema murder suspect caught

Mom vows to leave reserve

Could be worst

RCMP charge man

Victim identified

Shooting death shatters optimism

Suspicious death

Guilty plea

Hobbema gunman pleads guilty

Toddler shooting

Man charged

Daylight homicide

Canada wide warrant

Gangsters kill young mom

Innocent victim

Woman killed at home

Teen dies in shooting

Shootings gang-related

   

Posse bust

EDMONTON - Less than a year after police announced they had crippled the White Boy Posse - a Hells Angels affiliate gang - cops have charged a dozen Posse members with nearly 100 crimes.  Yesterday, police announced the arrest of 12 Posse members "near the top."  (Sun Media)    MORE:  Bust nets guns, cars, cash & drugs

Gang killing foiled

Keeping Communities Safe

Implementation key to crime report

$470 crime-fighting plan

Bad times headed for boomtown

Gang war headed for AB

Sheriffs on the hunt

Organized crime rampant in south Alberta

Gangs ranked

Crazy Dragons in Alberta

CISA: 2007 Report on Organized & Serious Crime   .pdf 

Thieves breach registry

Air India witness faces murder charge

Bhandher charged

Thieves breach registry

Street gang arrests

Undercover police sting

Teens jailed

Sergeo Arguello

Homework club or dealing drugs

Public silent as gangs wage war

Multiple incidents keep police busy

Young men most likely to kill or be killed

Categorizing some of the files

Guns & gangs grip mid-winter Edmonton

Police bust drug deal 'convenience store'

Dope dealers are armed and dangerous

Chief stated the obvious

Gang wife warns of degrading life

Victims' silence masks wave of abductions

   

Creator told me to grow pot

REGINA - The trial of six men charged after one of the biggest grow-op busts in Saskatchewan's history heard Tuesday that the thousands of marijuana plants seized were for medicinal purposes.  Defendant Lawrence Agecoutay, 52, who calls himself a spiritual chief, testified he was directed by "the Creator" to grow the plants to provide the ingredients for a cure for diabetes."  (CBC)

Defendant testifies Creator directed grow-op

Elaborate grow-op defence one to remember

Accused was trying to avoid taxes

Huge grow-op trial begins

2nd murder charge

Alleged Native Syndicated Killers gang members charged

   

Cocaine bricks found

WINNIPEG -  Police said Surrey, BC, residents Kenneth Brandon Tubbs, 27, and Trevor Anthony Mahon, 26, are charged with drug trafficking and possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. (Sun Media)  

12 charged with drug offences

Turning up the pressure

Gangs fueling violence in Winnipeg

MB set to take on gangs

Gang associates off the hook

Members accused of avoiding deportation

No oversight for 'safe house'

Paa Pii Wak

Staff members of an anti-gang program arrested

20 charged

Ring busted by police

Crown wants harsh sentence

Gang members' silence not so golden

Firebombs, bricks, guns used in gang warfare, trial told

Wrong place, the wrong time

   

Drug kingpin nabbed

HAMILTON - Hamilton police launched an anti-gang project called Operation Broken Brotherhood last fall to target the Original Blood Brothers, a violent street gang operating in Hamilton for about 15 years.  Last week, police swooped down on Quen Hieng in Toronto and charged him with a variety of drug offences.  (Hamilton Spectator)

Gang member killed good samaritan

John Daly homicide

Criminal enterprise

'Out of control'

Jamesville lives in fear

Recession fuels turf war

TORONTO - Toronto police officials say the economic downturn is one factor in a violent turf war playing out in the city, as dealers flood the market and buyers find themselves hard up for cash.  (Toronto Star)

Crown ordered to pay $27K

Man on bail faces gun charge

Judge blasts Crown over hearing delays

Courts working fast to process gang suspects, AG promises

Gangsters post You Tube evidence for cops

Grade 9s face 60 charges

Gang life's a family affair

Attacks blamed on gang initiations

'What's the definition of a friend?'

4 held in subway swarming

Sick transit

96 arrested

Gangs turn to the web

Mistrial

Alleged gang leader faces drug, gun charges

Police bust Driftwood Crips

Wrong car

Witness refuses to take oath

Hatred began with death threat

'Ride Squad' targeted wrong men

Murder trial underway

Retooling the war on gangs

Chief touts dismantling of gun drug gangs

Massive raids   Attempted hit

Police arrest 125

Raids taking place in Ontario

Police arrest more than 100 in raids

Drug bust taking place

2 charged with human trafficking

Forced to work at club

Strip club linked to probe

Police target NS pimping ring

GTA Police seeking task force

Raids target Latino Americanos

40-shot fusillade hits club district

Suburbs become haven for firepower

Younger demographic, more guns

Less gun crime spurs guarded optimism

Arrests made as witnesses break silence

Smuggler indicted again for running guns

Guns may have been sold to gangs

Man shot to death during funeral

Gunmen shoot mourner dead

Life on the street: 'Are you part of a gang?'

85 guns tied to smuggling network

Grenade launcher found in police raid

Little help for police in funeral shooting

Under the gun: 1,000 incidents since Jan.

A tale of 2 hoods

How the gun war is fought

Abduction linked to school shooting

Morning gun battle

Gang fight behind downtown shootout

Driftwood's furtive '3 generals' unmasked

Police probe officer over raid

Police raid nothing new for some

Charged in Toronto raids to spend weekend in jail

'City is safer' after gang crackdown

More arrests pending in gang sweep

The Driftwood takedown  

Neighbours disagree on gang threat

Rivals are poised to fill the power vacuum

Police gang unit targets gang members

Province to spend $150K to stem violence

Club face-offs cut gun crime

   

Gang leader denied parole

MONTREAL - Gerald Matticks, a drug trafficker known as the king of the Montreal ports was denied parole at a hearing on Thursday.  The National Parole Board says Matticks continues to deny that the notorious West End Gang even exists, let alone that he's a top leader with the gang.  (CTV)   Parole denied for Hells Angels helper 

Crime pays

Operation Borax

Raids on window-tinting suppliers

Criminal Band of Brothers split

Police seek 2 in drive-by shooting

Convict linked to a street gang denied his release

Cops nab 'untouchable' gang leaders

Convicted killer caught in drug sweep

Bikers, street gangs sweep

Police swoop down on gang members

Judge halts deportation

Gang member acquitted of shooting

Police prevention programs curb gang activity: deputy chief

'I slept with a gun under my pillow'

RCMP dismantles Quebec based cocaine rings

Cocaine ring smuggled drugs via 'torpedo'

Quebec targets street gangs

Killings on Main look like gang hit

Drug importers handed prison sentences

   

Spryfield drug war

HALIFAX - The Melvin family was alleged to have been in a feud with the Marriott family after Wayne Nicholas Marriott was shot to death in Beechville in June of 2006.  (Metro)  

Melvins vs. Marriotts

Marriott Sr arrested

Charges in IWK, Melvin shooting

Hospital under watch

Shots fired at Melvin Sr.

   

Cocaine bust

LOS ANGELES - Two BC men have been arrested in California on suspicion that they were transporting cocaine in a truck.   The driver of the truck, Benjamin Schwarz, 25, and passenger Jakub Lonski, 29, both of BC, were arrested on suspicion of transportation of cocaine.  (CTV)

Trucker done in by dog

Pot bust

13 years

Langley smuggler sentenced

Shots fired at fortified home

Pot means prison

Burnaby singer guilty

Smuggling ring broken

Border bust

US drug convict pleads to stay in BC

Trucker pleads guilty

Men charged in drug ring tied to Langley company

Suspected traffickers nabbed

6 Canadians face drug charges in California

Alleged ecstasy-smuggling attempt

Cash haul at border

Cash stash

Truckloads of pot

Tanker truck carrying cocaine busted

Guilty

Canadian denies knowingly taking ecstasy to the US

13 years

Ecstasy seized

   

Cops target Avenues

LOS ANGELES - Forty-six members of the Avenues, a Hispanic gang that has terrorized the northeast of the city since the 1950s, were arrested in the pre-dawn swoop, one of the largest police operations in the city's history.  (Times online)  

Avenues gang raids

Massive raid

LA sues imprisoned gang leaders

LA sues gang members

Bid to break gang's grip  

Drew Street Gang arrested for racketeering

Fragile sense of hope for South Central

South-Central

Racial 'cleansing' in LA

   

Lower Mainland Murders 2009

Lower Mainland Murders 2008

Lower Mainland Murders 2007

Lower Mainland Murders 2006
   

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SPVM integrated approach to street gangs

List of criminal organizations

 

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