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Hired gun deported

CALGARY -  Frank Fayke Dwomoh, the hired gun in what the courts called a cold-blooded gang shooting, was deported to Ghana  - one of 15 people sent packing for their violent ways in Calgary this year.  (QMI)

 

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)

 

Wedding sentenced

SAN DIEGO - Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding missed the 2010 games in his hometown this past February.  And now the convicted cocaine smuggler will miss the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia after being handed a four-year prison term in a San Diego courtroom.   (Vancouver Sun)   PREVIOUS:  Wedding found guilty   Wedding charged in cocaine conspiracy   Witness a suspect

 

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   Abbotsford police to let 130 gangsters know they aren't welcome

  

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

 

3 types of gangs

VANCOUVER - Street level/entry-level youth gangs.   Organized (mid-level) gangs.  Organized (high-level/organized-crime) gangs.  (Vancouver Province)  REPORT:  Taking back Vancouver streets   .pdf   Another justice success story

 

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

 

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)

 

Police dismantle gang

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver police investigation has resulted in 125 charges (.pdf) against 14 gang members including notorious gang boss Manny Buttar.   Insp. Brad Desmarais said the arrests include some of the most dangerous gangsters operating in the city of Vancouver including Buttar and his right-hand man Bobby Gill.  (Vancouver Sun)

MORE:   Home release   Accused 'got rid' of Johal   Did gangster's man-purse spark assault?

 

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

 

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  

   

Enforcement has lessened gang violence

VANCOUVER - Stepped-up anti-gang enforcement has lessened gun violence in BC in recent months, Sgt. Shinder Kirk of the Gang Task Force said Tuesday.  Kirk said he disagrees with the conclusion of a University of BC review that said the war on drugs increases levels of drug-market violence.  (Vancouver Sun) 

'War on drugs' backfiring badly

'God-fearing' kingpin discusses his past

Gangster sting

Gangsters in court on drugs charges  

BC to ban body armour

Chipping away at the armour

Crime bill could help ID gangsters

Piercing the logic of body armour law 

Out on bail

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

Seeking $314K from gang leader

Trafficker sues accused kidnappers

Drug kingpin testifies  

Rescue ended month in captivity

10 years

Man admits drug deals, money laundering

Charges preceded gunplay

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

Police chasing 'top-end trafficker'

Effect of drug law enforcement on drug-related violence  .pdf  

Premier ignoring gangland realities

Turf wars leave cops struggling

Crime groups thrive

Gang war grip metro

Latest gang shootings in Metro Vancouver

Why gangsters love their BlackBerrys

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

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'?

Shifting alliances  

Targeted hits tough to solve    

Suspects killed before they can be arrested  

2 more gangland victims 'targeted'  

Teen girls arrested    

2 teens arrested  

Teen leads cops to more explosives  

Teens injured in apartment explosion  

Teen injured by homemade explosives

Task force reports successes

Likely a gang target

Gangster charged with threatening officer

Suspect arrested

Canada-wide warrants issued

Police discover another kidnap victim

Botched kidnapping

Drug dealers with a big heart

Hit-and-run

Hitmen failed  

Man in critical condition

Guns, drugs seized

Cops seize 2 ‘transfer houses’

Downtown arms dealer gets five years in jail

Canada's money-laundering king

10 years

Cops ask families to turn in gangsters

Soaring cocaine price behind killings

Getting a grip on gang violence

Violent past

Gang links alleged

Jed Cruz

Targeted shooting

Eatery really a gangster meeting house

Star Night Vietnamese Restaurant

Double-digit sentence

Mother's day spent grieving for murdered son

Restaurant program takes aim at gangsters

Gangster accused of drug trafficking

Gangster mistakes cops for kidnappers

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) 

Celebrate 13th years of crime

'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

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

Roueche court document  .pdf

   

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

Gun dealer supplied UN gang

Gangster changed jobs

   

Bacons & friends

1 convicted, 1 acquitted

VANCOUVER - Reputed Red Scorpion gangster Jamie Bacon was convicted of 10 guns charges, but his older brother and co-accused Jarrod was acquitted on all counts by Surrey Provincial Court Judge Jean Lytwyn.  (Vancouver Sun) Defence evidence allowed at trial

Appeal overturns acquittal

New trial ordered  

Jail is unfair

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

Rights violated

Victims named as Bacon associates

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

   

Guilty plea

VANCOUVER - A former Red Scorpion gangster who pleaded guilty to two counts of murder says he will be a key witness in the Surrey Six murder case when it goes to trial next year. Anton Hooites-Meursing disclosed to The Vancouver Sun that he is the mysterious Person X who was named as an unindicted co-conspirator when five other gangsters were first charged in the Surrey Six case in April 2009.  The 39-year-old pleaded guilty to the June 13, 2001 murder of 22-year-old Randy McLeod in Surrey and the execution of 19-year-old Gurpreet Singh (Bobby) Rehal on March 13, 2003 at his Abbotsford home.   (Vancouver Sun)

Red Scorpion links

Women taking greater role in gangs

Luck runs out

Gangster facing charges

Red Scorpion gangster charged

8 associates dead since warning issued

'Active shooters' arrested

Victim's parents file suit

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

Victims linked

Woman found dead

Abbotsford homicide

Body, burned vehicle found

Remains found in burned car

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

   

Native gangs spreading

Aboriginal gangs are proliferating across Canada as criminal organizations exploit the intense poverty and squalid conditions that many First Nations youth live in, says a top officer with the RCMP's aboriginal police division.  The gangs' stock-in-trade includes drug distribution, prostitution and theft, and they're only growing more sophisticated, said the RCMP. While Winnipeg, with its large aboriginal population, is still the epicentre for native gangs, outfits like the Indian Posse, the Manitoba Warriors and the Native Syndicate have spread from coast to coast and into the far North.  (CP)  

Gang members charged

Indian Posse leader beaten to death

Gang leader killed

Lock down

Inmate dead 

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

Aboriginal gangs (ABOC)

   

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

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

   

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)

   

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

Victim launches civil suit

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

Citizens take a byte out of crime

'Con Air' ride

Ruled by 'wild animals'

File on Bobby Tajinder Singh Gill

Quadriplegic under guard

Paralysed blind man in murder conspiracy

Indo gangster ran a death squad

Gang 'lieutenant' convicted

Debt paid with a finger

Quick cash led to lengthy sentence

Aging Angels and quitters create vacancies in the ranks

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

Dead pushers doomed by own product

Grieving mom vows to fight gangs

Drug gang's heart 'cut out'

Heart cut out of gang

Drug 'manager' deserves jail

Trail leads from drug raid to murders

Murder of Eugene & Michele Uyeyama

Gangsters jailed six years

25 years

Hung jury  

Suspect says he's a victim of perjury  

Witness lied

Man charged with attempted murder

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

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

Gangs with guns on the rise

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

856 gang in spotlight

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

'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

Sentenced for murder conspiracy

Families welcome charges

RCMP looking for clues

10 years later

10th years, still no charges

Violence near schools gang-related: police

Victim has long criminal record

Shooting victim in line of fire before

Shooting inside Vancouver restaurant

Victim in shooting was much loved

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

2 men acquitted

Assassination attempt should be wake up call: RCMP

SHARK CLUB: Canada-wide manhunt for New West man

Bar shooting triggers call for ID scanners

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

Little likelihood of arrests

Involved in drug trade

Gang ties

Murdered involved in drug trade

Pair known to police

2 executed  

Mexican news report

   

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

   

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

Construction obscured drug bunker from city inspectors

Underground bunkers

Drug bust

Gang violence spreading

Heist linked to BC gang

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

Slain man was a top crime boss

Police agencies hurting fight against crime

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 violence has Prince George worried

Bomb tossed into store

Bomb did not explode

The real thing

Bomb unit removes 'package''

Cops say organized crime 'rampant'

Turf war

RCMP prepares to take on gangs

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

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

   

Another hole in the legal system

CALGARY - The federal government is holding a second deportation trial to ensure Jackie Tran can never return to Canada.     (CTV)  

Stay granted  

Critics take aim

Allowed to stay   

Tran remains in Canada

Tran released from custody

Tran released

BC gangs like Alberta

6 years later

Tran's life in Canada  

Deportation won't end gang problem

Tran walks free

Tran ordered deported, again

Murder was a set up

4th arrest   3rd arrest

2nd arrest   2nd man charged  

Cop intel found

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

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 mayhem at Max

A man without a country

Dysfunctional system

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

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

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

   

9 years

WETASKIWIN - The grandmother of a Hobbema toddler wounded in a drive-by shooting says the nine-year prison sentence handed to the shooter is too lenient.  But the child's mother says with Christopher Crane behind bars, at least there will be "one less criminal on the streets."   (Edmonton Journal)

It's a step 

A town in a 'state of crisis'

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

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)   

Bust nets guns, cars, cash & drugs

Bummer for slow driver

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

   

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)  

Policing gang activity  

Preventing gang activity  

Street gangs in Regina

Creator told me to grow pot

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

   

Power of a name

WINNIPEG - The Freep ran a print story and web story on an illuminating police report prepared for a sentencing hearing for Thon Guot and Mayen Madit, two African Mafia members.  The report garnered a lot of attention, even thought the Organized Crime Unit detective who carefully prepared it wasn't chatting with media.  The Winnipeg Police Service usually does not name gangs, presumably to avoid enhancing each gang's street status.  (Winnipeg Free Press)

12 charged with drug offences

Turning up the pressure

Gangs fueling violence in Winnipeg

MB set to take on gangs

Witness home firebombed

African mafia leader arrested

Cocaine bricks found

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

Project royal flush

TORONTO - The gang announced itself with an attack at the Christie subway station in Toronto in the summer of 2007 that saw a 13-year-old paralyzed and three men hospitalized, an act meant as the initiation into the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation for one man by attacking another who hinted he wanted to leave.  (National Post)

Recession fuels turf war

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

40-shot fusillade hits club district

Alleged gang leader faces drug, gun charges

Jamaican Shower Posse a wholesaler

International crime group exposed

Jamaican gang linked

Jamaican Shower Posse

Street gangs still thriving despite big busts

Posse members face deportation

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

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

   

#1 gangster

MONTREAL - He goes by Kenny, Ducarmel, K, Kentucky, King Kenny and various other handles, and according to police, who've known him for more than two decades, he's the most influential street gang member in Montreal.   Ducarme Joseph, which is his real name, has been officially advised three times by police that there are contracts out on his life, but the 41-year-old has laughed them off, saying he has no fear.  (Montreal Gazette)   

Gang case suspended

There's conflict

Heavy hand of Justice Canada

Suspects caught on tape 

Joseph denied bail  

Magi brothers  

Target escapes  

Street gangs growing up  

Revenge shooting?

Cops raid Kanesatake

300 officers conduct drug raids  

Police arrest 36 in major drug sweep  

Kanesatake woman ran drug ring, police say

Killings on Main look like gang hit

Drug importers handed prison sentences

Quebec targets street gangs

Club 'owner' up

Club Temptation case suspended

Strip club 'like gunpowder'  

Ownership scrutinized at hearing

Strip club shutdown

Motive still a mystery

Firebombing arrests  

Multiple arrests   

Arrests made in cafe arsons

Gang leader denied parole

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'

   

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.

   

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

   

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

Canadian faces drug charges

Man charged with smuggling Ecstasy

   

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
   

Gangsters out

Stop gangsters

SPVM integrated approach to street gangs

List of criminal organizations

 

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