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In early 2009, a series of gang-related shootings occurred due to what police describe as a gang war in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Alleged participants include the Independent Soldiers, the Sanghera Crime Family, [1] [2] the Buttar Crime Family, the United Nations Gang, the Red Scorpions, and the Vancouver chapters of the Hells Angels.
Involvement in 2009 Vancouver gang violence In 2008–2009, a ... In 2008–2009, a violent gang war was brewing in the Lower Mainland area of B.C., ...
During the gang war in Vancouver in 2008 and 2009 fought between the Red Scorpions and the United Nations gang for the control of the cocaine trade, Kim Bolan, the crime correspondent of The Vancouver Sun newspaper, maintained a blog about crimes in the Lower Mainland. [15]
EOA (East of Adelaide) – A conglomerate of street gangs and individuals involved in the narcotics trade based in the east end of London, Ontario. These neighborhood gangs are linked together by London Police Service into a single entity known as EOA due to the fact that they are mostly all connected to the same supplier. The city's largest ...
Among others are East Asian (Chinese/Vietnamese) street gangs, Mexican drug cartels, Somali, Ethiopian and Sudanese drug trafficking groups, Afghan Street Gangs and Pakistani street gangs. [10] [11] Between 2002 and 2009, there was a bloody gang war between two rival East Asian gangs the FK and FOB gangs which resulted in 25 gang related murders.
Totten wrote the Independent Soldiers were a mid-level gang in the Lower Mainland, and together with the Red Scorpions and the United Nations gangs are one of the largest gangs in the Vancouver area. [20] Totten noted the Independent Soldiers were an unstable gang with a "fluid" membership and frequent leadership changes. [17]
Gangs in Vancouver (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Organized crime in Vancouver" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... 2009 Vancouver gang war
As last year, the top two games are Mobsters and Mafia Wars. While 2008 saw a monthly increase of about 718,000 users between November and December for the top game, 2009 has a much lower number ...