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Independent Soldiers Gang – Decades old organized crime gang active across Canada (a part of the Wolfpack Gang Alliance) [125] [126] Kang Crime Group – Also known as "BIBO gang" or "Blood In, Blood Out gang" (formerly a member of the Wolfpack Alliance) [127] Malli-Buttar Crime Groups Coalition [128] [129] Punjabi mafia [130] [131]
The gang was created in the late 1990s by five original members nicknamed "the five generals", from which the gang's name is based. The original five members then grew their gang by recruiting other local gangsters in Toronto's west end Mount Dennis neighborhood, as well as other locations along the south side of Weston Road and Jane Street.
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In the late 1980s, gangs in Toronto were becoming increasingly violent. This coincided with the arrival of crack cocaine in the city, which caused more gun violence to occur in low-income neighborhoods. [50] In 1988, Toronto Police were under scrutiny for a series of shootings of unarmed black men, dating back to the late 1970s.
Major crime groups in Ottawa involve biker gangs, Arab street gangs, and East Asian crime groups. Many other crime groups also exist such as East African street gangs. In Ottawa, by the early 21st-century, drive by shootings were rare and most gang activity involved narcotic distribution. [29] [30]
Gangs in Toronto (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Organized crime in Toronto" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
In order to control the gangs drug distribution territory, The Galloway Boys are now [when?] responsible for multiple gang related violence incidents in the Scarborough, Malvern and Oshawa areas. such as the Danzig Street shooting. Galloway boys recruits young impoverished men by offering glory and riches, but most have ended up dead or in prison.
In May 2006, Toronto Police apprehended 106 members of the "Jamestown Crips" in the largest gang sweep in Toronto's history. In total, there were over 1,000 charges laid in the anti-gang offensive called Project XXX. [2] Sometimes known by the nickname Doomstown because of its reputation as a poor neighbourhood ridden with gang violence, the ...