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The Manitoba Warriors (MW) are an indigenous street gang based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Predominantly based in the Central and North End neighbourhoods of the city, the gang is an exclusively indigenous Canadian organization that was established on the Lake Manitoba First Nation in 1993 to rival the Indian Posse gang.
The Indian Posse (IP) is an indigenous street gang active in Western Canada based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.It is one of the largest street gangs in Canada. [6] [7]Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) has designated the IP as being a member of indigenous-based organized crime (IBOC).
The 1%ers Syndicate/Cartel, in Winnipeg (multicultural, Indo-Caribbean, Caucasian, Asian, black, native) [1] Wolfpack Alliance; EOA (East of Adelaide) – A conglomerate of street gangs and individuals involved in the narcotics trade based in the east end of London, Ontario.
Indigenous gangs, as the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada classifies them, have surpassed outlaw motorcycle gangs and Italian organized crime syndicates as the largest single group held in federal prisons, with 1,936 members serving federal sentences. [6] Examples include: Alberta Warriors [7] Indian Mafia [8] Indian Posse [9] Kelowna ...
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Winnipeg's gang activity consists heavily of Aboriginal and black criminals. [citation needed] There is a smaller number of other ethnic groups in the city - namely Europeans and East Asians (Filipino/Vietnamese). Winnipeg has been described as the Aboriginal gang capital of Canada. [75]
The archenemies of the Indian Posse was a Hells Angels-backed aboriginal gang, the Manitoba Warriors, whom the Indian Posse started to feud with in 1994. [41] The Hells Angels courted both the Manitoba Warriors and the Indian Posse to serve as a puppet gang, and came to prefer the former over the latter as the Warriors proved more docile. [42]
The Zig Zag Crew in turn sold drugs to other criminal groups in Manitoba, most notably the First Nations gangs such as the Redd Alert, the Manitoba Warriors and the Native Syndicate. [4] The journalist Jerry Langton wrote that in the early 21st century there was "a period of near-hegemony in Winnipeg's organized crime by the Hells Angels ...