Bc Gangs

• Federal RCMP dismantle crime networks, seize $24M worth of illicit cigarettes in B.C.

  The Pacific Region RCMP Federal Policing Program said in two separate investigations more than $24 million worth of tobacco was seized.

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  Mar 8
  
• Man with gang connections arrested after vapes sold to Victoria-area students

  Just a week after Victoria police warned that gangs are targeting kids near schools, investigators announced a man has been arrested for selling vapes to kids.

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  Mar 6
  
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• Victoria police chief warning parents, school board of gang recruitment near schools

  Chief Del Manak gave a presentation to the Greater Victoria School Board warning that gangs are prevalent in most schools in the region and are recruiting near school properties.

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  Feb 28
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• B.C. programs educating at-risk youth ‘most important’ work in gang prevention

  Anti-gang police in B.C. say work being done to educate and prevent children from joining gangs is the most important work that can be done in combating the B.C. gang conflict.

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  Aug 12, 2023
• How are B.C. gangs targeting youth for recruitment?

  According to experts, kids as young as 12 years old are being identified by gangs to be recruited – they target kids that appear to be misfits or those with rough home lives.

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  Aug 11, 2023
• Cryptocurrency, e-wallets, money transfers: The new age of B.C. organized crime financials

  The development of new technology is taken advantage of by B.C. organized crime groups and gangs, according to B.C.'s anti-gang task force.

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  Aug 10, 2023
• Homicides, shootings, burned vehicles: The bloody battle of subgroups in B.C.’s gang war

  B.C.'s leading anti-gang police unit said the ongoing gang war within the province has changed dramatically over the past few years with foot soldiers getting younger and younger.

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  Aug 9, 2023
• ‘I was destroying lives’: Former B.C. high school drug dealer on the lure of gang life

  "We see our young people … usually (between) the ages of about 16 and 22 … that is where the bulk of our street-level drug dealers are in that range," an anti-gang official said.

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  Aug 8, 2023
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• Gangs used Metro Vancouver transit system to move drugs, police say

  Transit police began its investigation in 2022, when officers became aware that a network of individuals associated with the B.C. gang conflict were using the transit system.

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  May 11, 2023
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• ‘Targeted’ gang shooting sends man to hospital in North Delta

  A man, who is known to police, was sent to hospital after being shot in North Delta in what police are calling a targeted gang-related shooting.

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  Apr 29, 2023