Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver a.k.a. Van City aka Crack City, aka Drip City aka The Couve aka Rain Drop City is a city in British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver metropolitan area has a population of 2,180,737 (2006 estimate), it is the largest metropolitan area in western Canada and the third largest in the country. The population of Vancouver proper is 587,891. Vancouver has a very ethnically diverse population: more than half of its residents have a mother tongue other than English.

East End

Rappers

(only qualified rappers, others will be deleted - modified by board) Concise, Moka Only, Rascalz, Swollen Members, Caine, Social Deviantz Stretch, Mo Sun -The Camp, X-Caliber- The Camp , S.C.U.M, Skrollz -Die Hard Militia, Meta Forezt aka DIE YOUNG, Profe-C Locoson, The Camp, Vik Vodka, Lexicon aka Illest Traits, LPG, Defenders Of The Faith, T.I.T.A.N.S., Sazon Diamante, DJ Kemo, W.E.E.Z., PK Da Pak Kleara, Dead C, Ashes- The Camp, Soulja- The Camp

Rascalz

Caine

Defenders Of The Faith

Swollen Members

Hoods

Maclean Park (Chinatown), Raymur Place (Chinatown), Skeena Terrace aka Skeena Projects, Little Mountain (33rd & Main), Champlain Heights aka CPL aka South Park aka Chamblaze Herbz, Cottonwood (Coquitlam), East Hastings & Main East Van

Organized Crime

18th Street, Big Circle Boys, Hell's Angels, MS-13, 'Ndrangheta, Redd Alert, , Triads (various groups), United Nations, 14K Triad, Born To Kill, Brown Side Thugz - Indo Canadian gang in the Surrey, BC area. According to user sources, significant members have operated in the drug trade, sex trade, gun smugling, kidnapping, and murder ., Daku Killaz - according to user sources, a violent Indo-Canadian gang located in East Vancouver, with close ties to the Independent Soldiers. The gang has allegedly been involved in kidnapping Indo Canadian business-men, home invasions, murder, and cross border human trafficking., Dark Cloud Bloods, Death do us Part (DDP), Dosanjh Brothers - According to users, the Dosanjh Brothers were the first Indo Canadian gang in Vancouver. Brothers Ron and Jimmy Dosanjh were killed in separate hits in 1994 and 1995 in a drug turf war by former associate-turned-rival Bindy Johal. Bindy Johal then took over the gang in the mid 1990s until he was murdered in a Vancover night club on in Dec 20, 1998. The deaths of such members, often revered for the respect they attracted, continue to influence young Indo Canadian gangsters. (for more information on Indo-Canadian gangs, see this Vancouver Sun article), Eastside Disciples Crips (connected to 1960s-era Eastside Disciples?),]] Eastside Bloods, 604 Bloods, The Elite (Richmond, B.C based Indo-Canadian hit squad),]] FBK - South Vancouver Indo-Canadian gang,]] GGB, Independent Soldiers (Vancouver Indo-Canadian gang), Indo-Canadian Mafia, KBC - major Filipino gang in the 1990s with membership from 60-100 (now defunct), Kapital Ground Brotherhood (KGB), Kingz Of Corruption (KOC) South East Van CPL, Krazy Cambodian Killers KCK, Krazy Crip Killaz, L.A Boys (Latino gang), Los Diablos (as of 1989), Lotus, Mara Loca (Latino gang),]] Sharp Shooter M.O.B. , Mobtown Crew - East Indian organization in East Vancouver,]] Night Crawlers, Persian Pride (now defunct), Red Eagles (as of 1989),]] Red Scorpions - users report that the Red Scorpions were originaly formed in the Young Offenders , facility in 2000 and from there continued to grow. They are muli-cultured, as race is secondary to loyalty and respect. They have allegedly been involved in a variety of serious crimes, and a range of international ties. However, users say they are small in numbers (20), and most are in prison.,]] Sunset Boyz - East Indian gang from Southeast Vancouver,]] Sur 13, Surrey Jacks - Indo-Canadian gang in the Surrey area, involved in car theft, home invasions and kidnappings, according to user sources.,]] TJ Thandi, U.N Gang (Abbotsford, B.C based gang. U.N stands for United Nations because of the gangs multiracial make-up; Indo-Canadians, Asians, Persians, Whites),]] Viet Ching (also heavily reported on the US west coast, especially Los Angeles. According to a 1999 article by Agence-Presse France, "The two largest gangs in the United States are the Los Angeles branch of the Viet-Ching and the Born To Kill gang of New York city, also affiliated to the Viet-Ching." According to other reports, Vietnamese gangs such as Viet Ching have typically leaned more towards organized, high-tech and business crime, including extortion and human trafficking),]] West Coast Players WCP (Black gang of pimps and drug dealers),]] WCPM - West Coast Punjabi Mafia, Indo-Canadian crime organization with ties in California,]]

Vancouver Gang Violence

Vancouver Gang Violence has been on the rise in the last year and a half. The last time that Vancouver had seen such a massive amount of public shootings, drive-by’s and assassinations was in the late 1990’s when the Indo-Canadian Gangs began fighting amongst themselves for control of British Columbia’s drug trade.

From Bindy Johal to the Cheema Family, Indo-Canadian gang Violence in the 1990’s had many people running for cover and wondering who was going to be killed next. Many parents wondered if their Sons would be returning home at night and the Indo-Canadian community for the most part, was upset at the severity of the violence.

The Hells Angels have always had a stronghold on British Columbia. From strip clubs to legit businesses, to control of the cocaine trade and distribution of pot, the BC Hells Angels chapters are the wealthiest in the world. Now that many of them have moved in to legitimate businesses, they’ve left the smaller gangs to fight over the mid-level dealing.

In the last year or so, most of the Gang violence has been from the UN Gang(United Nations Gang), the Independent Soldiers and the Red Scorpions. The Red Scorpion Gang and specifically the Bacon Brothers have been the Gangsters with the most public exposure in 2009 as the Bacon Brothers themselves are being shot at, while their fellow Gang members are being killed off on by one.

The public is up in arms. All you have to do is read some of the comments left on websites that talk about the Vancouver Gang Violence. It seems like the opinions range from legalizing pot to building more jails.

We can’t seem to agree upon a final solution to Gang violence in Vancouver.

Metro Vancouver has the highest rate of gun-related violent crime of any major metropolitan region in Canada, according to a new Statistics Canada study.

There were 45.3 violent offences involving guns for every 100,000 people in Metro Vancouver, slightly higher than Toronto at 40.4 but far above the national average of 27.5, says the report, which is based on police-reported data from 2006.

But gun violence in Vancouver was far behind that in Toronto and Montreal when population size wasn't considered.

A total of 1,993 people in Toronto were victims of a violent firearm-related crime in 2006, about one-quarter of the national total. Montreal was second with 1,291 and Vancouver was third with 455.

(The data for attempted murder and total violent crime in Metro Vancouver represent 46 per cent of the population, covering police forces in Vancouver, Richmond, Delta, New Westminster, West Vancouver and Port Moody.)

Vancouver's high rate of crime per capita didn't surprise Eileen Mohan, mother of Chris Mohan, 22, who was one of the bystanders murdered in a mass slaying in Surrey last October.

"Crime here is out of control," said Mohan, adding that the names of known criminals should be made public so that people can protect themselves.

"They took my son's life. These criminals were known to the police and they should have been known to us, too. I would have moved out had I known there were gangsters in my building, and today my son would be alive."

While targeted shootings and gang-related activity in Vancouver have dominated headlines in recent years, the biggest factor in the region's high rate of reported violent crime was a high incidence of robbery, said Irwin Cohen, a criminologist at the University College of the Fraser Valley.

"So our numbers are very much driven up by robberies," said Cohen.

Darryl Plecas, another criminologist at the University College of the Fraser Valley, linked Vancouver's high rate of violent crime, especially robberies, to the size of its drug-addict population.

Addictions lead to spur-of-the-moment robberies, said Plecas. "When there is so much crack cocaine available, you should expect that there will be more individuals who need it now."

Vancouver police department media liaison Const. Tim Fanning said the figures from Statistics Canada give new urgency to the department's strategy of searching for guns carried by identified organized crime members.

"The recent high-profile shootings have really raised awareness that there are more guns out there than ever before," said Fanning.

He said the VPD's Firearms Interdiction Team is identifying known gang members and searching for weapons, and that strategy is being applied regionally through the Integrated Gang Task Force.

He said the Canada Border Services Agency needs to expand the number of officers dedicated to searching for arms. About 90 per cent of guns coming into Canada are from the U.S., he added.

He also said there should be minimum sentences for people charged with using guns illegally.

Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan said although it's unacceptable that Vancouver has such a high rate of gun violence, it's a phenomenon being faced across the continent as the illegal drug trade escalates.

He said Vancouver is generally safe for the average citizen, but "if you're involved in the illegal drug trade, it's very unsafe."

Sullivan maintains the City of Vancouver is tackling the issue, with the Firearms Interdiction Team getting more guns off the streets and a chronic addiction substance treatment program that is expected to put up to 400 drug dealers out of business by putting a dent in their profits.

Other measures that will help are boosting police staffing and improving social housing for the mentally ill. But he said boosting police forces will only work with the other measures in place.

He said Chicago, which has 14,000 police officers to Vancouver's 1,250, has "open warfare" in some neighbourhoods.

"Currently, Vancouver has twice as many police per capita than neighbouring regional municipalities," he said. "It's important and it helps and we must invest in our police department, but I also know from visiting 35 other mayors that it certainly is not the only answer."

Meanwhile, according to the Statistics Canada study, the rate of gun crimes in Canada remained steady for the fourth straight year but the number of young people using guns in violent crimes is still on the rise.

Police-reported data from 2006 indicate that the number of youth aged 12 to 17 accused of gun-related crimes has risen in three of the previous four years, said the report. Since 2002, the rate has shot up 32 per cent.

Overall, police reported just over 8,100 victims of violent gun crimes in 2006, ranging from assault to homicide. In nearly two-thirds of the reported crimes, the firearm of choice was a handgun.

But guns were not the instruments used most often in violent crimes, the data showed.

Knives accounted for 6.2 per cent of violent victimizations, while clubs or other blunt objects accounted for three per cent and firearms made up 2.4 per cent.

As with the overall gun crime trend, Statistics Canada did not report any notable increases in the use of guns in major crime categories.

"Not only has the overall firearms-related violent crime rate remained stable in recent years, but the use of firearms to commit specific violent offences, such as homicide, attempted murder, robbery, forcible confinement and assault, has also remained stable when compared to previous years," the report said

Police reported 190 homicides committed with a firearm in 2006, a 33-per-cent drop from the previous year.

ABBOTSFORD GANGSTERS HAVE MORE MACHINE GUNS THAN A NEVADA SHOOTING RANGE

A display of confiscated WW2 Bren guns and Sten guns (all former Canadian Army stock) as well as modern machine pistols and silencers seized in Abbotsford, B.C. in 2005. Other major arsenals have been uncovered in Burnaby (Eight Rinks) and Winnipeg. How long before an Abbotsford neighborhood gets sprayed by a full magazine of .303 rounds from a Bren gun? It's chilling to contemplate.

Major Sports Teams

Vancouver Canucks

British Columbia Lions

Vancouver Titans

Vancouver British Columbia- I.T.L. International Basketball League