Sanghera family loses latest round in civil-forfeiture battle

http://www.theprovince.com/news/crime/sa...1405/story.html

Red Scorpions member Konaam Shirzad killed in Kamloops shooting

https://globalnews.ca/news/3762777/1-man-dead-1-injured-following-shooting-in-kamloops/

Two B.C. criminals facing deportation lose court challenges

http://theprovince.com/news/crime/two-b-...aa-848f8ef82c2c

http://theprovince.com/news/national/riv...df-777938eff8b1

Executives with Great Canadian Gaming Corp. met B.C. Lottery Corp. managers in 2014 to discuss safety concerns presented by a high-stakes gambler who bought chips at River Rock Casino after receiving a suspicious delivery of $645,000 in small bills, Postmedia News has learned.

The information obtained by Postmedia sheds new light on the concerns of BCLC vice-president Brad Desmarais, a former Vancouver anti-gang cop, and the anti-money-laundering solutions he discussed with Great Canadian executives in 2014, as Chinese VIPs flooded the Richmond casino with suspect cash.

nobody watching these guys really

Triads are deeply rooted in Vancouver go back over 100 years.

The news has stunned people in the province (and elsewhere).

"Murder charges stayed against Jamie Bacon in bombshell ruling"

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/...urrey-six-case/

http://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs...or-bikers-would

REAL SCOOP: Man who shot Hells Angel told to kill himself or bikers would his family.

Fatal shooting in Nanaimo believed to be targeted

https://globalnews.ca/news/3963763/fatal-shooting-in-nanaimo-believed-to-be-targeted/

No organization like Ndrangheta, Cosa Nostra, Camorra or others are established in British Columbia, yet it is a strategic area for buissness, it is next to the American border there is a port ...

The victim Troy McKinnon is connected to the Independent Soldiers.

Another case of a gang related kidnapping shortly after that one was also tied to the Independent Soldiers. Jesse Margison and Troy McKinnon were accused of kidnapping and torturing a former associate named Robert McMillan. They beat his knees with hammers and cut off his ear and finger storing them in an ice cream carton. The victim refused to testify in that case and the accused walked. His brother Jonathon McMillan was shot to death in December 2007.

In February 2009, Jesse Margison’s girlfriend Brianna Kinnear, 22, was gunned down in a targeted hit in Coquitlam. A few days later, Margison associate Nick Smith was shot to death in a Vancouver basement suite.

Jesse Margison and Troy McKinnon were arrested February 2012 for another kidnapping and assault that occurred on Nov. 23, 2011 in Vancouver.

No families or clans in Vancouver or its region?

http://theprovince.com/news/fears-of-gan...f8-9f746729c155

Fears of gang war renewed after innocent teen killed in shootout crossfire on busy Vancouver street

Maybe, however Little Italy is a vibrant commercial centre.

Not true, strictly speaking...while not on the scale of any of the big LCN names there was the Gentile organization in Vancouver in the 50s/60s/70s. That family continued to be run by Carlo Gallo from prison until his death in the 1990's, when things more or less petered out. Many people including very prominent Italians in Vancouver connected to them. The Brancas, Minichiellos and Salituros among them. There's a little bit of info on those guys out there if you go digging for it but not much. Mostly court documents. Very little has ever been written about it, although Gentile does get a line in Stephen Schneider's book on OC in Canada.

Old time cops can tell you a bit about them, but frankly they never knew much and that's why those guys were never caught. An old Crown prosecutor named Brian Purdy probably knows the most about them. Western Canada police forces were simply not equipped to deal with anything like LCN. Joe Gentile was close with Paolo Violi and was Godfather (in the Catholic sense) to one of his kids.

There were also the Papalia twins (unrelated to the Hamilton Papalias) who were close Rizzuto allies on the West Coast.

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-...alleged-anti-money-laundering-violations

River Rock VIP host deregistered after B.C. government probe
B.C.'s gaming regulator has revoked the registration of River Rock Casino's director of VIP gambler relations after an investigation into allegations of "third-party cash buy-ins" that violated anti-money-laundering regulations, Postmedia News has learned.

http://vancouversun.com/news/staff-...;utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1517044227


REAL SCOOP: Feuding "Brothers Keepers" escalate gang war

http://vancouversun.com/news/crime/...-people-get-medical-pot-growing-licences

Hells Angel offers to help people get medical pot-growing licences

Brutality of UN, Red Scorpion gang war highlighted in year-long trial

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/...hted+year+long+trial/17024444/story.html

Organized criminals and associates work on Vancouver docks, government files say

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada...ancouver-docks-government-files-say.html

Bacon brother's parole violation ruled null due to typo on the gang member's conviction

http://www.cbc.ca/1.4554530

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/164681/2-canadians-ties-mexican-cartel-get-life-drugs


2 Canadians with ties to Mexican cartel get life for drugs

http://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/real-scoop-james-riach-gets-life-sentence-in-philippines

REAL SCOOP: James Riach gets life sentence in Philippines

http://vancouversun.com/news/crime/surrey-rcmp-seize-gun-and-drugs-from-problem-property

Surrey RCMP seize gun and drugs from 'problem property'

http://vancouversun.com/news/crime/...y-trafficked-drugs-aided-cartel-u-s-says

The owner of a Vancouver company that sells encrypted BlackBerrys popular with B.C. gangsters is facing charges in the U.S. of racketeering, conspiracy and drug trafficking.

http://vancouversun.com/news/crime/...09-targeted-hit-in-vancouver-lose-appeal



Killers who shot wrong man in 2009 targeted hit in Vancouver lose appeal

http://vancouversun.com/news/crime/...-part-of-forfeiture-case-government-says

Hells Angels convictions should be part of forfeiture case, government says

http://vancouversun.com/news/crime/...ns-of-millions-of-crime-cash-u-s-alleges

Vancouver man laundered 'tens of millions' of crime cash, U.S. alleges

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b...d-drugs-aided-cartel-u-s-says-1.23198184

Owner of Vancouver encryption company trafficked drugs, aided cartel, U.S. says

http://vancouversun.com/news/crime/...d-crime-out-of-medical-pot-minister-says

Feds not doing enough to keep organized crime out of medical pot, B.C. minister says

http://hibusiness.ca/2018/04/30/police-in-vancouver-calls-for-digital-currency-enforcement-laws/

Police in Vancouver Calls for Digital Currency Enforcement Laws