SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Eastern Canada, The Maritimes, Extortion
20 Apr 2013
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The maritimes: nova scotia roughly 10 gangs, sex trade, prostitution, and trafficking of young women most common. Quebec: roughly 50 known games (mostly haitian, jamaican, or hispanic-based, most gangs are in montreal area. Ontario: roughly 180 known gangs, 80 in the gta and 95 in york and other major cities throughout ontario, handful are criminally sophisticated, highly organized, linked to groups in other parts of canada. Manitoba: roughly 25 street gangs, majority aboriginal, mainly in winnipeg area. Saskatchewan: roughly 20 street gangs, almost all aboriginal. British columbia: roughly 30 gangs, most in the lower mainland. Nwt: very little gang activity, although some alberta gangs have migrated north due to the lucrative drug trade. Street gangs: visible, hard core groups that come together for profit-driven criminal activity and often severe violence. They use gang related communication rituals and public displays of gang-like attributes (ex. tattoos)
