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66,297. Drew is a dealer who sells in the wealthy Vancouver suburb of Surrey … ‘The turf wars in Surrey – it’s all about product and territory, and young guys killing each other.’ (Drugs & Gangs: Canada) Drugs Inc s7e20: Shooting Up Suburbia
97,647. Gunshots continue to ring out in the Vancouver suburbs. (Drugs & Gangs: Canada) ibid.
125,823. During the 1970s cities across the US and Canada were awash with cocaine smuggled in through the port of Montreal by the Irish/Canadian criminal organisation the West End Gang. (Gangs US & Gangs: Canada & Montreal) The Irish Mob s1e4
125,824. Mystery surrounds who was responsible for his [Frank Dunie Ryan] murder. (Gangs: US & Gangs: Canada & Montreal) ibid.
125,825. In the 1970s three Canadian criminals pulled off a string of daring bank robberies from Montreal to Miami … in more than 140 bank robberies. But in September 1980 time ran out for the Stopwatch gang. (Gangs: Canada & Heists: Canada) ibid.
125,950. The story of Brian O’Dea begins in St John’s, the largest city on the island of Newfoundland in east Canada … In the early 1970s cocaine traffickers in South America were starting to put together the pieces of what would soon be a multi-billion-dollar empire, and Brian O’Dea was part of it from the very start. He started making regular trips to Bogota. (Gangs: Canada & Gangs: US & Cocaine) The Irish Mob s1e5, Netflix 2008
125,951. Throughout the 1970s Brian O’Dea continued to bring regular shipments of cocaine into the US from both South America and Jamaica. (Gangs: Canada & Gangs: US & Cocaine) ibid.
125,952. In the mid 70s O’Dea began to put together a major marijuana smuggling operation. (Gangs: Canada & Gangs: US & Cannabis) ibid.
125,953. It took nearly a year to set up the second load. And this one would be twice as large: fifty tons of marijuana, with a street value of $200 million. (Gangs: Canada & Gangs: US & Cannabis) ibid.
125,954. O’Dea was sentenced to ten years in prison but was released on parole after serving five. He returned to Canada. (Gangs: Canada & Gangs: US & Cannabis) ibid.
128,714. He is one of the wealthiest business tycoons in Canada. But when Michael DeGroote gambled a fortune on the casino business in the Caribbean, he found himself in an ugly battle with a shady cast of characters: two brothers with a dubious past. And a leading Mafia godfather. The Fifth Estate: The Mob & Michael DeGroote, CBC 2015
128,747. It was a January morning and five very close friends with a common goal and lots to hide were driving along the highway … It was a trap: every road worker was really an undercover cop. (Terror & Action & Gangs: Canada) The Fifth Estate: Direct Action: Ann Hansen & the Squamish Five, CBC 2016
128,748. A debate would erupt over the line between protest and terrorism. Canada had rarely seen the likes of these five. (Terror & Action & Gangs: Canada) ibid.
128,749. They called themselves Direct Action; the media dubbed them the Squamish Five. They’d been on a two-year streak of politically motivated destruction. (Terror & Action & Gangs: Canada) ibid.
118,712. It’s in the Montreal Customs House … Four million balls; how many times have I got to tell you. (GBH Films & Gangs: Canada & Heists: Canada) The Score 2001 starring Marlon Brando & Robert de Niro & Edward Norton & Angela Bassett & Gary Palmer & Paul Soles & Jamie Harrold & Serge Houde & Martin Drainville et al, director Frank Oz, Brando to de Niro
74,346. In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. (GBH Films & Gangs: Canada & War & Soldier) Citizen Gangster 2011 starring Scott Speedman & Kelly Reilly & Kevin Durand & Joseph Cross & Brendan Fletcher & Charlotte Sullivan & Melanie Scrofano & Brian Cox et al, opening quote Jose Narosky
74,347. All of this was for you! (GBH Films & Gangs: Canada) ibid. him to her
74,396. The real currency in the world ain’t money, it’s trust. (GBH Films & Trust & Gangs: Canada) The Art of the Steal 2014 starring Kurt Russell & Matt Dillon & Terence Stamp & Jay Baruchel & Katheryn Winnick & Devon Bostick & Jason Jones & Kenneth Welsh & Eugene Lipinski & Karyn Dwyer et al, director Jonathan Sobol
84,235. Whatever he took, the lab has never seen it before. And as you can see, this kid is white – that means people actually give a shit. (GBH Films & Gangs: Canada) 21 Jump Street 2012 starring Jonah Hill & Channing Tatum & Dave Franco & Brie Larson & Rob Riggle & deRay Davis & Ice Cube & Chris Parnell & Ellie Kemper & Jake Johnson & Nick Offerman & Spencer Boldman et al, director Chris Miller & Phil Lord
22,534. Don’t wait for the last judgment. It happens every day. (GBH Film & Judgment Day & Gangs: Canada) Repeaters 2010 starring Dustin Milligan & Amanda Crew & Alexia Fast & Gabrielle Rose & Michael Adamthwaite & Manoj Sood & John Cassini, director Carl Bessai, Albert Camus
22,535. It’s all fucking bullshit anyway. (GBH Films & Gangs: Canada) ibid. geezer
22,536. What if it doesn’t repeat? (GBH Films & Gangs: Canada) ibid. her to him
22,537. There’s got to be some deeper meaning to this. (GBH Films & Gangs: Canada) ibid. geezer
22,538. Every good thing we do gets erased. Every bad thing we do gets erased. Does it really matter what we do? (GBH Films & Do & Gangs: Canada) ibid. her to him
95,756. I need a package delivered to the German. (GBH Films & Gangs: Canada) The Package 2012 starring Steve Austin & Dolph Lundgren & Mike Dopud & Darren Shahlavi & Lochlyn Munro & William B Davis & Monique Ganderton & Michael Daingerfield et al, director Jesse V Johnson, boss to Austin
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17,472. A seemingly laid back idyll. Vancouver’s port and docks mean it’s perfectly positioned as headquarters for an illegal drug industry. And where there are drugs there are gangs. (Gangs: Canada & Canada) Middle Class Gangsters
17,473. Police say there are more than 130 organised crime groups in British Columbia. (Gangs: Canada & Canada) ibid.
17,474. The Vancouver area is perfect for the export of marijuana, and the import of guns and cocaine. (Gangs: Canada & Canada) ibid.
17,475. Canada’s history has seen spikes in gang warfare. (Gangs: Canada & Canada) ibid.
17,476. The UN gang was proudly multicultural. (Gangs: Canada & Canada) ibid.
17,477. Probably the most violent of the middle-class gangs is the Red Scorpions. (Gangs: Canada & Canada) ibid.
17,478. The most brutal massacre in British Columbia’s history. (Gangs: Canada & Canada) ibid.
95,579. In BC fifty pounds of Bud is worth $55,000 at wholesale. In Spokane, two and a half hours from the border, its value had almost doubled to $100k. (Canada & Cannabis & Gangs: Canada) Misha Glenny, McMafia
95,580. An industry that the BC Organised Crime Agency valued at $4 billion in 2001. (Canada & Cannabis & Gangs: Canada) ibid.
95,581. Around 100,000 workers are engaged both full-time and part-time in the cultivation, distribution, smuggling and retail of marijuana. (Canada & Cannabis & Gangs: Canada) ibid.
95,582. Western Canada is home to the largest per capita concentration of organised criminal syndicates in the world. (Canada & Cannabis & Gangs: Canada) ibid.
95,584. Many of those who once worked in the traditional industries have moved into marijuana. (Canada & Cannabis & Gangs: Canada) ibid.