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BC gang activity wilting under police heat
from the article by Robert Freeman in the Chilliwak Progress:
Gang activity in B.C. has wilted under the heat of Lower Mainland police forces, including the Chilliwack RCMP, says UFV criminologist Darryl Plecas.
While the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit has put a “significant dent” in gang leadership, according to CFSEU spokesman Sgt. Bill Whelan, Plecas said “proactive” policing by municipal police forces like those in Chilliwack, Abbotsford and West Vancouver has given new recruits second thoughts about the gang lifestyle.
Aug 29, 2012 Country:Canada, Diversion, Police, Gang, Region: North America and Caribbean
New home for juveniles recruited to drug trade
from the article by Julian Aguilar in the New York Times:
Freddie knows he is lucky. If he were six months older, he could be in a state prison.
Or he could have been labeled a snitch and treated as such by Mexican cartel operatives.
Aug 10, 2012 Court, Case:Drug Crimes, Diversion, Region: North America and Caribbean, Country:USA
