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100% agreement.

On 26 Jun 2005 13:59:17 -0700, "Ron" <bcpg@canada.com> wrote:

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>Hell's Angels should be given life sentences for belonging to a
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>Greg Carr wrote:
>> After a year of putting down an uprising, the Hells Angels may be
>> ready to reclaim turf lost to Asian gangs, warns the Criminal
>> Intelligence Service of Alberta.
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>> "Things have all ironed out there and what we're saying is that we
>> should pay attention that they may want their business interests
>> back," said CISA director Harv Emter.
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>> "All we're saying is that they may want their business interests back
>> and they don't deal the same way as Pepsi or Coca-Cola do in their
>> market wars."
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>> The agency's annual report states the Angels absorbed the
>> American-based Bandidos and established three affiliates to retain
>> control of biker gangs in the province.
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>> "There is currently a push by the Hells Angels to secure drug markets,
>> particularly in southern Alberta," the report said.
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>> "The escalation of violence among Asian criminals, apparent intentions
>> of the Hells Angels organization to move into drug territories and the
>> presence of a number of street gangs are seen as emerging threats of
>> concern to law enforcement."
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>> Fears of a biker war erupted in January 2004 after a prospective
>> member of the Bandidos, Joey Morin, and a friend, Robert Simpson, were
>> gunned down.
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>> During the same time, CISA figures the Angels may have lost a portion
>> of their turf to Asian gangs.
>>
>> But after months of tension, in October 2004, the Bandidos patched
>> over to the Angels in a quiet Red Deer ceremony.
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>> Now there are fears that the Angels want their turf back.
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>> "It's something we as the police should keep an eye on and be
>> cognizant that it could happen," Emter said. "Past performances
>> sometimes predict future behaviour.
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>> "They're pretty persuasive in their arguments sometimes and if you
>> don't listen sometimes they can be persuasive in other manners. That's
>> why we say in our report that there could be - could be - some
>> violence."
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>> Acting Edmonton police Chief Darryl da Costa said cops here are also
>> paying attention.
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>> "With respect to the investigative strategies and what we'll be doing
>> to deal with it, I won't go into that, but any time we get an increase
>> in action on any of the organized-crime groups we definitely pay
>> attention," he said.
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>> Grande Prairie Insp. Bryon Hodgkin said there's always concern when
>> two factions fight for turf.
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>> "Any time there's a turf war, there's always concern for public
>> safety," said Hodgkin.
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>> He said this weekend's spring ride from Edmonton to Grande Prairie
>> doesn't seem to have any ties to the Angels trying to get their turf
>> back.
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>> http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2005/06/23/1100931-sun.html
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>> The killings of Morin aka Joseph Robert Campbell and Simpson who
>> resided in Surrey, BC remain unsolved.
>>
>> http://groups.google.ca/group/van.general/browse_thread/thread/a98e8ec30a7b9180/1590d8d2be48ea79?q=Joey+Morin+%2B%22Bandidos%22&rnum=1&hl=en#1590d8d2be48ea79