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I don't think we have anything like the "RICO ACT" in Canada..The Americans
passed RICO in 1970..Canadian parliamentarians are too busy working on Gay
Marriage and gun control to focus on real problems.

"Ron" <bcpg@canada.com> wrote in message
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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.
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> > 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.
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