Integrated Threat Assessment on Organized Crime” (Elaine,2017). This number will increase when more individuals start affiliating themselves with gang activity. Within this number, there are four notorious gangs that are well known within the province: the red scorpions, united nations, independent soldiers, and the hells angels. “British Columbia has a unique and changing gang landscape. Gangs, based strictly on ethnicity, are no longer the norm” (British Columbia. Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, 2015). Alliances within these gangs are starting to form to impact the illicit market and “[to align] more crime groups to commit more violent acts” (British Columbia. Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, 2015).
