Toronto murders drop after Jamaica-based gang crackdown - good CBC video report

[malaise]

Last edited Fri Jan 20, 2012, 07:19 PM - Edit history (1)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/01/18/shower-posse-jamaica-gang-toronto.html
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Police in Toronto and Jamaica say gang-related homicides have significantly declined in the 20 months since the arrests of key leaders of the Shower Posse, a violent criminal organization involved in drug and arms trafficking that operates in several countries.

Jamaican officials say a drastic 32 per cent decline in the Caribbean country's homicide rate is largely thanks to a 2010 crackdown on the Shower Posse, considered to be one of the most dangerous gangs in the world.

In Toronto, homicide rates dropped to a 25-year low last year following a two-year anti-gang campaign that disrupted the Posse.
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One thing missing from the report is that at the height of the ideological war, US, British and Canadian embassies gave these thugs visas and allowed them to ply their 'trade'.
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[angstlessk]

1. Your link does not work because the word Toronto right after .html

[malaise]

2. Thanks

[tabasco]

3. My gf and I have had some wonderful times visiting Toronto.

Very friendly people and beautiful city.

Good work by the police involved.