STOP THE GANG KILLINGS

STOP THE KILLINGS YOUTHS

 

Certain neighbourhoods in all geographic parts of Toronto have experienced gang activity. Many gangs have migrated out of the city limits into the suburbs such as Mississauga, Markham, Vaughan, Pickering and limited amounts in Richmond Hill,Ontario. This has been attributed to the Toronto police services being alerted to their activities and cracking down with arrests. Toronto Police Services work in conjunction with other Toronto area police services such as Peel Regional Police, Halton Regional Police, York Regional Police, Durham Regional Police and Hamilton Police. Police raids in the early to mid 2000s took down many gang members resulting in some being deported back to Jamaica, Trinidad, Liberia, Sri Lanka, India, Colombia, Portugal and others. However, most of the youth street gang members are Canadian youth that have chosen the path of crime. Toronto has a strong Italian Mafia presence, most notably in Woodbridge and the St. Clair area of downtown.
There are also many Black, Hispanic, Asian, Indian, and Filipino gangs throughout the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
There has been a recent rise in gun violence in the greater Toronto area. The most focal incident was the Boxing day shooting, resulting in the death of 15-year-old bystander Jane Creba on December 26, 2005 on Yonge Street. The incident was a shootout between rival gangs. There were several high profile gang raids in the city namely in Malvern, Jane and Finch, Driftwood, Galloway and the largest dismantling, in Rexdale. American gangs such as Crips and Bloods have been part of Toronto's gang scene since the early 1990s specifically in the West End neighbourhoods of Jane and Finch, Rexdale and Jungle (Lawrence Heights), Weston Road, Jane St.and Eglinton ave West. As well the East End neighbourhoods of Flemingdon Park, Malvern, Galloway and others.