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The Economist magazine compares Vancouver’s drug violence to Colombia

What a shame this city has become.

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VANCOUVER — Vancouver’s reputation suffered another black eye this week after a story in an international magazine compared British Columbia to Colombia, a country infamous for drugs, cartels and violence.

In an article titled “British Columbia or Colombia?” The Economist said organized crime had brought fear and violence to Vancouver’s streets.

“Canada remains one of the world’s safest countries but in recent years Vancouver, B.C.’s largest city, has gained notoriety for gun crime, especially among drug gangs,” said the article, going on to cite the nearly 450 gangsters killed in Vancouver since 1997.

The article quotes Pat Fogarty, a senior officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, linking Vancouver’s drug war to a crackdown on drug trafficking in Mexico and the United States disrupting the cocaine distribution chain to Canada, putting supply at a premium.

The article points the finger of blame in part at jurisdictional conflicts between the various police services charged with keeping the Lower Mainland safe. Rob Gordon, a criminologist at Simon Fraser University, told The Economist that past efforts to create an agency to fight drug gangs have foundered on conflicts among the various participating police forces.

“Despite some recent high-profile arrests of gangsters, Vancouver’s local police admit they are not winning the war,” the article states. “They complain of having fewer officers per head of population than other big Canadian cities. The provincial government is planning a $20 M cut in annual spending on police and the courts by 2012. The gangsters, by contrast, are well funded and have little trouble replacing those lost in shoot-outs.”

It’s not the first recent example of bad European press for Vancouver. Last month, The Independent, a British newspaper, described Vancouver as a “blood-splattered” city.

© Copyright (c) Canwest News Service

good. lower the housing prices!

what a shame, indeed.

sigh.. but its true... i fear for my car when i park outside...

we jus need parents to legally beat the fuck out of their north face wearing gangster wanna be loser kids while their still in high school and the problem will fix itself

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Originally Posted by dark0821 (Post 6445134)

sigh.. but its true... i fear for my car when i park outside...

I fear for my car when I park at those Richmond shopping centres.

I fear for my car period, even if I park at my buddy's house I came out 20 minutes later to find somebody walked by and spat on my driver's side door.
I don't exactly have enemies, I'm assuming it was a jealous fuck

me too, my car got egged for no reason. My mom's car's side windows got smashed for no reason.

It's true, 2 drug busts within 4 houses away from me, 1 drive by shooting beside my house, old neighbor's son suspected in a murder case, and 1 murder 3 houses away from me, and than i get my car keyed, all within 4 years.

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Originally Posted by eddoe (Post 6446895)

you need to move, bro

take the hints

wow where do u live kingsway?

lol what a joke vancouver is safe, people are dreaming of a vancouver from 15 years ago, our city has gotten bigger, with it comes the problems of a bigger city.

I highly doubt the person who wrote this article has even been to Colombia

Does anyone here actually subscribe to the Economist?

The article is a 1/3 of a page blurb in a 100 page, text filled magazine. The article is just being over-hyped by canwest..

move to surrey, problem solved :)

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Originally Posted by pandalove (Post 6445770)

we jus need parents to legally beat the fuck out of their north face wearing gangster wanna be loser kids while their still in high school and the problem will fix itself

Too bad most of the parents are too busy growing their retirement fund in the basement to know wtf their kids are doing.

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Originally Posted by hotjoint (Post 6447927)

move to surrey, problem solved :)

live in surrey and to go Templeton. That's the safest combination

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Originally Posted by eddoe (Post 6446895)

sounds like u live somewhere in the South Van neighborhood.

wtf are you kidding me? these guys are shooting each other. they should write articles envious of our efficient criminals

"Vancouver police laugh, gangsters kill each other"

Our gangsters are precision shooters. How many stray bullets have nailed an innocent person? Zero. How many innocent people have been targeted? Zero.

End of thread, mods, take it away.