Gangsters go digital to recruit, intimidate
 

VANCOUVER — The next generation of street thugs is literally at our fingertips.

They call themselves gangsters and they’ve got the criminal charges to back up their reputation.

But unlike most organized crime groups who try to stay undercover, they’re glorifying the thug lifestyle in the most public of forums — online.

“It’s once again become cool to be associated with a street gang,” says Robert Gordon, director of Simon Fraser University’s criminology department. “With the availability of the Internet and networking sites . . . they are communicating more online now.

“So, rather than marking territories with violence or making their presence known by wearing particular uniforms or clustering in particular places, they are transferring all of that to the cyber-world.”

It’s an activity that’s become known as “net-banging.” Gangs use the Internet to recruit, intimidate, distribute information and show off — going so far as to post photos and videos of members posing with guns, money and what appear to be drugs.

The Facebook group “Hug A Thug” is the social network for Family Affiliated — a Kamloops, B.C.-based group of prolific offenders and petty criminals.

Members post when they’re released from jail, identify who to write in prison and list “no goods” or rats.

Kamloops RCMP officers, who have been monitoring the online group since its inception, don’t consider Family Affiliated a gang.

But Canada’s leading gang expert disagrees.

“If they are groups of three or more people with some sort of commonality — whether it’s a name or colours, whatever — and they are involved in any criminal activity, let’s call a spade a space, they’re a gang,” says Michael Chettleburgh.

According to Chettleburgh, there are about 1,300 gangs operating in Canada — the majority in the Lower Mainland.

They include youth gangs or wannabe groups, street gangs and organized crime groups.

“The path to being a strong, vibrant gang is an evolutionary one,” says Chettleburgh.

“That’s why we need to pay attention to these younger groups. They’re at the margins.”
http://www.theprovince.com/news/story.html?id=1341176

These guys took E-thugging too far.

Fucking ridiculous.

Kev

true e-thugs dont thug irl.

e-thugs at its finest

w0w so dumb

i love how lil kids these days glorify their gangster-ness as mentioned in the article ...
my buddy was telling me how he was on the bus and there was a group of high school kids talking really loud about how they want to kick this kids ass and who they should get to kick his ass... they were talking so loud like they scared ppl on the bus dunno they hardcore

BTW....
http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...76/1341179.bin

LAWLLZZZ!!!!!!!!!

"Yo" :haha:

I'm net banging on RS

e-cripping on RS word dawg

Well, unfortunately they are actually toughy by numbers. Fortunately, thats as far as it goes.

e-thugs :lol

did they confuse e-thugs with net-banging

lol

lol
how do i join?

According to the province paper I read today. Join at Hug a Thug


http://profile.ak.facebook.com/objec...05126_5444.jpg
....:haha:

haha go take a look at hoodtalk, not quite the same, but still similar pathetic shit.

the real hardcore e-thugs are on vancouvermustangs.com those guys scare the crap out of me.

please elaborate

they are always up to no good, the whole site is like the fightclub on here

saw the article in the paper today. was very disturbing to say the least. Reminded of ICY HOT STUNTERZ

oh wellz, as long as they dun hurtinnocent ppl, it's ok

Just joined, gonna c if they accept me,

so impactdick think he is andy lau by going as the undercover e-thug that tried to get into VPD and steal all of their confidential information? hmm "internal affairs"..... LOL

so this what the vpd means by "Known to police" they scope out fbook pages for usernames, and link it to a dead guy... INTENSE!

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/k...7/ethuglr1.jpg
Werd dawg:D

Kamloops? What fucking geeks..