| Founded | 2016 |
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| Founder |
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| Founding location | Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Years active | 2016 – present |
| Territory | Controlled Territory: Canada[1][2][3][4][5] Washington[6] Alaska Areas of influence: Oregon Australia New Zealand Fiji UAE[7] |
| Ethnicity | Mostly Punjabi Canadian |
| Membership |
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| Activities | Drug trafficking, contract killing, money laundering, illicit cigarette trade, extortion, arms trafficking, assault, robbery, illegal gambling, murder, racketeering, loan sharking |
| Allies | Independent Soldiers[9] Hells Angels Driftwood Crips |
| Rivals | Red Scorpions Dhak-Duhre Coalition United Nations Kang crime family(BIBO gang) |
The Brothers Keepers is an organized crime group based in British Columbia, Canada that is engaged in organized crime across Canada and abroad. Originating in the Greater Vancouver area, the gang has expanded across Canada since its founding, and has established relationships with other transnational organized crime groups.
The Brothers Keepers gang is believed by police in British Columbia to be among the most "prominent and violent" gangs in Western Canada,[10] investigations also highlighted the gang's strategy to expand into new markets within the country and abroad, utilizing tactics such as reduced drug prices for street-level traffickers they supply, branded products (such as color-branded drugs), and increased potency of drugs they supply.[11]
- ^ Bolan, Kim (2019-05-31). "Metro Vancouver gang expands to Vancouver Island". Times Colonist. Victoria. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Seymour, Bailey (2024-03-26). "Notorious Lower Mainland gang infiltrating Greater Victoria schools: Police". Victoria News. Victoria. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Bolan, Kim. "Surrey rapper, gang associate facing charges in Ontario". Vancouver Sun.
- ^ Bolan, Kim (2022-09-13). "B.C. Brothers Keepers gangster shot dead in Ontario". Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Sangha, Nav (15 November 2023). "Retribution likely for killing of father and son at Edmonton gas station, expert says". CTV News Edmonton.
- ^ Bolan, Kim (2024-08-18). "Surrey Brothers Keepers gangster released from U.S. prison, turned over to immigration". Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Bolan, Kim (2018-07-27). "Slain B.C. gangsters allegedly caught up in international murder plot". Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Bolan, Kim. "Task force targeting Brothers Keepers gang has reduced violence, police say". Vancouver Sun.
- ^ Bolan, Kim (2021-06-05). "Man shot to death in south Vancouver had been sued over alleged drug money". Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ "'Prominent and violent' Brothers Keepers gang: Investigation nets multiple criminal charges". British Columbia. 2021-11-04. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "6 members of 'prominent and violent' gang face total of 27 charges: B.C. RCMP". CBC. 2021-11-05.