United Nations (gang)
| Founded | May 25, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Abbotsford,BC./Chilliwack,BC. |
| Years active | 1997 - Present |
| Territory | Canada |
| Ethnicity | Various |
| Criminal activities | Arms trafficking, Drug trafficking, Extortion, home invasion, illegal immigration, kidnapping, money laundering, murder, passport fraud, people smuggling, Prostitution, Robbery, Bribery, Theft, Assault, Motor vehicle theft, Human trafficking |
| Allies | BIG CIRCLE , Dahk/Duhre Group , Various Triads |
| Rivals | Hells Angels MC. , Red Scorpions , Independent Soldiers , Unknown Soldiers gang, Golden Triangle Triad , 856 gang |
The United Nations Gang (UN) (also known as Global United Nations Syndicate (GUNS), Canada United or Canadian United (CU)) is a criminal gang who started in the Vancouver, British Columbia area and more recently grew to the rest of the canadian territory in the 2000s. The name alludes to the various ethnic origins of the members.
All ethnic groups were encouraged to join thus the gang name, the United Nations (UN) or Global United Nations Syndicate (GUNS). The Gang consists of primarily Whites, Asians, Indo Canadians, and Persians.
The UN gang was formed in Abbotsford in the late 1990s by a group of high-school friends from around the Fraser Valley. What began as a loose-knit group of Abbotsford thugs linked to Asian organized crime grew quickly over the years. They began a profitable drug running enterprise involving helicopters flying across the US-Canada border trading much sought after British Columbian cannabis for cocaine to be sold in Canada.
As a new criminal organization the group fought a number of turf wars against other gangs, such as the Independent Soldiers, as it sought to establish itself. One of its biggest rivals was the Hells Angels but recently the two groups have been working together as some of the UN's high-ranking members became Hells Angels and also shown by the arrest of Omid Bayani, a mid level member of the Hells Angels, who was arrested as part of an investigation looking at criminal actions of the Hells Angels.
On 8 May 2008, former Hells Angels prospect and UN gang member Duane Harvey Meyer, 41 and nicknamed D.W., was killed, with the funeral held on May 15, 2008. Full members of the Hells Angels and UN gang members were at the funeral, with news stations and police agencies on hand to videotape all visitors. Whenever a United Nations member dies, he gets a special tombstone featuring the letters "UN" across it.
Before a number of its leaders were arrested the police estimated the gang had 50-100 core members in the Lower Mainland area of B.C. The alleged leader of the United Nations Gang is Clayton Roueche. Roueche grew up in Chilliwack, B.C. He later moved out to Abbotsford, B.C. and then on to Vancouver. Roueche had an obsession with martial arts and became involved in the drug scene at an early age.
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