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'''VVT''' was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Tamil Canadian|Tamil]] [[street gang]] originating in [[Toronto]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2007199.stm|title=Tamils preying on Tamils|last=Summers|first=Chris |date=25 May 2002|work=BBC News Online |access-date=2009-06-29}}</ref> believed to be named after the town of [[Valvettithurai]] in northern [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20011019/ctvnews818005/20011019/?hub=CTVNewsAt11&subhub=PrintStory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218052455/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20011019/ctvnews818005/20011019/?hub=CTVNewsAt11&subhub=PrintStory|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2009|title=Police arrest 51 alleged gang members in Ontario |date=October 19, 2001|work=CTV.ca|access-date=2009-06-29}}</ref> |
'''VVT''' was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Tamil Canadian|Tamil]] [[street gang]] originating in [[Toronto]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2007199.stm|title=Tamils preying on Tamils|last=Summers|first=Chris |date=25 May 2002|work=BBC News Online |access-date=2009-06-29}}</ref> believed to be named after the town of [[Valvettithurai]] in northern [[Sri Lanka]]. The town of [[Valvettithurai ]] was also the birth place of the [[LTTE]] leadership. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20011019/ctvnews818005/20011019/?hub=CTVNewsAt11&subhub=PrintStory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218052455/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20011019/ctvnews818005/20011019/?hub=CTVNewsAt11&subhub=PrintStory|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2009|title=Police arrest 51 alleged gang members in Ontario |date=October 19, 2001|work=CTV.ca|access-date=2009-06-29}}</ref> |
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VVT was founded in the early 1990s by Tamil immigrants, and had a presence in the west end of Toronto (in particular in Etobicoke and certain areas in Old Toronto and East York) and was regarded as being very business savvy.{{cn|date=September 2023}} The VVT were alleged to have members ranging in age from their early teenage years to men in their 30s, and with membership between 100 and 1000.{{cn|date=September 2023}} In the mid 1990s to early 2000s, the VVT had an ongoing war with another Tamil gang called the AK |
VVT was founded in the early 1990s by Tamil immigrants, and had a presence in the west end of Toronto (in particular in Etobicoke and certain areas in Old Toronto and East York) and was regarded as being very business savvy.{{cn|date=September 2023}} The VVT were alleged to have members ranging in age from their early teenage years to men in their 30s, and with membership between 100 and 1000.{{cn|date=September 2023}} In the mid 1990s to early 2000s, the VVT had an ongoing war with another Tamil gang called the AK Kannan based out of Scarborough. There was a brief truce in 1998 after community members brokered a peace deal in a [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]] Hindu temple; however, a murder a year later renewed the fighting. VVT is behind many murders in the 1990s. By the late 1990s the VVT subsection Gilder boys were involved in dozens of shootings in the Greater Toronto Area. {{cn|date=March 2019}} |
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Even after the deportation of some prominent members, authorities believe this gang is still in operation through its younger generation. Police alleged VVT members were involved in drug trafficking, fraud, weapons trafficking, counterfeiting, and extortion. The gang is now considered largely inactive.{{cn|date=March 2019}} |
Even after the deportation of some prominent members, authorities believe this gang is still in operation through its younger generation. Police alleged VVT members were involved in drug trafficking, fraud, weapons trafficking, counterfeiting, and extortion. The gang is now considered largely inactive.{{cn|date=March 2019}} |
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| Founding location | Rexdale, Milliken Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Territory | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Ethnicity | Tamils |
| Criminal activities | Extortion, arms trafficking, fraud, drug trafficking |
VVT was a Canadian Tamil street gang originating in Toronto[1] believed to be named after the town of Valvettithurai in northern Sri Lanka. The town of Valvettithurai was also the birth place of the LTTE leadership. [2]
VVT was founded in the early 1990s by Tamil immigrants, and had a presence in the west end of Toronto (in particular in Etobicoke and certain areas in Old Toronto and East York) and was regarded as being very business savvy.[citation needed] The VVT were alleged to have members ranging in age from their early teenage years to men in their 30s, and with membership between 100 and 1000.[citation needed] In the mid 1990s to early 2000s, the VVT had an ongoing war with another Tamil gang called the AK Kannan based out of Scarborough. There was a brief truce in 1998 after community members brokered a peace deal in a Richmond Hill Hindu temple; however, a murder a year later renewed the fighting. VVT is behind many murders in the 1990s. By the late 1990s the VVT subsection Gilder boys were involved in dozens of shootings in the Greater Toronto Area. [citation needed]
Even after the deportation of some prominent members, authorities believe this gang is still in operation through its younger generation. Police alleged VVT members were involved in drug trafficking, fraud, weapons trafficking, counterfeiting, and extortion. The gang is now considered largely inactive.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Summers, Chris (25 May 2002). "Tamils preying on Tamils". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
- ^ "Police arrest 51 alleged gang members in Ontario". CTV.ca. October 19, 2001. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-29.