Brothers Keepers (gang)

Brothers Keepers
Founded2017
Founder
  • Gavinder "Gavin" Singh Grewal
  • Barinder "Shrek" Singh Dhaliwal
Founding locationGreater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Years active2017 – present
TerritoryControlled Territory:
Lower Mainland
Vancouver Island[1][2]
Ontario[3][4]
Alberta[5]
Areas of influence: Manitoba
Washington[6]
Minnesota
EthnicityMostly Punjabi Canadian
Membership
  • approx. 200 official members (2020)[7]
  • approx. 900 associates (2020)
ActivitiesDrug trafficking, contract killing, money laundering, illicit cigarette trade
AlliesIndependent Soldiers[8]
Hells Angels
Driftwood Crips
RivalsRed Scorpions
United Nations
Kang crime family

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.

  1. ^ Bolan, Kim (2019-05-31). "Metro Vancouver gang expands to Vancouver Island". Times Colonist. Victoria. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  2. ^ Seymour, Bailey (2024-03-26). "Notorious Lower Mainland gang infiltrating Greater Victoria schools: Police". Victoria News. Victoria. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  3. ^ Bolan, Kim. "Surrey rapper, gang associate facing charges in Ontario". Vancouver Sun.
  4. ^ Bolan, Kim (2022-09-13). "B.C. Brothers Keepers gangster shot dead in Ontario". Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  5. ^ Sangha, Nav (15 November 2023). "Retribution likely for killing of father and son at Edmonton gas station, expert says". CTV News Edmonton.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Bolan, Kim. "Task force targeting Brothers Keepers gang has reduced violence, police say". Vancouver Sun.
  8. ^ 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.