Manitoba Warriors

Manitoba Warriors
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)[1]
Founding locationStony Mountain Institution, Manitoba, Canada
Years active1970–present
TerritoryWinnipeg
EthnicityIndigenous Canadian[1]
Membership (est.)30,000–40,000[1]
ActivitiesDrug trafficking, weapon trafficking, prostitution, murder[1]
AlliesHells Angels MC[2]
RivalsIndian Posse[1]

The Manitoba Warriors (MW) are an indigenous street gang based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Predominantly based in the Central and North End neighbourhoods of the city, the gang is an exclusively indigenous Canadian organization that was established on the Lake Manitoba First Nation in 1993 to rival the Indian Posse gang.

Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) has designated the Manitoba Warriors as being a faction of indigenous-based organized crime (IBOC). CISC asserts that the gang, in addition to engaging in marijuana cultivation, auto theft, illegal firearms activities, gambling, and drug trafficking, also supports and facilitates criminal activities for the Hells Angels motorcycle gang and Asian-based networks.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e Canadian Organized Crime Stephen Schneider (2017)
  2. ^ Auger & Edwards 2012, p. 142.
  3. ^ "Aboriginal-based Organized Crime (ABOC)". Archived from the original on February 3, 2008. Retrieved January 9, 2017.