This article is about the Canadian gang. For the 1988 film, see Red Scorpion. For the Romanian military unit, see 26th Infantry Battalion (Romania).
Criminal organization
Red Scorpions
Founded
Early 2000s
Founders
Quang Vinh Thang (Michael) Le
Konaam Shirzad
Tejinder Singh Malli[1]
Matthew Johnston
One other un-named young offenders
Founding location
Vancouver, British Columbia
Years active
2000s – present
Territory
Lower Mainland
Ethnicity
Various
Activities
Arms trafficking, drug trafficking, illegal immigration, money laundering, murder, kidnapping
Allies
Kang crime group (BIBO gang) (Formerly allies)
Hells Angles(formerly)
Independent Soldiers(formerly)
Rivals
United Nations (gang)
Dhure group (BC, Alberta, Ontario)
Dhak group (lower mainland)
Fob-killers (Alberta)
Independent Soldiers(BC, Alberta, Ontario)
Brothers keepers (gang) (BC, Alberta, Ontario)
Kang crime group (BIBO gang)
The Red Scorpions is a gang based in British Columbia, Canada. It was formed in 2003 by Quang Vinh Thang Le (known as Michael Le), Tejinder Malli,[2] Konaam Shirzad, Matthew Johnston, and one other un-named young offender. Michael Le testified at the Surrey Six trial that he and Shirzad formed the Red Scorpions after meeting in a youth detention centre facility. Le said the name Scorpions was a tribute to his "older brother who was killed and his nickname used to be Scorpion". The gang "used the word Red to symbolize blood" he said.[3] Le said Jamie Bacon and his brothers were not founders but joined the gang a few years later.
Red Scorpions have been running "dial-a-dope lines" – (drug trafficking operations) in the suburbs of Vancouver since 2005 . Gang members can be identified by "RS" tattoos on their arms and necks; any forms of skull tattoos usually indicates a member who has carried out a murder for the gang. The Red Scorpions come from various cultural and linguistic backgrounds, as they consider race secondary to loyalty and respect.[4][5]
The Red Scorpions have been involved in an increasing number of well-publicized incidents of gang violence in the Vancouver area, in part due to their bitter rivalry with the United Nations gang. The Red Scorpions-United Nations relationship worsened after the infamous Bacon brothers left the UN to join forces with the Red Scorpions.[6]
^"Vancouver police think Malli killers were laying in wait". vancouversun.
^"Vancouver police think Malli killers were laying in wait". vancouversun.
^Kim Bolan (September 22, 2017). "Red Scorpion founder killed in Kamloops". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
^Bolan, Kim (May 30, 2008). "Who are The Red Scorpions?". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
^"Violent Red Scorpion gang busted in Victoria". CBC News. August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
^"Alleged gangster pleads guilty in Surrey high-rise slayings". CBC News. April 3, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
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