Canadian here, there are 'cultural centers' for many countrys in citys all over Canada, and while there have been credible storys of gangs* from various countrys operating in Canada with quasi state backing and actual spys and proported conections to embasies the idea of 'police' on top of all that, realy looks like semantics in the service of headlines.
* one if the key rummors surrounding ethno gangs in vancouver was that they never operated outside of there own comminities, and had some kind of 'deal' with the actual police to notify in the cases of real violent or heavy crime.
Canadian here, there are 'cultural centers' for many countrys in citys all over Canada, and while there have been credible storys of gangs* from various countrys operating in Canada with quasi state backing and actual spys and proported conections to embasies the idea of 'police' on top of all that, realy looks like semantics in the service of headlines.
* one if the key rummors surrounding ethno gangs in vancouver was that they never operated outside of there own comminities, and had some kind of 'deal' with the actual police to notify in the cases of real violent or heavy crime.