British Columbia Cartel

The British Columbia Cartel (or BC Cartel) is the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organisation and organised crime group in Canada. It is based in the port city of Vancouver, the third-largest city in Canada and largest city and economic hub of the province of British Columbia (BC) and the Canadian West Coast. The British Columbia Cartel is allegedly headed by Lorenzo Enrique, who was incarcerated in Canadian federal prison on 15 June 2016, but released on 10 May 2019 following a lengthy federal trial which was declared a mistrial, with prosecutors ultimately unable to prove any criminal charges.

The BC Cartel controls at least 80% of the narcotics trade through Vancouver, importing Cocaine and Methamphetamine from Mexico and South America and opioids from Asia, and distributing throughout the country, especially to Eastern Canada, as well as trafficking to the United States. Certain areas of British Columbia, particularly in the Lower Mainland, are controlled by the cartel, with everyday citizens forced to rely on either the cartel or local vigilante groups for law enforcement and dispute resolution in the absence of the British Columbia Provincial Police, who generally refrain from entering such areas due to their virtual powerlessness. The BC Cartel's primary local allies are the Mafia and the Hells Angels, while their primary international allies are the Sinaloa Cartel and Gulf Cartel.