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People Against Gangsterism and Drugs

People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) is a group formed in 1996 in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town, South Africa. The organisation came to prominence for acts against gangsters, including arson and murder.

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Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Legal status
Active
Region served
Africa
Type
Vigilante group

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Cape Town bombings

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People Against Gangsterism and Drugs

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Edges31
Triples28
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
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People Against Gangsterism and Drugs

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related to External links · 18
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs → Against Gangsterism, Center, Centre, Defense Information, Drugs, February, Gangs, Pagad, People Against Gangsterism, Reconciliation, Revenge Violence, South Africa, State, Study, Vigilantism, Violence, Wayback Machine, Western Cape Archived
Legal status · 1
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs → Active
Location · 1
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs → Cape Town, South Africa
Region served · 1
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs → Africa
Type · 1
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs → Vigilante group
Website · 1
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs → www.pagad.co.za[dead link]

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pagad cape town south police bombings people gangsterism organisation africa drugs group members pagad's leader 1996 came gangsters activities community

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People Against Gangsterism and DrugsLegal statusActive1.00infobox
People Against Gangsterism and DrugsLocationCape Town, South Africa1.00infobox
People Against Gangsterism and DrugsRegion servedAfrica1.00infobox
People Against Gangsterism and DrugsTypeVigilante group1.00infobox
People Against Gangsterism and DrugsWebsitewww.pagad.co.za[dead link]1.00infobox
Qiblainstance ofand they were eventually designated a terrorist organization by the South African government.Changes within the organisation following the incidents of 1996 increased the influe…0.80text
the emergence of new leadershipinstance ofThis caused a series of changes0.80text
the development of tighter organisational structuresinstance ofThis caused a series of changes0.80text
bombings in Cape Town subsided in 2002instance ofdecided to take a post in the United States after his home was bombed.Violent acts0.80text
and the police have not attributed any such acts to PAGAD since the November 2002 bombing of the Bishop Lavis offices of the Serious Crimes Unit in the Western Capeinstance ofdecided to take a post in the United States after his home was bombed.Violent acts0.80text
People Against Gangsterism and Drugsrelated to External linksSouth Africa0.60section
People Against Gangsterism and Drugsrelated to External linksPeople Against Gangsterism0.60section

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