Gang insignia has vanished from New Zealand’s streets following a recent law change. But the gangs have not, with members telling CNN the banishment of the patches is just optics – they’re recruiting ...

California, with its enormous urban population and complex socioeconomics, has become home to some of the most infamous and influential criminal gangs in the United States. Names like the Crips, ...

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A nine-week trial ended Monday in downtown Los Angeles with five MS-13 gang members convicted of carrying out six sometimes-grisly murders to advance their standing in the gang, the U.S. Justice ...

We've done surveillance here. He's been made at this residence. Just after sunrise, he has prior arrests for weapons and gang enhancements and narcotics. Sacramento County Sheriff SWAT officers and ...

Orange County’s top prosecutor moved to dismiss all active gang injunctions Tuesday, making it the latest California jurisdiction to move away from the controversial court orders in recent years. Dist ...

Several members of a violent migrant gang accused of "unleashing terror" to maintain control of a notorious crime strip represented by progressive Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Grace ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Safe Task Force is on city streets making arrests, and we’re told that gang members are a big part of who they are hauling in. In WREG’s exclusive ride-along with the ...

Detroit — Not understanding the culture surrounding gang graffiti in Detroit can get the uninformed killed. Rule No. 1: Paint over gang graffiti at your peril. "Tag wars" have raged in Detroit for ...

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