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Cancer Treatments: Battling Cartels  

One thing is clear about the battle against the Mexican cartels: Your strategy for countering it tends to reflect your personal world view. And regardless of where you work on this continent, Mexican drug cartels present a great danger to you as an American law enforcement officer.

TREXPO West: Are Gang Members Hopeless?  

On the first night of TREXPO West 2009, four gang experts sat on a panel moderated by FOX 11 Los Angeles investigative reporter Chris Blatchford to discuss the challenges gangs pose for law enforcement.

Evaluating the State of American Law Enforcement  

The truth is that the state of American law enforcement is a very fluid thing.

The State of American Law Enforcement - Gangster Nation  

Ride around the streets of Salisbury, N.C., and you'll see graffiti that looks out of place. Gangs in this Southern city have splattered once-pristine walls with messages pledging allegiance to gangs in Los Angeles and New York City.

Gang graffiti in Newark, N.J. Photo via Tony the Misfit (Flickr.com).

America Needs a Surge Against Gangs  

Back about 20 years ago when gangs in Los Angeles were shooting at each other in drivebys and hitting a lot of innocent bystanders, I was fond of saying that I had a solution for the gang problem: marksmanship lessons.

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Fixing Mexico Police Becomes a Priority

The lie-detector team brought in by Mexico's top cop was supposed to help clean up the country's long-troubled police. There was just one problem: Most of its members themselves didn't pass, and a supervisor was rigging results to make sure others did.

Las Vegas Police Raid 6 Hells Angels Locations

Armed with warrants, Las Vegas Metro Police searched a Hells Angels clubhouse and five residences associated with the motorcycle gang, following a confrontation between rival biker gangs at a wedding chapel, the Las Vegas Sun reports.

Feds Bust 'Marshall Organizaton' Drug Ring

Fifteen members of an Eastern Michigan drug trafficking group calling itself the "Marshall Organization" have been indicted by federal authorities, the Department of Justice has announced.

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The Rise of Muslim Gangs

In 2001 large numbers of Somali immigrants began migrating to Maine bringing their clan rivalries and their love of khat with...

The Buela Street Witch

Vetrovec and I were at the south window in hyper-vigilance mode, when one of the Geraghty homeboys pulled down the plywood...

Failed and Fruitful Tactics for Combating Gangs

Any teacher, preacher, lawyer, cop, psychologist, gang crime victim, good mother, or good father would be more effective in gang...

 
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<p>The Aryan Brotherhood is a prison gang consisting of primarily white members. "AB" members ordinarily wear numerous and varied body tattoos, but the true AB tattoo is a shamrock, the letters AB and three sixes. Tattoos of the swastika, a picture of a bluebird and of double lighting bolts are also used to identify Aryan Brotherhood members. In many ways AB is a white supremacist gang with Nazi leanings, however, it is not to be confused with groups like Aryan Nations or the Klan. For AB, money and power are more important than racist ideology. One of the leaders of the gang is Jewish; there are also Hispanic and biracial members.</p>
Tattoos - White Gangs

The Aryan Brotherhood, which is also known as "AB" or "The Brand," is a primarily white prison...

<p>This tattoo of a prison tower, hour glass, and prisoner breaking out of the prison wall signifies this person has done prison time.</p>
Tattoos - Prison and Gang Ink Symbols

In addition to advertising gang membership, tattoos provide other details about the...

<p>The Mexican Mafia prison gang, also known as La Eme, was formed in the late 1950s by members of a Chicano street gang incarcerated at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, Calif. The initial founding member was Luis "Huero Buff" Flores, who was previously a member of the Hawaiian Gardens gang. Mexican Mafia symbols include a black hand, the letters "MM" or the term La Eme.</p>
Tattoos - Hispanic Gangs

Tattoos are an excellent tool for law enforcement and corrections officers to use to identify...

 
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