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Gangs

A Nahuatl Dictionary

A Nahuatl dictionary was intercepted in a prison in September 2000. It contains the code to the ancient Aztec language now being used by gang members. Break the code by learning these translated terms.

January 17, 2011

Special Units

Police: Gang-Affiliated Teen Murdered Chicago SWAT Officer To Steal Guns

Bernard Williams, who is affiliated with the Gangster Disciples, is the brother of a 25-year-old woman Officer David Blake was dating at the time. Police say Williams lured the officer to a dirt alleyway to apparently talk about moving in with him

December 29, 2010

Gangs

Florence 13: The Other Transnational Gang

The Los Angeles Sheriff's OSS Gang Task Force targeting the F-13 gang soon received information that the F-13 gang was enforcing Mexican Mafia orders to tax all drug dealers, to tax Sureño gangs, to kill rival blacks and run them out of the city, and to tax "Mica Mills" (counterfeit document mills) that produce fake identification and immigration documents.

December 13, 2010

Special Units

N.C. Latin Kings Claim Officers Violated Their Civil Rights

The gang alleges the Greensboro PD has "continually harassed members since 2005 because of their race, color or national origin by filing numerous baseless charges against them, subjecting them to discriminatory traffic stops, non-consensual searches and false arrests that use excessive force."

November 7, 2010

Gangs

Field Interviews During Gang Stops

Whether I was recovering a weapon, apprehending a wanted gangster, documenting an association between gangsters, interrupting a drive-by shooting or gang fight, recording a gang member at a specific time, place and location, or developing rapport, they were all fruitful.

November 1, 2010

Special Units

Feds: Gang Ranks Swell as Violent Crime Drops

The findings are at odds for Justice Department officials, who acknowledge that violent crime is often triggered by gang affiliation.

October 31, 2010

Patrol

Feds Bust $163 Million Medicare Fraud Enterprise

An Armenian-American gang led by a "vor" (Eurasian version of a godfather) submitted $163 million in false reimbursement claims and netted approximately $35 million in payouts for treatments that never took place, according to the Department of Justice.

October 13, 2010

Special Units

New York Gang Tortured and Sodomized Gay Man and Teens

Eight members of the Latin King Goonies stand accused of torturing and sodomizing a gay man, his older brother, and two teenagers in a savage anti-gay torture spree.

October 10, 2010

Gangs

Evolution of the Thug

A mutation of the noble Neanderthal, the Thug neither hunted nor gathered but found it easier to take by violence someone else's gatherings and someone else's sexual mates.

September 28, 2010

Special Units

Identifying and Documenting Gang Members

Patrol officers are an essential source of gang information and usually make up the front line defense against gangs. Through field contacts and observations, they can supply confirmation of an individual's gang membership.

September 22, 2010

Special Units

Infamous L.A. Gang Slaying Goes to Jury

"All black people are their enemies," Deputy Dist. Atty. Gretchen Ford said in the murder trial of two Latino gang members. "Really innocent people could die for no reason other than the ridiculous ideas of this gang."

August 25, 2010

Special Units

FBI Searches for Three New York Gang Members Wanted on Narcotics Charges

Wanted posters listing the names of the fugitives and those that have been captured has been made available to the public. Those who were indicted are suspected to be members of the Bloods and Latin Kings gangs.

July 1, 2010