Nearly two dozen people have been arrested as part of a massive investigation in Alabama targeting criminal activity associated with a violent street gang. Operation Gang Shield, launched seven months ...

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, ...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (UNHCR) – As a police officer in El Salvador, Carolina* worked in a unit protecting kidnap victims and murder witnesses, so they could help bring the perpetrators to justice. Then ...

The gang leader known as “Chele” is unable to hold back the tears as he remembers how a rival mara kidnapped and killed his sister and mother. But the wiry, 23-year-old assassin quickly regains his ...

Before gangsters were glamorized by movies and myth, they were known (and feared) as shadowy figures carving out power in cities like Chicago and New York. From prohibition-era mobsters slinging ...

EXCLUSIVE: Federal and local law enforcement officers arrested 14 suspected leaders of the Rancho San Pedro gang Tuesday in Los Angeles, capping a yearslong investigation into what the FBI called one ...

Scores killed in raids targeting Comando Vermelho gang Residents display bodies on the streets Experts criticize operation; UN calls for probe Brazilian city hosts global events next week tied to ...

A former high-ranking Venezuelan military officer is urging the Trump administration, particularly Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, to look to South America for best strategies in fighting ...