Law enforcement agencies estimate that tens of thousands of gangs operate across the United States today. These groups range from street gangs and prison gangs to organized criminal networks.

The gangs first entered public consciousness with the reporting of Andrew Norfolk, a journalist for the Times. Norfolk’s ...

San Salvador (AFP) - Jose was 13 when he entered the violent, murky underworld of the "maras," the gangs that have stained Central America's streets in blood. Like the tens of thousands of young ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Enquirer reporters Kevin Grasha, left, and Bebe Hodges, right, work on their investigation of Chilean gangs in Cincinnati's ...

These forced takeovers of other clubs and gangs are known as "patch-over" events, and were plentiful in the expansion phase of the motorcycle gangs. Several Canadian outfits like the Grim Reapers, ...

Charges don’t mention gang connections, though charges for one suspect were announced alongside another defendant who police say was associated with “gang-related” shootings. U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer, in a ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, marking the Trump administration’s latest step to target criminal cartels in Latin ...

The Trump administration is weighing declaring Brazil’s two largest drug gangs terrorist groups, after lobbying by the sons of jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro. By Ana Ionova and Edward Wong Ana ...