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8 alleged "GoodFellas" gang members, associates charged with violent crimes
The Department of Justice referred to the "GoodFellas" as a "violent gang" that recruits from the Atlanta area.CBS News - Mar. 14 -
In Deportations, Trump Tied Gang to Venezuela’s Government. Intelligence Contradicts Him.
To invoke wartime deportation powers, President Trump asserted that Venezuela’s government controls a gang. U.S. intelligence analysts think that is not true.The New York Times - 3d -
Cocaine being dropped at sea for UK drug gangs to collect
South American drug gangs are smuggling large amounts of cocaine into the UK in waterproof parcels fitted with trackers.BBC News - 3d -
Haiti’s Biggest Hospital, Dependent on U.S.A.I.D., Is Set on Fire by Gangs
A fire set by gangs at the country’s largest public hospital underscores long-simmering problems in Haiti, which is heavily dependent on international aid.The New York Times - Mar. 15 -
What is Tren de Aragua, Venezuelan gang targeted by Trump for deportations?
Tren de Aragua, commonly known as TdA, is the Venezuelan gang targeted by President Trump in recent mass deportations. On Saturday, Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, the first time it’s ...The Hill - 6d -
Has the Trump administration violated a court order with deportation of Venezuelan gang members?
Venezuelan gang members were deported from the U.S. under the Trump administration amid a judge issuing a court order against it. NBC News' Danny Cevallos breaks down the legality of the ...NBC News - 6d -
Stephen Miller: Court has 'no authority' in deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members
Senior White House aide Stephen Miller on Monday asserted a federal judge did not have the authority to direct how the administration carried out the deportations of alleged gang members amid a ...The Hill - 6d -
FBI applauds Mexico's arrest and handover of '10 Most Wanted' gang figure
FBI Director Kash Patel applauded Mexican authorities Tuesday for the arrest and handover of one of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” suspects, an alleged gang leader from El SalvadorABC News - 5d -
Trump administration escalates legal battle over alleged gang member deportations
President Trump is lashing out again against the top federal judge who issued an order stopping deportation flights of alleged gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.ABC News - 4d -
Gangs unleash new attack on Haiti's capital as police vow to hold them back
A powerful gang coalition has launched new attacks on Haiti’s capital, while police vow to hold the gunmen backABC News - Mar. 12 -
Trump Officials Say Deportees Were Gang Members. Few Details Were Disclosed.
Families and immigration lawyers argue not all of the deportees sent to a prison in El Salvador over the weekend had ties to gangs.The New York Times - 4d -
LA Crips leader who feds say posed as anti-gang activist arrested
The U.S. Attorney's Office has announced several federal charges against a Los Angeles Crips gang leader, including racketeering.CBS News - 4d -
Timeline: Trump's race against courts to deport gang members under Alien Enemies Act
A minute-by-minute timeline of events of the Trump administration's race against the clock to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.ABC News - 6d -
Aid group in Haiti temporarily shutters hospital after gangs attack convoy evacuating medical staff
Doctors Without Borders says that four of its vehicles came under fire while they evacuated staff from a hospital in Haiti’s capital as gang violence surgesABC News - 6d -
US deports 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court ruling to halt flights
Trump invoked 1798 law previously used to detain Japanese Americans in second world war to justify deportations. The US deported more than 250 mainly Venezuelan alleged gang members to El ...The Guardian - Mar. 16 -
White House defends decision to deport alleged gang members amid legal fight
Over the weekend, the Trump administration cited a rarely-used 18th-century law to justify the deportations of suspected gang members. As Ed O'Keefe reports, the president's moves sparked a legal ...CBS News - 6d -
L.A. gang leader posed as activist and music mogul while running deadly ‘mafia-like’ racket, feds say
A reputed Los Angeles gang leader passed himself off as a community activist while running a “mafia-like organization" and committing a number of offenses, including the murder of an aspiring ...NBC News - 4d -
Gang guilty over £4.8m gold toilet heist
Five thieves were seen on CCTV stealing the fully-functional toilet from Blenheim Palace in 2019.BBC News - 5d -
2 men arrested in connection with gang rape in India, police say
The women were stargazing with three male travelers when three other men approached, police said. One of the traveling men died.CBS News - Mar. 8 -
Israeli tourist and homestay host gang-raped in India, police say
The two women were reportedly stargazing with three male tourists near a lake in Hampi, Karnataka, when they were attacked.BBC News - Mar. 9 -
Trump invokes wartime act, orders deportation of suspected Venezuelan gangs
President Trump's extraordinary order is breathtaking in its scope and has little precedent in U.S. history.CBS News - Mar. 15 -
Swedish companies join forces to steer children away from gang crime
Dozens of big businesses from Ikea to Spotify back youth job initiatives as country grapples with epidemic of violenceFinancial Times - Mar. 17 -
Due process concerns for immigrants deported for alleged gang membership
More than 130 Venezuelan migrants were expelled from the U.S. under the 227-year-old "Alien Enemies Act." A federal judge tried to block it, but the White House says the planes carrying them had ...CBS News - 6d -
Farmers fear criminal hare coursing gangs 'could kill someone'
Farmers warn there has been an increase in willingness to commit violence to farmers and gamekeepers.BBC News - 6d -
The truth about Tren de Aragua, the gang at the center of Trump's immigration crackdown
The Trump administration says the group should be treated as an invading force. Critics say it’s a pretext for the administration’s anti-immigrant narrative.NBC News - 5d -
'Incredibly troublesome': Judge grills DOJ over alleged gang member deportations
Lawyers with the DOJ returned to court Friday afternoon to defend the deportation of more than two hundred Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act.ABC News - 2d -
Tattoos of deported Venezuelans don't necessarily signal gang affiliation, experts say
Nike’s Jumpman, roses and a popular phrase from a Donald Trump-supporting Puerto Rican rapper: These are some of the tattoos defense lawyers and relatives say helped authorities accuse several ...NBC News - 2d -
‘Shifting the shame’: the young gang-rape survivor spreading awareness on sexual violence
At just 13, Kiran faced down vilification and threats after an attack in her small Indian village. Now she is taking her message to the world stage. When three men were sentenced to 25 years each ...The Guardian - 4h -
Judge criticizes Trump admin over deportation of migrants the WH says are violent gang members
A federal judge called Trump administration arguments a “heck of a stretch” in a court hearing late Monday. The Trump administration says it has complied with a court order during its deportation ...NBC News - 6d -
'Many' alleged gang members deported by Trump didn't have criminal records in US: ICE
Many of the noncitizens deported pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act did not have criminal records, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said in a sworn filing.ABC News - 5d -
US and European armies should join our war on gangs, Ecuador president tells BBC
Daniel Noboa is calling on international armies to fight the cartels trafficking most of the world's cocaine.BBC News - 5d -
L.A. Crips leader turned gang interventionist ran 'mafia-like' enterprise, feds allege
Eugene 'Big U' Henley helped launch Nipsey Hussle's career and was called rap's 'godfather' by Wiz Khalifa. Now federal authorities are accusing him of murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion and ...Los Angeles Times - 4d -
Brazilian police helicopter co-pilot shot during Rio operation against van theft gang
Brazilian authorities say a civil police officer co-piloting a helicopter has been shot in the head while authorities conducted an operation in Rio de JaneiroABC News - 3d -
Lawyers say some deported by ICE weren't gang members, were targeted for tattoos
In several sworn declarations, attorneys and relatives have pushed back on the Trump administration's deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.ABC News - 3d -
Gang used social media to lure and attack gay people, Austrian police say
Suspects used fake online accounts to lure people to remote places, then filmed abusing and robbing them.BBC News - 2d -
Haitians fear the imminent fall of Port-au-Prince to rebel gangs: ‘We will die standing’
Both the national police and a UN-backed security force have failed to staunch the year-long insurgency, with more than a million people displaced. By day, the stressed-out Haitian police officer ...The Guardian - 1d -
How a Russian Mobster Stalked an Iranian Dissident in Brooklyn
Khalid Mehdiyev was sent to America to establish a beachhead for his gang. The organization then gave him a mission: Kill Masih Alinejad.The New York Times - Mar. 14 -
What Is Tren de Aragua?
A gang with roots in a Venezuelan prison, the criminal group was at the center of President Trump’s order invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.The New York Times - Mar. 16 -
US deports Venezuelans after judge blocks Trump’s use of wartime law
El Salvador president Nayib Bukele agrees to jail alleged members of Tren de Aragua gangFinancial Times - Mar. 16 -
White House touts deportations under Alien Enemies Act after judge block efforts
The Trump administration announced deportations of hundreds of immigrants it alleges are members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.NBC News - Mar. 16