Venezuelan gangs are trying to recruit children from migrant families. Here's what the NYPD is doing to stop them.
There is growing concern among the police over an increase in Venezuelan gang activity across New York City. The NYPD ...
NYPD cracking down on Venezuelan gangs trying to recruit children of migrant families
Police say Tren de Aragua is the Venezuelan gang that is living in the shelter system and recruiting children. CBS News New ...
How one Brooklyn neighborhood became instrumental in the rise of the New York Mafia: ‘Everyone paid’
Red Hook is best known to today’s New Yorkers for the blue and yellow glow of its IKEA store, pulling in urban furniture ...
30 members of 3 Manhattan gangs busted
New York officials said 30 members of three gangs in Washington Heights and Inwood were arrested. Authorities said the groups ...
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How NYC gangs actually work, according to a former Bloods member
Shanduke McPhatter led the Gangsta Killer Bloods, also known as G-Shine, in Brooklyn, New York, for over 10 years. In 1994, the United Blood Nation recruited him to the Nine Trey Gangsters faction ...
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New York Mafia: What's happening to the Five Families?
"It's quite unheard of in New York," Oxford University professor of criminology Federico Varese tells the BBC. "It's a very significant event and shows that the Italian-American Mafia is still ...
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Why Did the Mafia Own the Bar?
Businesses that remained open were frequently raided by the police. Already a strong presence in New York, members of the Mafia saw a business opportunity in catering to the otherwise shunned gay ...
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How New York Chinatown Criminal Gangs Actually Work
He then joined the New York City Police Department as an officer in 1995 and he worked there for 26 years. Moy discusses the Chinatown gang's links with the Italian Mafia and how extortion worked.