Gang Violence

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Biker gang members found guilty of mass slayings

AP News 26 days ago

Biker gang found guilty of murdering 8 men in the worst mass slayings in Ontario history Six members of the Bandidos biker gang were found guilty Thursday of murdering eight men associated with the gang in the worst mass slayings in Ontario ...

Gangland slayings drive up Canada's murder rate

AFP American Edition 27 days ago

Gangland slayings pushed up Canada's otherwise declining murder rate by two percent last year, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The government agency said police reported 611 homicides in Canada in 2008, 17 more than the previous year. The rise was "due almost entirely" ...

Canadian murders in 2008 up on gangland killings

Reuters US Online Report World News 27 days ago

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's murder rate rose by 2 percent in 2008 over 2007, due mainly to gang-related killings in two western provinces, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday. Police reported a total of 611 homicides, 17 more than in 2007. The national ...

More than 1,100 feds, LA police conduct gang sweep

AP News 33 days ago

More than 1,100 LA police, FBI agents serve arrest warrants in latest anti-gang operation More than 1,100 FBI agents and police officers spread out through South Los Angeles, banging on doors before dawn Thursday in a crackdown against a gang implicated in ...

Gang crackdown, lurid mob trials transfix China

AP News 34 days ago

Lurid mob trials transfix Chinese as Communist government cracks down on gangs After she refused a corrupt cop's demand that she turn her teahouse into an illegal casino, three thugs beat Chen Yanling with electric batons, sending her to the hospital for ...

China Gangs

AP News 34 days ago

Suspects involved in mafia-style gangs stand trial at the Chongqing No.3 Intermediate People's Court in Chongqing, China on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. The court in southwest China sentenced six men to death Wednesday for gang-related crimes including blackmail and murder, the first ...

China Gang

AP News 34 days ago

In this photo released by the official Xinhua news agency Yang Tianqing, first right, and other members of a criminal gang are seen during the trial at No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on Wednesday Oct. 21, 2009. ...

Rio police kill 7; total of 33 dead in drug war

Reuters US Online Report World News 34 days ago

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Police killed seven suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, bringing to 33 the total number of deaths since the city's worst recent outbreak of violence erupted over the weekend. Three suspects were killed after ...

Police say total 29 dead in Rio drug violence

Reuters US Online Report World News 34 days ago

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Police killed three suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, bringing to 29 the total number of deaths since the city's worst recent outbreak of violence erupted over the weekend. The three suspects were killed ...

Brazil Violence

AP News 35 days ago

Regina Gomes Patricio, right, wife of slain police officer Izo Gomes Patricio, cries during his funeral at the Jardim da Saudade cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. The death toll from weekend clashes between rival gangs rose to ...

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