Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says organised crime is growing more complex, requiring new strategies.

Gang-related crime in South Africa is widespread, but is under-reported outside hotspots such as the Cape Flats in Cape Town or Westbury in Johannesburg. In these areas gangs are deeply rooted and ...

The two members of the Barrio 18 street gang waited until 15-year-old Maribel’s* parents were out and then called at the family home in the outskirts of San Salvador. When she answered the door, they ...

Consumers of popular lore and many adherents to contemporary sociological thinking believe that affiliation with a street gang is motivated, in part, by a desire to belong to the family the individual ...

When a gang member tried to deposit a large amount of cash into an account in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, the bank teller, Alejandro,* asked him to get a certificate proving that it was not ...

Dr Ashwill Ramon Phillips does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...