30 h. ago Chilling image shows knife seized from sick grooming gang leader

Photos released after the trial show the long, sharp knife the ringleader used to threaten vulnerable victims in Dundee.

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5 d. ago Former Chicago gang leader asks Pritzker for clemency following Trump pardon

One of Chicago's most infamous gang leaders is now asking Gov. JB Pritzker for clemency after winning a pardon from President Donald Trump earlier this year

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1 week ago Actor Alexander Skarsgard says Pillion script ‘stood out’ among others

The movie follows Colin, a timid man, who meets Ray, a confident biker gang leader, who leads him into a submissive relatationship.

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1 week ago US sanctions former Haitian security head, gang leader for aiding gang coalition

The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on the former head of Haitian presidential security when the leader of the Caribbean nation was assassinated and the head of a Haitian gang

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1 week ago Notorious gang leader filmed plunging off balcony to his death while trying to flee cops

A notorious gang leader plunged to his death as he fell off a balcony while attempting to run from armed police who were raiding his flat in Antioquia, Colombia

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2 w. ago 'World's most unpopular leader' is removed as president in Peru for 'moral incapacity' amid surge in brutal gang violence

Peru's Congress removed the country's embattled president, Dina Boluarte, after a premiership characterised by accusations of corruption, protests and rising levels of violent crime.

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3 w. ago Firearms officer used excessive force in fatal shooting of unarmed man in London, misconduct hearing told

Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, killed during operation to stop plot to spring gang leader from prison in 2015A firearms officer used excessive force when he shot dead an unarmed 28-year-old man involved in a foiled attempt to spring a gang leader from prison, a police misconduct hearing has been told.The officer, known only as W80, killed Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, north London, during an operation to interrupt a criminal plot to snatch Izzet Eren, the head of the Tottenham Turks organised crime group, from a van heading towards Wood Green crown court in December 2015. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Fears Quebec Starbucks gang shooting could signal shift to brazen tactics

Local media named victim as Charalambos Theologou, shot as groups vie for power after arrests of alleged mafia bossesThe brazen daylight killing of a prominent Quebec gang leader inside a suburban Starbucks in the outskirts of Montreal this week could signal a new, more chaotic and brash environment when it comes to organised crime, observers say.The arrests of alleged senior, older members of Montreal’s mafia in June has potentially left a chasm – meaning newer, younger gangs are attempting to gain a foothold. Continue reading...

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