bloody gang war between bikers and youths of immigrant origin has shattered Copenhagen's customary calm

bloody gang war between bikers and youths of immigrant origin has shattered Copenhagen's customary calm, prompting officials into threatening draconian legislation.The latest street violence was sparked in August 2008 when a young Turkish man was killed, supposedly by a member of the Hells Angels group.Since then, the conflict has left dozens dead or wounded - some innocent bystanders.In DE...

undercover agent who infiltrated the Hells Angels motorcycle club from 2001 to 2003.

Jay Anthony Dobyns (born 1961), alias Jaybird, is a United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) undercover agent who infiltrated the Hells Angels motorcycle club from 2001 to 2003. He was offered membership into the gang after faking the murder of a rival Mongols Motorcycle Club member and providing ‘evidence’ of the staged murder to Hells Angels leaders. Dobyns’ exploits during Operation Black Biscuit are memorialized in the novels Angels of Death, written by authors Julian Sher and William Marsden, Running With The Devil written by author Kerrie Dro...

former member of the Red Scorpions was sentenced by a BC Supreme court judge

Life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years, times two.That sentence handed down today to a gangster who killed two men.Anton Hooites-Meursing has pleaded guilty to the first-degree murders of Randy McLeod in 2001 and Gurpreet Rehal in 2003.The 39-year old former member of the Red Scorpions was sentenced by a BC Supreme court judge in New Westminster.The 22-year old McLeod was killed in Surrey and his body was then dumped in Langley.The 19-year old Rehal was gunned down at his home in Abbotsford, and died later in hospital.Another charge in the October 2003 murder of 24-year old crime boss, John Lahn, has been stayed.He was shot and killed in Burn...

city reeling from its worst financial crisis in decades, the LAPD has stopped paying officers overtime wages, except in rare situations.

One of the LAPD's most productive homicide investigators sat idle for six weeks, unable to follow any leads on old cases or pick up new ones. Kouri was not being punished for misconduct or for botching an investigation. He was benched for working too hard -- and he is not the only one.With the city reeling from its worst financial crisis in decades, the LAPD has stopped paying officers overtime wages, except in rare situations. In lieu of cash, officials have implemented a strict policy of forcing cops to take time off when they accrue large amounts of overtime hours. Because of demanding work schedules that routinely require them to investigate a case into the night or through the weekend, homicide detectives have been among the first officers...

escape of over 4,000 prisoners — including some of Port-au-Prince’s most notorious gang leaders — Haiti would soon see the return of the violence

escape of over 4,000 prisoners — including some of Port-au-Prince’s most notorious gang leaders — Haiti would soon see the return of the violence and criminality that had plagued the country in recent years. It was assumed, however, that as long as U.S. forces were present throughout the country, violence would be minimal; the real trouble would emerge once American troops began to withdraw. “Right now we’ve got (foreign) military crawling all over the island,” USIP’s Bob Perito explained at the time. “But they won’t be there forever.”Judging from reports in the Washington Post and the Associated Press within the last week, it appears that events in Haiti are unfolding very much along the lines predicted by Perito and others. U.S. troops have...

500 Los Angeles Hispanic gangs outnumbered the combined armies of all the Crips and Blood gangs by more than double

500 Los Angeles Hispanic gangs outnumbered the combined armies of all the Crips and Blood gangs by more than double; the Southern California Hispanic gangs are united under the umbrella "Sureños;" and that Sureños include the three biggest gangs—Florence 13, 18th Street and rival Mara Salvatrucha 13—you might give that title to the Sureños.In Southern California, the Sureño gangs are the most active criminally, and the most prolific in gang killings by far. The African-American gangs are normally the victims of Sureños in hate-crime incidents, and the Sureños are invading Northern California cities by the hundreds, not vice versa.The Sureños serve their masters—the Mexican Mafia (known as La Eme, the letter "M" in Spanish) prison gang. This...