Gangs

A gang is a group or society of associates, friends or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collectively, in illegal, and possibly violent, behavior. Gangs arose in America by the middle of the nineteenth century and were a concern for city leaders from the time they appeared. Some members of criminal gangs are "jumped in" (by going through a process of initiation), or have to prove their loyalty and right to belong by committing certain acts, usually theft or …

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WHO: World Health Organization · 21 November 2024 English

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crime. A study on gangs in Malé has reported that there are 20–30 different gangs operating in Malé


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 11 November 2024 English

direct costs of crime, for firms, are around 7 percent of annual sales, and these are much higher when gangs and drug-trafficking organizations are present. Violent crime rises with macroeconomic instability

. . . . . ... 23 Figure 15. Local Presence of Gangs in Mexico as Reported by Firms, 2022 . . . . . Organized crime is especially costly: The presence of gangs and drug trafficking amplify the costs of doing crime are four times higher for firms that report gangs operating in their vicinity. � Violent crime rises intensification of security operations against gangs (Muggah and Aguirre 2024). This was complemented trafficking groups (UNODC 2023a). Migration and gangs spreading across borders are also contributing to


SWP: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · 11 November 2024 English

American Enterprise Institute --- AS/COA Article What To Know About the Results of Chile’s 2024 Municipal and Regional Elections The October 26–27 contests, held a year before the 2025 general …

force to help national police fight the criminal gangs bedevilling the country. In this Q&A, Crisis Group


GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · 8 November 2024 English

Two of the panels at the conference were composed of high-level police and prosecutorial representatives from the WB6 and were devoted to discussing the integrity and independence of those institutions …

police work As individual criminals, organized crime gangs and politicians have become more powerful, the resil-


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 7 November 2024 English

How does forced displacement shape development in origin countries? We examine the case of Venezuela, where over seven million people have been forcibly displaced. Our study compares municipalities with different …

Venezuelan organized criminal groups including gangs, colectivos, sindicatos, and drug-trafficking cartels on irregular armed groups, such as small street gangs and criminal organizations that are not related non-terrorist but criminal armed groups—such as gangs, colectivos, sindicatos, and drug-trafficking cartels—between 34Before 2018, the data did not include information on gangs to be able to separate them. 45Figure 10: Indicator


World Bank Group · 6 November 2024 English

suspicion and mistrust from conflicting groups. Local gangs and militarized groups have restricted movement


SWP: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · 6 November 2024 German

Inhaltsverzeichnis > Horn von Afrika > Horn von Afrika / Rotes Meer > Somalia > Äthiopien > Sudan > Sudan / Südsudan > Südsudan > Mali / Mauretanien > Mauretanien …

ransnational-organized-crime/ Violent Criminal Gangs Displace and Disrupt North West Nigeria Kunle Adebajo


IOM: International Organization for Migration · 4 November 2024 English

WORLD MIGRATION REPORT 2024 The opinions expressed in the report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). [...] …

largely driven by international criminal networks and gangs vying for territorial control over drug trafficking situation, with crime and violence perpetrated by gangs and drug cartels – in addition to acute inequalities country’s president was assassinated.327 Criminal gangs control large swathes of the capital and women and violence as well as exploitation perpetrated by gangs against women and girls.328 In Cuba, a worsening Washington, D.C. Collyns, D. (2023). Ecuador’s criminal gangs bring death and mayhem amid political gridlock.


UN-Habitat: UN Human Settlements Programme · 4 November 2024 English

The scope of this analysis is not to review that have been set.6 This section of the chapter articulates the exposure past and future risk engendered by climate change in …

of insecurity to direct physical violence from gangs, security forces and other urban actors. Cultural


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 1 November 2024 English

Economic activity is decelerating, and inflation pressures are receding. The fiscal deficit is expected to register a substantial increase in 2024. Mexico maintains sizable buffers, a strong external position, and …

Security spending Crime damage cost Cost of Crime and Gangs (In percent of sales of each firm) Without gang


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