Hacker News with Generative AI: Gangs

DHS, FBI docs question using tattoos to ID Tren de Aragua gang members (usatoday.com)
Federal agents have been sweeping up Venezuelan migrants and transporting them to a Salvadoran prison based in large part on tattoos depicting stopwatches, Michael Jordan logos and other ink art they claim betrays an allegiance to the Tren de Aragua street gang.
Law Enforcement, Crime, Immigration, Venezuela, Gangs
5 points by Anon84 29 days ago | 0 comments
Inside South Africa's 'ruthless' gang-controlled gold mines (bbc.com)
Along with about 600 other men, Ndumiso lives and works in a small gang-controlled "town" - complete with markets and a red light district - that has grown up deep underground at a disused gold mine in South Africa.
South Africa, Gangs, Crime, Gold Mining, Labor
6 points by adrian_mrd 98 days ago | 0 comments
Gang patch ban: The first 24 hours (rnz.co.nz)
The first arrest was made just three minutes after the law came into effect on Thursday, with police reporting 12 people have been caught out on the first day of the new gang patch ban.
New Zealand, Law Enforcement, Gangs, Crime
5 points by colinprince 155 days ago | 0 comments
Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (wikipedia.org)
Law Enforcement, Los Angeles, Gangs
103 points by lsunderman 262 days ago | 31 comments
A violent gang's ruthless crypto-stealing home invasion spree (wired.com)
Cybercrime, Crime, Security, Gangs
46 points by pseudolus 301 days ago | 16 comments