LTN - " Lone Tree Nortenos "- Antioch, CA Gang members routinely utilize the Internet to communicate with one another, recruit, promote their gang, intimidate rivals and police, conduct gang business, showcase illegal exploits, and facilitate criminal activity such as drug trafficking, extortion, identity theft, money laundering, and prostitution. The alleged conspiracyinvolved murder, drug dealing, extortion, stabbings and murder plots, including hits oninmates within the Michigan Department of Corrections. NSH - " North Side Hayward " - Hayward, CA SVL - " Soledad Vato Locos " - Soledad, CA Although some US and local law enforcement officials maintain that violent crime in Southwest Border states has decreased in the past few years, the effects of such violence, including drug trafficking activity and migration patterns of Mexican citizens fleeing the violence in Northern Mexico, are most acutely reflected in the US Southwest Border Region. Rappers Ray Swoope. Investigators seized Facebook messages, including some from Devan Turner-Bankhead, who is accused of heading one branch of the gang in Michigan. It supports US Department of Justice strategic objectives 2.2 (to reduce the threat, incidence, and prevalence of violent crime) and 2.4 (to reduce the threat, trafficking, use, and related violence of illegal drugs). In February 2010, a Riverside County gang task force officer in California was nearly killed when suspected members of a White Supremacist gang rigged a zip gun on a gang task force security fence to discharge if anyone entered their property (see Figure 16). A soldier in a combat zone throwing gang signs. Armenian Power members reportedly have ties to high-level crime figures in Armenia, Russia, and Georgia. Brodrick - " BRK NORTE " - Sacramento, CA Specific colors are often worn on one side of the body (e.g., Vice Lords wear red/black colors on their left sides). Although most of the migrants are smuggled in trucks, many have been smuggled by rail, on foot, and tunnels. Some gangs, particularly OMGs, actively recruit members with military training or advise members without criminal records to join the military for necessary weapons and combat training. Hybrid and Almighty Latin King Nation (ALKN) Gang Members Arrested on Drug Charges. Los Angeles, California. In October 2009, ICE agents in Los Angeles, California, arrested suspects linked to a drug trafficking and alien smuggling ring with close ties to the Drew Street clique of the Avenues (Sureo) street gang in Los Angeles. Mongols are not a street gang they became a Bike club and with that said we can go in circles all day how its close to a gang they are. Many gangs are sophisticated criminal networks with members who are violent, distribute wholesale quantities of drugs, and develop and maintain close working relationships with members and associates of transnational criminal/drug trafficking organizations. OPN - " Oak Park Nortenos " - Sacramento, CA LBL - " Lough Bro Locz " - Merced, CA Marijuana (stems and leaves) grown in Mexico costs $500 to $700 per pound, whereas a pound of marijuana grown in Washington State can cost $2,500 to $6,000 when sold on the East Coast. Gang members returning to the community from prison have an adverse and lasting impact on neighborhoods, which may experience notable increases in crime, violence, and drug trafficking. So then mongols had a there own meeting where they said no to taxes. NGIC law enforcement partners report that gangs in their jurisdiction are frequently using the Internet to recruit and communicate with gang members throughout the region, nationwide, and in Central and South America. Alternatively, future members could opt to attack a member of a rival gang. Maps: Estimated Gang Presence in the United StatesMap 1. And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Most Americans have the luxury of being entirely uninformed of gang culture, the minutiae of street life, or the adherence to the vitally imperative code one needs to follow in order not to be killed. The business relationship does not end and often becomes exploitative and violent. VLL - " Vatos Locos Latinos " - Stockton, CA Smuggled cell phones and Smart Phones afford incarcerated gang members more influence and control over street gangs through unrestricted access and unmonitored conversations via voice calling, Internet access, text messaging, email, and social networking websites. ESM - " East Side Mateo X4 " San Mateo, CA Signs discouraging gang wars in South Central. They had there own PC Green Lighted dorms, they were moose heads where ever they went. The systems Request for Information (RFI) portal encourages users to contribute new data as well as conduct gang research through custom threat assessments and/or liaison with NGICs network of national subject matter experts. The NGIC collected intelligence from its law enforcement partners nationwide in an effort to capture the criminal threat posed by national-level street, prison, outlaw motorcycle, and neighborhood-based gangs in their communities. According to open source reporting, in April 2009, members of the Bloods in San Diego, California were charged with racketeering and mortgage fraud. The business relationship does not end and often becomes exploitative and violent.g According to the United Nations, over 90 percent of Mexican migrants illegally entering the United States are assisted by professional smugglers. This multi-agency fusion center integrates gang intelligence assets to serve as a central intelligence resource for gang information and analytical support. Other common gang colors include brown or purple. In November 2010, a parole worker in New York was suspended for relaying confidential information to a Bloods gang member in Albany, according to open source reporting. Gang members in Missouri and Nebraska are increasingly using social media to recruit and communicate with other gang members, according to NGIC reporting. Gangs are also increasingly employing advanced countermeasures to monitor and target law enforcement while engaging in a host of criminal activity. "We having a gang truce and rally so all the different gangs from L.A. can get together and celebrate the life and the gift of Nipsey," said community leader Big U. Their large numbers and dominant presence allows prison gangs to employ bribery, intimidation, and violence to exert influence and control over many correctional facilities. The FBI and NGIC recommend contacting state and local law enforcement agencies for more information related to specific gang activity. "We can advance, they can lock us up or we can end up dead," the gang's alleged chiefenforcer Davun Baskerville said in a recorded 2019 phone call, according to the indictment. Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington, Arkansas, Montana, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, New York, Figure 1. 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment FBI - Federal Bureau of VCL - " Varrio Chico London " - London, CA Although often considered street gangs, Asian gangs operate similar to Asian Criminal Enterprises with a more structured organization and hierarchy. FFN - " Fair Oaks Nortenos " - Redwood City, CA 357 Akron Larceny Boys Ak-Town / 330/ 440 / 216 All About Money Aryan Brotherhood Aryan Nation Asian Crips Avengers MC Ayers Street Playas Baller Boy Mafia Banished Brothers MC Black Pistons MC Bloodline Bottom Hawks Brick Boys Brothers MCBrothers of the Hammer MCBuckeye Folks Chest Block GangstersChestola Da Kennel Dayton View Hustlers D-Block/21st Street Killers Dem Block Boys Derelects MC Diamond Cut Diamond Dogs MCDirt and Grime MCDirty South Down the Way Down Town Area Rap GangEastside Bloods Eastside Connection Folks Gangster AfficialGangster Disciple FolksGangster Disciples Gangster Killer BloodsGet Money Boys Get Money Goonies GooniesGreenwich Village Crew G-Unit Crips Hammerskins Head Bustin NiggasHeartless Felonies Heightz Boyz Hells Angels MC Hilltop 7714 CripsHough Heights Boys/HoughHarlem Boys Hunnid Block GangIceberg Bloods Johnston Block Kaika Klan Outlaws King Cobra Boys Kinsman County/Rollin 40 CripsK-Town Gangsters Laffer Block Laird Block Gangsters Lake Boys Lakeshore Boys Laotian Crips Latin Kings Lovers Lane Crips Laclede Parkview Ave Madison Madhouse Middle Avenue Zone Money Go Gettas Money Over Bitches MS-13 New Northside GangstersNiggas From Laffer North Coast MC North Coast XII MC Northside Gangstas Original Killers Otterbien Blood Mafia Outlaws MC Quinn Street Crew Pagans MCRated R Renegades MC Rollin 20 Crips S1W Southwest Satans MC Sherwood Ave Shorb Block Shorb Block Hustlers Sin City Disciples MC Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice Skinheads Skulls Soup City BoysSouth Block GangstersSouthwest Akron ThugsSouthwest Boyz Southwest Gangsters Southside Gangsters StarBoyzStay Focus Rap Gang Strays MC Suffocated Records Sureos 13 The Breed MC The Brothers MC The Circle The Notch Boys The Team /The Squad The Unit Tribe Up the Way Valley Boys Valley Niggas On Top Valley-Lo Vice Lords Wages Wheels of Soul MCWhite Supremacists Young Blooded Thugs Young Kaika Boys Young Kaika Girls Young Kelly Boys Young Street Goonies Zone 3 Bloods Zone 7 Zone 8 Zulus MC, OKLAHOMAAsian Gang Bandidos MC BloodsBorder BrothersCrips HooversIndian Brotherhood Juggalos Mongols MC MS-13Native American Gang Nazi Low RidersNorteoMexican Mafia Outlaws MCSur Trece Carnales SureosUnidos en Uno Universal Aryan BrotherhoodUSO Family, OREGON18th Street Brother SpeedBrown Pride Columbia Villa Crips Gangster Disciples Hmong Pride Hoover Criminal Kerby Blocc Crips Lincoln Park Bloods Masters of Destruction MS-13 Mongols MCNorteos Rolling 60s Crips Southside Trece Unthank Park Hustler Vagos MCWest Coast Mafia Crip Westside Mob Crips Woodlawn Park Bloods, PENNSYLVANIA18th Street AC Skins Aryan Brotherhood Aryan CircleAryan Resistance MilitiaAsian Boyz Barbarians MC Barrios AztecasBlack Gangster Disciples Black Guerilla Family Black Jack MC Bloods Border BrothersBreed Brick Yard Mafia DC Crews Dirty White BoysG-27 Gangster Disciples Green DragonsHells AngelsHPL Il Morte Insane Gangster DiscipleInsane Unknowns Juggalos Kensington 215 Keystone United Latin Kings Low Crips Mavericks Mexican MafiaMexikanemiMS-13 Nazi Low RidersNeo Nazi etas New Mexico SyndicateNorteos Nuestra FamiliaOutlaws MC Pagans MC Paisa Raza UnidaSin City Disciples MC SkinheadsSoldiers of Aryan CultureStreet Familia StrongArm ProductionMexican Mafia Sureo 13 Sureos TangosTango Blast Texas Chicano BrotherhoodTexas FamilyTexas Syndicate Tribe MC Trinitarios VagosVice Lords Wardogs MC Warlocks MC Warrior SocietyWheels of Soul MC, PUERTO RICOBorinquen Street Gang Brisas De Salinas Grupo 25 Grupo 27 La Marina La Montaa Public HousingLatin Kings Los etas Los 31 Los 25 Nuevo Grupo 25 ONU Rompe San Andres Public Housing, RHODE ISLAND18 Street Black Gangster Disciples Clown Town Crip Darkside Rascals Hanover BoyzHells Angels MCLatin Kings Laos Pride MS-13 etas Oriental Rascals Original Bloods Original Crip Gang Providence Street Boyz South Street Boys Sur-13Vagos MC Young Bloods, SOUTH CAROLINA031 Piru121210 Mile Boys 18th Street 3rd Pound 3VL4-4 4 Mile Boys 41 Boys 48 Boys 4G 5 Percenters 58Tres 6 Mile Boys 8 Trey Crips 9 Tre Boys9th Ward Adams Run Bottom Boyz Band of Brothers MC Bedroc Black Gangster Disciples Black Mafia Black P Stone Bloods-031 Bloods MC Boogie Woogie Bounty Hunters Church Hill Boyz Converse Street Gang County Boys Creekside Crips Cross Cut Cross The Track Dem Country Bois Devils Rejects Down the Island Duncan Park Gang East West Forest/Forest BoysEastside Eastside Crips Eastside Folk Farside/West Cash Ferry Ferry Folk Nation G Shine Gangster Killer Bloods Gangster Disciples Gatas Petersfield Jungle BoyzGeddys Ville Boyz Greenview Thugs Hells Angels MC Hilltop-Crips Hoover Crips Insane Gangster DisciplesJohns Island Bloods Kampa BoisKampa Style Villa Posse Kings Court Laos Crips and Bloods Latin KingsLemon Tree Bois Misguided Brotherhood MS-13 Natural Born Assassins New Black Panthers Neighborhood Bloods Norte 14 Northside Bloods Northside Gang OB Orleans Garden BoysOutlaws MC Paisas Park Hill Gang Parkers Pine Hurst PossePineland Slap Boyz Red Devils MC Rivaside Goons Rollin 20s Rollin 90 Crips Souf SanteeSosik Clik Southside Southside 3rd Ward Straight Shooters MC Sur-13 Sureos SWAMPTexas Community Gangsta The Doolie Hill Gang The Sand Hill Gang The Ville Thunderguards Tibwin Bois Trap Star Soldiers Tree Top Piru Town Gorillas Trey 9 Bloods Tville Bloods UpTop Soldiers Urban Warriors Vatos LocosWarhorse BrotherhoodWarlocks MC Westside Westside Bloods Wild Bunch, SOUTH DAKOTABandidosConservative Vice LordsDarkside Family East River Skins East River Souls Eastside Thugs Gangster Disciples Main Street Crips Native Latin Kings Nomadz Northside Gangster DisciplesRed Iron Players Sur-13 The Boyz Thug Line Tre Tre Gangster Crips True Villain BloodzVagos Warlords West Mafia Crip FamilyWestside Piru Bloodz, TENNESSEE103 Watts Varrio Grape Street Crips 107 Hoover Crips Five Percenters 52 Hoover Crips Aryan BrotherhoodAryan Circle Aryan Nation Asian Pride Athens Park Bloods Boone Height Mafia CripsBounty Hunter BloodsBrotherhood Forever Brown Pride Confederate Sons MC Crazy White Boys E87 Kitchen Crips Gangster Disciples Ghost Vice Lords Imperial Insane Vice LordsJuggalos Kempo Drive Posse Kurdish Pride Latin Kings Memphis Mob Mexican Mafia MS-13 Outlaws MC Prison Motorcycle BrotherhoodRenegades MC Rollin 60s Crips Skyline Piru Sureos Sureos 13 Tiny Rascal Gangsters Traveling Vice Lords TreeTop Piru Unknown Vice Lords Vice Lords White Aryan ResistanceWoodlawn Crips, TEXASAryan Brotherhood Aryan Brotherhood of TexasAryan Circle Asian Pride Bandidos MC Barrio Azteca Barrio Azteca Sureos Black Gangster DisciplesBloods Brown Pride Cliques Combes Crazy Clique Crips Cuchillos Drop City Thugz Eastside Homeboys Eastside Locos Eastside Pharr Fair Park Ghetto Starz Hermanos Pistoleros LatinosHighland Hills Posse Ironriders MC Kings Loco 8 Bandidos Krazy Jokers Las Palmas Indios Latin Kings Loco 13 Los Compadres MC Los Homeboys Mexican Mafia Mexikanemi MS-13 NOR 14 Norteos North Dallas Vagos Northside Locos Notorious Thugs Orejons Partido Revolucionario Mexicanos Pharrolitos Pleasant Grove Vatos PoBoysPRM Valluco Puro Tango Blast Raza Unida Southside Bandidos Southside Donna Southside EVW Southside FolkSur-13 Sureo 13 Tango Blast Texas Chicano BrotherhoodTexas Mafia Texas Mexican Mafia Texas Syndicate Tongo WestsideTri-City-BombersVagos MC Vallucos Varrio Northside Varrio Northside Vato LocosWest Texas Tangos Westside AquasHarlingen Westside Bowie Town As Westside Filmore As Westside Los VecinosWhite Knights, UTAHAsian Boyz Baby RegulatorsBandidos MC Barons Black Mafia GangstersBrother Speed Crown Latin Kings Fourth Reich Iraqi Taliban Kerberos King Mafia Disciples Mongols MC MS-13 Murder One Family Norteos Oriental Boy Soldiers Oriental Laotian Gangsters Samoans in Action Silent Aryan Warriors Soldiers of the Aryan Culture Sons of Samoa Sons of Silence MCSundowners Tiny Oriental Posse Tongan Crip GangstersVagosMC Sudanese Gangs Sureos Varrio Loco Town Vice Lords, VIRGINIA18th Street Gang36th Street Bang Squad 43/Hollywood Church Boyz 43 MOB44 MOB 52 Hoover Crips 9 Trey Bloods 9 Trey Gangsters Aryan Brotherhood Asian Dragon Family Bang Squad Black Gangster Disciples Black P Stone Nation Black Pistons MC Blackout Bloods BloodsBounty Hunter Bloods Brown Pride Camp Grove Killas Ching-A-Lings MCCross Roads Crew Culmore City Cypress Manor Posse Crips Cypress Manor Posse BloodsDevils Grip Dragon Family Dump Squad Fifth Ward Five Percenters Florencia 13 Folk Nation Freeney Boyz Gangster Killer Bloods Gangster Disciples Ghost Riders MC Hells Angels MC Hill Street Hoffler Boyz Holiday Death Chamber Holiday Death Crew Hot Boyz Illusions MCInsane Gangster Disciples Iron Coffins MCKings of Richmond County La Primera La Privada RiderzLake Kennedy Posse BloodsLatin Homies Latin Kings La Clique Original MS-13 Marauders MCMerciless Souls Mexican Mafia Mexican Pride Mongols MCMS-13 Murk Squad Nine Trey Gangsta Nomads MCNorteos 14 OO6 Blitz Outlaws MC Pagans MC People Nation Piru Pound PropertyRenegades MC Road Dragons Rolling 90s San Diego Eastside PiruScorpions MCShoot-em Up Boys South Suffolk Gangsters CripsSouthside/202 SQUAD Southside LocosSureosStack Squad Sur-13 The Good Ones Titans MCTradesmen MC Tiny Rascal Gangsters Tribe MC Tucker Hill Unknown Fools Valentines Bloods Vice Lords Virginia Raiders MC Warlocks MC WarlordsZetas, WASHINGTON18th Street 74 Hoover Criminals 74 Hoover Crips Aryan Brotherhood Aryan Family Bandidos MC Black Gangster Disciples Big Dog Norteos Black Guerilla Family Chinese Triads Deuce 8 Black Gangster Disciples Deuce 8 Gangster DisciplesDeuce-0s Deuce-9s Down With the Crew GangsterDisciplesDrama Boyz East African Gangs European Kindred Florencia 13 Green Rags Hakenkreuz Hells Angels MC Hilltop Holly Park Crips Hoover Crips Juggalos Kitchen Crips La Fuma BloodsLakewood Hustler Crips Latin Kings Lil Valley Lokos 13 Lil Valley Lokotes 13 Low Profile Gangsters Little Valley Locotos Magic Wheels MS-13 Mexican Mafia MongolsNative Son Bloods Nine Street Crips Norteos Northwest Boot Boys Oriental Boyz Oriental Fantasy Boys Outlaws MC Paisas Peckerwoods Playboy Gangster Playboys 13 Rancho San Pedro 3rd Street Skinheads Somali Gangs Sons of Samoa South Asian Gangs South Asian Gangsters Southside Tokers Street Mobb Sur-13 Sureos Tiny Rascal Gangsters Union Street Black Gangster Disciples Varrio Campo Vida Varrio Locos 13 Vatos Locos Yesler Terrace Bloods Young Oriental Troop Young Seattle Boys, WEST VIRGINIABlack Guerilla Family Junk Yard Dogs Latin Kings Pagans MC Warlocks MC, WISCONSIN10th St Gangster Disciples12th St Gangster Disciples 16 Gun Clique 2-1s 25 Vice Lords 26 Vice Lords 29 Hard Heads 6th St Gangster Disciples Big O Ones Black Cobras MC Black Gangster Disciples Black Mob Black P Stones Black Pistons MC Block 25th Brothers Of The StruggleBrown Pride 13 Burleigh Zoo Chicago Gangster Disciples Chicago Vice Lords City Of Clybourne Clanton 13 Conservative Vice Lords Dirty South Gangster Disciples Dukes 13 Eastside Gangsters Eastside MafiososEverybody Knows El Rukins Four Corner Hustler Gangster Disciples Gangster Pimpin Getto Boys Hot Boys Imperial Gangsters Imperial Gangster DisciplesInsane Unknowns Insane VL La Familia Latin Bloods Latin Kings Los Primos Los Veteranos 13 Maniac Latin Disciples Maple Street Mexican Posse 13 Mexican Sureos Locos Ochos Midtown Gangster Disciples Murda Mobb Nash Street Boys Native Mob Northside Gangster DisciplesOrchestra Alanis Outlaws MC Players Sons Of Loyalty Sovereign Nation WarriorsSpanish Cobras Spanish Gangster Disciples Sureos 13 The 4s The Loonies Tiny Locos 13 Traveling Vice Lords Tre Eights Vice Lords Wild 100s, WYOMING307 SouthsideBandidos BloodsBrown PrideGangster DisciplesJuggalosKriniminals SureosLincoln ParkSouthside LocosSur-13 Wreck Team, The Sinaloa Cartel (aka Guzman-Loera Organization or Pacific Cartel), Valencia Cartel (Considered a branch of the Sinaloa Cartel), Sonora Cartel (Considered a branch of the Sinaloa Cartel), Colima Cartel (Considered a branch of the Sinaloa Cartel), La Familia Michoacana Cartel (Formerly part of Los Zetas under the authority of the Gulf Cartel), Vincente Carrillo-Fuentes Cartel (Juarez), Vincente Carrillo-Fuentes Cartel (Juarez Cartel), The Beltran-Leyva Cartel (expected to soon be taken over by the Sierra Cartel), APPENDIX C. Federal Gang Task Forces FBI Safe Streets Gang Task Forces, AlabamaMobile Violent Crime Joint Task ForceNortheast Alabama Safe Streets Task Force, ArizonaNorthern Arizona Violent Gang Task ForceSouthwest Arizona Safe Streets Task Force Violent Street Gang Task Force, CaliforniaCentral Coast Safe Streets Violent Gang Task ForceCentral Valley Gang Impact Team Task ForceEast County Regional Gang Task ForceGang Impact Team (Riverside)Imperial Valley Safe Streets Task ForceKern County Violent Crime/Gang Task ForceLos Angeles Metro Task Force On Violent GangsNorth Bay Regional Gang Task ForceNorth Central Coast Gang Task ForceNorth County Regional Gang Task ForceSacramento Valley Gang Suppression TeamSafe Streets East Bay Task ForceSan Francisco Safe Streets Violent Crimes Task ForceSan Gabriel Valley Safe Streets Violent Gang Task ForceSanta Ana Gang Task ForceSanta Clara County Violent Gang Task ForceSolano County Violent Gang Safe Streets Task ForceSouth LA County Violent Crimes Task ForceStockton Violent Crime Task ForceVentura County RIACTViolent Crime Task Force-Gang Group, ColoradoDenver Metro Gang Safe Streets Task ForceSouthern Colorado Violent Gang Safe Streets Task Force, ConnecticutBridgeport Safe Streets Gang Violent Crimes Task ForceNew Haven Safe Streets Task ForceNorthern Connecticut Violent Crimes Gang Task Force, DelawareDelaware Violent Crime Safe Streets Gang Task Force, FloridaDaytona Beach Safe Streets Task ForceJacksonville Criminal Enterprise Investigative Task ForceMetro Orlando Safe Streets Gang Task ForcePalm Beach County Gang and Criminal Organization Task ForceSouth FL.