2005 National Gang Threat Assessment

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD ..iii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ..iv

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY v

GENERAL TRENDS vi

REGIONAL TREND .vii

Northeast ..vii

South ..vii

Midwest ..vii

West vii

INTRODUCTION .ix

METHODOLOGY 1

GANGS AND DRUGS 1

GANGS AND ORGANIZED CRIME ..2

Asian Organized Crime ..3

Russian Organized Crime .3

GANGS AND TECHNOLOGY 3

Cell Phones ..3

Computers .4

Internet 4

GANGS AND TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS ..5

Domestic Terrorist Groups .5

International Terrorist Groups ..5

Terrorist Recruitment in Prisons .5

PRISON GANGS .5

HISPANIC GANGS 7

Prominent Hispanic Gangs 7

Migration of Sureńos Into the Southwestern United States ..9

Identifying and Distinguishing Hispanic Gangs ..10

Gang Coordination and Alliances ..10

Foreign Law Enforcement Efforts to Combat Gangs 10

FEMALE GANGS ..10

GANGS AND INDIAN COUNTRY ..11

OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANGS 12

Drug Traf.cking ..13

Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Expansion 14

COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO GANGS 14

Community 14

Law Enforcement 15

NORTHEASTERN REGION .16

General Trends 16

Gang Presence and Migration .16

National Gangs 17

Drug Trends ..18

Criminal Activity ..19

SOUTHERN REGION .20

General Trends 20

Gang Presence and Migration .21

National Gangs 21

Drug Trends ..23

Criminal Activity ..25

MIDWESTERN REGION .25

General Trends 25

Gang Presence and Migration .25

National Gangs 26

Drug Trends ..28

Criminal Activity ..29

WESTERN REGION 29

General Trends 29

Gang Presence and Migration .30

National Gangs 30

Drug Trends ..33

Criminal Activity ..34

OUTLOOK 36

NOTES 56