National Gang Threat Assessment

National Gang Threat Assessment Federal Bureau of Investigation Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives National Drug Intelligence Center

Drug type Cocaine Crack Heroin Marijuana Meth MDMA (ecstasy) Regions (NE) _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Gangs & Drugs by Region

Sources of illicit drugs • Marijuana – Mexican / Colombian / Jamaican criminal organizations • Cocaine & crack – Mexican / Colombian / Dominican c.o.’s • Heroin – Mexican / Colombian / Dominican / Nigerian / Asian c.o.’s • Meth – made domestically • MDMA (ecstasy) – Asian / Israeli / Russian c.o.’s • Gangs (retail) / c.o.’s (wholesale)

O.C. Mexican _____ Asian _____ Russian & East European _____ Columbian _____ Dominican _____ Middle-East _____ La Cosa Nostra _____ Italian _____ Nigerian _____ Albanian _____ Other _____ Organized Crime Groups associated with gangs

Asian Organized Crime • Close ties with Asian gangs • Drug trafficking / credit card fraud / illegal gaming / money laundering • VIOLENT !!!!!

Russian Organized Crime • Gangs for low-level crime • Crime they don’t want to get into • Associated groups: O.C.’s (Asian / Colombian / Dominican / Cos Nostra / Yugoslavian / Albanian / Croatian / Serbian + outlaw bikers

Cell phones Nextel Pre-paid Police Scanners Surveillance Laptops PDA’s Internet Track cases / witnesses Internet (con’t) Web sites (password protected) Information Dis-information Identify theft Gang related technology

Domestic White Supremacist groups Aryan Resistance Ku Klux Klan National Alliance Neo-Nazi Skinheads International Little evidence available Credit card fraud / drugs / weapons / false ID’s Emergence of: Afghan / Indian / Muslim street gangs Gangs & Terrorism

Significant threat Violence Extortion Drugs Gambling Prostitution STG’s (security threat groups) _____ identified _____ prisoners _____ % of inmates belong Most frequent identified STG’s: Prison Gangs

State prison systems with the most STG’s: Federal system also STG ties to terrorism: ADMAX – Florence, CA 27 inmates tied to al Qaeda / HAMAS / PLO 18 terrorist trained STG’s

Incarceration of gang leaders • Hierarchical prison leadership structures • Leaders insulated & out of direct involvement in criminal activity

Rare but increasing 1. property & drug crime 2. found in schools 6% of gang members female Traditional functions 1. emotional support 2. physical support Sexual support New roles (affiliate to equal) 1. commit crimes 2. carry drugs / weapons 3. provide safe houses 4. intimidate non-gang females 5. prostitution 6. drug sales / credit card fraud Female gangs

Indian Gangs (reservations) • Similar to street gangs • Will use Indian names • Some affiliation with national gangs • 20% female • Isolation: meth labs / marijuana • Limited law enforcement

Hell’s Angels 1. violent crimes 2. distribute: pot / meth / cocaine / heroin / LSD / PCP Bandidos 1. violent crimes 2. distribute: pot / cocaine / meth 3. world wide connections Outlaws 1. violent crime 2. distribute: meth #1 / pot / cocaine / ecstasy Pagans 1. violent crime 2. distribute: pot / meth / PCP 3. prefer to wholesale drugs Outlaw Biker Gangs

National Gang Threat Assessment

National Gang Threat Assessment

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