Glasgow gangs fade away as anti-violence campaign takes hold

Reasons why the Strathclyde candidate has a chance of becoming Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. The drive to dismantle the gangs of Glasgow.

The barra bravas: the violent Argentinian gangs controlling football

Football hooligans and drugs. A glimpse into organisational structures in criminal gangs associated with Argentinian football teams

Manchester's original gangsters

We've been here before. Giving young people something to do and a place to do it is the final suggestion of the article. The author wrote "The Gangs of Manchester" published 2008.

America's serious crime rate is plunging, but why?

Almost a discussion of different explanations of falling crime numbers in US cities.Nothing about organised crime or gangs, sadly, but the arguments are worth listing for contemporary PhD students....Honest!

Nigerian women and sex trafficking

In two special Aljazeera reports, the tragedy of African women victim of sex trafficking is investigated, and in particular their situation in southern Italy, in the ghettos near Napoli.

cocaine seized to 300 million euro

The Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) has seized a huge amount of cocaine in La Spiezia (in the Liguria region of Northern Italy). The drug was hidden behind a false wall in a container from Colombia directed to Genoa via Gioia Tauro, a seaport heavily controlled by the 'Ndrangheta.

Women in Ciudad Juàrez: victims and killers

One of the main Italian newspaper today offers an article on female homicides in Ciudad Juàrez and the increasing presence of female offenders.

Drugs Central_ Al Jazeera

an al Jazeera site linking articles and broadcasts on Mexico and Central America

Italy's Bloodiest Mafia: The Camorra

An investigation exposing how Italy's most ruthless organised crime syndicate has taken over one of the country's most beautiful cities, killing its citizens and poisoning its water, making massive amounts of money and effectively operating an alternative government.

'Italy's Bloodiest Mafia: The Camorra', documentary by the BBC, on air on the 8th of August on ABC1

Italy's 'Ndrangheta Mafia: A Powerful Ally for the Zetas

The rise of the Zetas as not just a Mexican menace but as a significant power in the international drug trade has been helped along by its growing links to a sprawling Italian mafia group known as the ‘Ndrangheta