There are more than 33,000 organizations categorized as gangs that are active in the United States today. These include street gangs, prison gangs, motorcycle gangs, and other groups. According to the ...

The world spends hundreds of billions yearly to punish offenders, with little return beyond more crime and less hope. DW examines how private contractors, organized crime gangs and inmates exploit ...

Federal officials on Monday arrested 16 members of the Anti-Tren gang, a rival of the violent Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua (TdA), in Texas in what is being described as the largest Anti-Tren ...

The Treasury Department sanctioned the leader of Tren de Aragua — a kingpin with the Spanish-language nickname of “Warrior Boy” — as part of a crackdown on the vicious Venezuelan prison gang’s illicit ...

ICE says they've arrested a convicted murderer in Chicago's suburbs days after his Illinois prison release under sanctuary ...

*We have an exclusive sneak peek from the latest episode of “United Gangs of America” on VICE TV, spotlighting the notorious Black Guerrilla Family. The new installment unpacks how one of the most ...

Daniel Andreas San Diego, 47, was one of the agency's "most wanted fugitives" after bombings in San Francisco, California, in ...

The head of the union representing correctional officers in Nevada state prisons insists officers did everything they could ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian ...

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele listens during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Pool via AP)(AP) Tiny El ...