# Gangs

Last week

17th September 2023 - 23rd September 2023

# Tocoron prison

Venezuela takes prison from gang, seizes bitcoin machines, rocket launchers

Venezuelan authorities showed off the loot today after seizing control of the Tocoron prison yesterday.

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Thu 10:33 PM

This year

2023

# Shooting

Armed attack kills 10 people in Ecuador port city overnight

Local police confirmed the death toll in Guayaquil, which has become one of the country’s increasingly bloody centers of a turf war between rival drug-trafficking gangs.

11.3k

Apr 30th 2023, 7:12 PM

Last year

2022

# Arrests

El Salvador police arrest 55,000 suspected gang members

The number of arrests comes on top of 16,000 that had already been made before the emergency powers were granted.

26.0k

Oct 15th 2022, 7:42 AM

# Investigation

'I found the window smashed in': Dublin gardaí probing spate of early morning café burglaries

Several businesses on Dublin’s quays have been targeted in recent weeks.

34.7k

Mar 25th 2022, 2:04 PM

# pickpocket gangs

Gardaí launch crackdown on Dublin city centre 'distraction thefts'

There has been an increase in so-called ‘distraction thefts’ in the capital.

26.6k

Mar 23rd 2022, 6:30 AM

All time

# Racism

'Go back to your own country': Family forced to flee Dundalk home after attacks on mother and son

The mother was beaten up by a gang of people outside the family home last week, and her son has been assaulted and repeatedly intimidated.

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Sep 24th 2020, 9:00 PM

# Raids

Two leading members of Lithuanian human trafficking crime gang evade capture during garda raids

The raids happened last week.

46.0k

Sep 3rd 2020, 7:00 AM

# gangland feuds

A drop in demand for cocaine, a switch to cannabis: How the crisis is affecting drug crime in Ireland

The cocaine trade has been skewed – and the crisis means many gangland figures are simply hunkering down and waiting it out.

82.6k

Apr 4th 2020, 12:05 AM

# Ballymun

Five arrests in north Dublin after gardaí seize drugs worth €400k

Four men and one woman remain in custody today.

23.9k

Nov 17th 2019, 9:55 AM

# Longford

'At times there can be just two gardaí policing three separate feuds': Longford gangs exploiting skeletal garda cover

Armed units were dispatched to the county at the start of June.

22.8k

Sep 11th 2019, 12:05 AM

# grounded

Brazil gang leader dresses up as daughter in jail escape bid

His plan was apparently to leave his 19-year-old daughter inside the jail.

53.2k

Aug 5th 2019, 2:10 PM

# Homicide

Surge in shootings in Sweden as warring criminal gangs settle scores

“It’s about strengthening the sense of community and showing who’s the toughest.”

35.0k

Jul 6th 2019, 11:00 AM

# Drogheda

Gardaí carry out additional patrols after Drogheda gang boss's threats to rivals

At least 25 more gardaí are being drafted in to police the region due to the resurgence of violence in the the Louth area in the last six months

24.9k

Jul 2nd 2019, 6:10 AM

# Gangland

Dublin and Drogheda feuds: 'Your line of cocaine in a pub is what these guys are fighting over'

Earlier this week senior gardaí said the use of the term ‘recreational drugs’ by officials was helping to normalise substance abuse.

54.8k

May 11th 2019, 7:45 AM

# New Zealand

Biker gangs to stand guard outside mosques during first Friday prayer service since terror attack

Gangs have said they will protect Muslims at various locations across New Zealand tomorrow.

57.3k

Mar 21st 2019, 9:24 AM

Voices

'The gang saved my life. If it weren’t for them lads, I’d be dead by now'

A young gang member speaks about why he joined a gang – and the impact it had on his life.

59.0k

Feb 17th 2019, 7:00 PM

Voices

A mother on drug crime in Ireland: 'When the dealers called to my door and wanted me to settle his debts, I’d had enough'

Child protection expert Shane Dunphy on the cycle of drugs, violence and intimidation being experienced by vulnerable Irish families.

76.1k

Jan 6th 2019, 7:30 PM

# EU drug agency

Surge in cocaine supply in Europe as gangs 'uberise' the trade through social media

Ireland has one of the highest prevalence of cocaine use in Europe.

23.5k

Dec 14th 2018, 10:18 AM

# lithuanian gangs

Crime spike in Dublin's north inner city after drug unit stood down following attack on garda

A garda was attacked with acid in June of this year.

74.1k

Sep 29th 2018, 12:05 AM

# rural growhouses

European gangs are using rural Longford to grow cannabis on an industrial scale

The small county has become a hotbed of activity for criminal elements.

44.8k

Aug 9th 2018, 12:05 AM

# Coolock

Gardaí increase patrols amid fears North Dublin gang feud will reignite after large drugs seizure

Extra garda units are now being deployed.

29.5k

Jul 21st 2018, 6:30 AM

# Gangs

'A game of cat and mouse': The struggle to stop drug smuggling in a neglected Spanish town

Members of the drug trafficking ring pointed to the unemployment rate in the province as a fuel for their criminal activity.

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Apr 8th 2018, 6:15 AM

# Gangland Crime

Two Hutch gang members told to leave Dublin after spate of shootings

One has gone but the other has remained in the city.

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Feb 2nd 2018, 6:01 AM

# Mountjoy Prison

Up to 25% of Mountjoy Prison inmates being put in solitary confinement for their own protection

120 inmates were put under a protection regime in October 2016.

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Jan 18th 2018, 10:14 AM

# thieves

Dun Laoghaire burglary gangs 'have joined forces' to target upmarket areas of south Dublin

The gangs have been robbing homes and cars for over a decade.

77.6k

Jan 11th 2018, 12:05 AM

# midnight must read

Kinahan cartel member arrested in Spain after €35 million cocaine seizure

The man is in custody in Spain.

58.1k

Nov 24th 2017, 12:05 AM

# Fortunestown Lane

Man (20s) shot in Citywest last night named locally

Fitness instructor John Gibson was fatally shot in a car park last night.

39.8k

Sep 19th 2017, 8:13 AM

# Ballyfermot

Two Kinahan gunmen arrested with gun charged with conspiracy to murder

They will face court in Dublin tomorrow.

15.4k

Aug 13th 2017, 7:19 AM

# Dublin

Gardaí seize €350k in cash in latest crackdown on Kinahan gang

Three men in their 40s have been arrested.

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Jun 24th 2017, 1:50 PM

# Speaking out

Children in Dublin's north inner city want violence and drugs off their streets

As the Kinahen-Hutch feud claims another life, a report written by children calls for more gardaí and the end to violence.

10.2k

Jun 2nd 2017, 7:00 AM

# Life on the Inside

'A prisoner will say to you: I know where you live, I’ll burn your house down, I’ll get your kids.’

Prison officers outlined the dangers they face in their day-to-day jobs.

19.9k

Apr 28th 2017, 6:01 AM

# Cracking down

'It is a relentless war': Tánaiste wants to weaken the power of gang leaders in prisons

Frances Fitzgerald has said resources must be in place to tackle gangland’s grip on Irish society.

9.4k

Apr 27th 2017, 2:19 PM

# Riot

26 dead as gangs behead inmates in Brazilian prison massacre

Officials said members of two drug gangs clashed violently after coming out of different parts of the prison.

22.3k

Jan 16th 2017, 10:45 AM

# America

There were 27 shootings in Chicago over the Christmas weekend

12 of the gang-related shootings were deadly.

15.0k

Dec 27th 2016, 10:55 AM

# Violent Crime

Missing Mexican priest found alive with "notable signs of torture"

Two priests have been killed in recent months in the eastern state of Veracruz.

14.1k

Nov 14th 2016, 2:45 PM

# Operation Thor

Stolen Audi cars recovered in Meath and Wicklow as gardaí target organised crime gang

One man is his 50s was arrested and is currently detained at Tallaght Garda Station.

33.6k

Aug 31st 2016, 11:06 PM

# Gangland

Handgun and ammunition seized by gardaí targeting feuding gangs

The 9mm pistol was found in a car yesterday evening.

18.1k

Aug 27th 2016, 6:54 PM

# targeted

St Vincent de Paul down €1 million as gangs raid charity clothes bins

Children are being pushed into the secondhand clothing bins and then they pop the clothes back out again.

17.9k

Aug 12th 2016, 3:55 PM

# Los Angeles

Snoop Dogg and the Game call gang members together for an anti-violence summit

The meeting also included activists and preachers.

19.5k

Jul 18th 2016, 2:45 PM

# Midlands

Four gardaí injured arresting men suspected of running burglary ring

The men were in a 4×4 which rammed a Garda car.

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Jul 12th 2016, 2:26 PM