The 1990s saw development of rap, techno, hip hop and also boy bands and girl bands flourish at the turn of the millennium.

It used to be the gang was a rite of passage.

Just don't kidnap us like gangsters.

And so for instance, one thing the gang would do is you know, the gang leaders would have big entourages, and they'd drive fancy cars and have fancy jewelry.

The other thing the gang was very, very good at was marketing and trickery.

Latin America s Adaptive Gangsters

In El Salvador, the gangs became an issue at the end of the 1980 s in Guatemala and Honduras, the gangs appeared in the first half of the 1990 s.

It is imperative that they do not succeed.

Sheltered by indifference, the gangs grew.

Clashes between thugs and protesters, by Abbassiya metro station.

The bandits often target the wealthy minorities of foreign origin.

Kumicho are at the top, and control various .

In Eastern Finland, the guerrilla movement was gradually extinguished.

The gangs then upheld classic Japanese virtues of manliness and loyalty and paid for mistakes by slicing off one of their fingers in atonement.

In Honduras, the gangs are more connected with organized crime, because the policy of cleaning the streets has pushed many gang members to align with drug traffickers for protection.

And now the gangs appear to be invading southern Mexico, because Central America s repressive policies have sent many gang members running north.

What I'm going to tell you today is that, in fact, based on 10 years of research, a unique opportunity to go inside a gang to see the actual books, the financial records of the gang that the answer turns out not to be that being in the gang was a glamorous life.

Internationalizing the strong hand model across the region will incite the gangs to spread to Nicaragua and Costa Rica, which have so far been successful in preventing gang violence.

Some young women are attracted to gang members because it looks exciting to them.

He responded by quickly launching a frontal assault on the cartels, with the support of the army.

And just after his speech, the small groups of thugs sprung into action, terrorising the peaceful protesters.

According to some estimates, as many as 70,000 children in China are abducted by gangs each year.

And most of the inner city gang members didn't know any rich white people they couldn't sell to that market.

It intends to fight by using the guerrilla tactics of hit and run and ambush.

Young people argue that to simply state that gangs are a youth problem does not acknowledge the fact that in many ways gangs are a result of the marginalization young people feel in society.

During such operations on 9 and 10 April, the self styled former military leader, Ravix Rémissainthe, a gang leader, René Jean Anthony (known as Grenn Sonnen ), and eight other gang members were killed.

Which already, I think, foreshadows the main result that I've talked about, about what a crappy job it was being in the gang.

Honduras, the country with the most serious gang problem, never had a civil war.

China was in turmoil at the time, and attacked Japanese armies through guerilla type warfare.

This cannot happen unless the armed bands are disarmed in favour of the legitimate Government

Now that the guerrillas are boxed in, what can Rajapaksa reasonably offer to them and ordinary Tamils? The Tigers leaders have committed crimes against humanity, and some of them engage in criminal activities.

Reportedly, since the beginning of 2005, at least 50 children have died in Cité Soleil as a result of gang violence and, according to testimony obtained by MINUSTAH, many others have been victims of rape by gang members.

Gangs flourish because weak institutions fail to guarantee and respect the fundamental rights of children and young people.

Armed gangs were roaming the streets. Police had abandoned their stations.

Sheltered by indifference, the gangs grew. Officials saw increased crime as the natural cost of war, and many predicted that as young members matured, the gangs would disappear.

In Honduras, local gangs work with international organized crime groups. Since 2005, with the help of Venezuelan Chávistas and Mexican capos, the country has served as a pipeline for illegal drugs, especially cocaine, from Venezuela to Mexico and the United States.

As an accomplished computer user, what Dimitry did was to transfer the gangster capitalism of his hometown onto the Worldwide Web.

Egyptian protesters on the ground are reporting that the thugs, who came into Tahrir Square, in Cairo, came under the pre text of staging pro Mubarak demonstrations.

You never know when a shootout is going to break out between the gangs.

While training in Lebanon, each Commando is instructed in the art of urban and guerrilla warfare.

At present, the horizon is brightening perceptibly, despite the desperate acts of ruthless gangs.

As a result, gang activity decreased in Bel Air, and the security situation in the commercial districts of the capital improved.

The problem of juvenile gangs in Central America is not new. In El Salvador, the gangs became an issue at the end of the 1980 s in Guatemala and Honduras, the gangs appeared in the first half of the 1990 s.

There is no denying that the region s civil wars and American deportations aggravate the gang crisis, but the fundamental reasons young men and women join gangs can be found in domestic social conditions.

Secondly, I want to tell you how somebody like me came to be able to see the inner workings of a gang.