1.4 million gang members belonging to more than 33,000 gangs were criminally active

[Wolfmoon]

FBI — 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment Issued

2011 National Gang Threat Assessment Issued


Washington, D.C October 21, 2011

• FBI National Press Office(202) 324-3691

According to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment released by the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC), approximately 1.4 million gang members belonging to more than 33,000 gangs were criminally active in the U.S. as of April, 2011. The assessment was developed through analysis of available federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and corrections agency information; 2010 NDIC National Drug Threat Survey (NDTS) data; and verified open source information.
“Gangs continue to expand, evolve, and become more violent. The FBI, along with its federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners, strives to disrupt and prevent their criminal activities and seek justice for innocent victims of their crimes,” said Assistant Director Kevin Perkins, FBI Criminal Investigative Division.



Other key findings are as follows:

• Gangs are responsible for an average of 48 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions and up to 90 percent in several others, according to NGIC analysis.
• Gangs are increasingly engaging in non-traditional gang-related crime such as alien smuggling, human trafficking, and prostitution. Gangs are also engaging in white-collar crime such as counterfeiting, identity theft, and mortgage fraud.

• Gangs are becoming increasingly adaptable and sophisticated, employing new and advanced technology to facilitate criminal activity discreetly, enhance their criminal operations, and connect with other gang members, criminal organizations, and potential recruits nationwide and even worldwide.

The following agencies contributed to the assessment: U.S. Department of Defense; Naval Criminal Investigative Service; U.S. Army, Fort Dix Criminal Investigative Division; Directorate Emergency Services USAG-HI; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; U.S. Customs and Border Protection; U.S. Border Patrol; U.S. Homeland Security Investigations; U.S. Department of the Interior; Bureau of Land Management; U.S. Department of Justice; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; Drug Enforcement Administration; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Federal Bureau of Prisons; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; National Drug Intelligence Center; National Gang Center; National Gang Intelligence Center; U.S. Marshals Service; U.S. Probation and Parole; U.S. Department of State; and numerous state, local, regional, and tribal law enforcement agencies.

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[Mr. H.]

Ever watch "Gangland" on TV? Vewwy scary.

 

[LilOlLady]

They should be rounded up and deported to their native countries since we are deporting criminals.

 

[Wolfmoon]

Most of the gang bangers are people from other countries or their Anchor Babies. They should pass a law if you're caught in a gang and are an immigrant or Anchor Baby then their citizenships will be automatically revoked.

If the government doesn't do something about the gangs in the U.S. they will get worst. The gangs are like the beginnings of Al Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah terrorist groups in the Middle East. Their crimes are de****able!

 

[waltky]

Mexico Claims US Dumping Criminals At Border...

Mexico to US - Stop Dumping Criminals at the Border
October 21, 2011 : Mexican President Felipe Calderón says the U.S. should stop using the border as a place to get rid of their criminals because the practice is responsible for fueling violence in Mexico's border areas. Calderón also added that the United States is involved in this practice because it is cheaper than prosecuting them.

U.S. officials earlier this week reported a record number of deportations in fiscal year 2011, and said the number of deportees with criminal convictions had nearly doubled since 2008. "There are many factors in the violence that is being experienced in some Mexican border cities, but one of those is that the American authorities have gotten into the habit of simply deporting 60 (thousand) or 70,000 migrants per year to cities like Ciudad Juárez or Tijuana," Calderón told an immigration conference. Among these deportees "there are many who really are criminals, who have committed some crime and it is simply cheaper to leave them on the Mexican side of the border than to prosecute them, as they should do, to see whether they are guilty or not," Calderón said. "And obviously, they quickly link up with criminal networks on the border."

On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said his agency deported nearly 400,000 individuals during the fiscal year that ended in September, the largest number of removals in the agency's history. Morton announced the 2011 numbers in Washington, saying about 55 percent of those deported had felony or misdemeanor convictions. Officials said the number of those convicted of crimes was up 89 percent from 2008. The vast majority of migrants, and deportees, are from Mexico. There are no records to substantiate whether U.S. authorities opt for deporting undocumented Mexican nationals who have committed crimes instead of prosecuting them in the U.S. The U.S. embassy declined to comment on Calderón's speech.

When Mexicans without documents finish their prison terms in the United States, they're bused to the border and freed. Mexican officials in Tijuana have said some deportees turn to petty crime but couldn't say if they were feeding drug cartels. The Associated Press in the past year has repeatedly asked the Mexican government to document the impact of leaving deportees with criminal records at the border. The AP filed a freedom of information request asking Mexico's Foreign Ministry how many times the U.S. had notified Mexico it was deporting a convicted criminal and how many people arrested for drug trafficking in Mexico had prior records in the U.S. The foreign ministry said it didn't have such numbers. The office of Calderón's former security spokesman Alejandro Poiré did not respond to similar queries.

Read more: Mexico to US - Stop Dumping Criminals at the Border | Fox News Latino

 

[Angelhair]

Not to worry - all Calderon, and every latin american country, has to do is complain - and the good ole U.S. of A. will be happy to comply! Expect our 'brilliant' leaders in WA to jump through hoops to try and appease.

 

[Meister]

I heard all the gang members are republicans. That's what I heard.

 

[Angelhair]

I heard all the gang members are republicans. That's what I heard.

Could be - but - republicans from other countries - That's what I heard.