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(U) Table of Contents<br />
• Preface.....................................4<br />
• Scope and Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />
• National Gang Intelligence Center ..........6<br />
• National Alliance of Gang<br />
Investigators’ Associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
• Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />
• Key Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />
• Street Gangs...............................11<br />
• Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
• Criminal Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
• Drug Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
• Intimidation/Threats .................12<br />
• Financial Crimes .....................12<br />
• Alliances and Rivalries . ................12<br />
• Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />
• Threats to Law Enforcement. .........13<br />
• Prison Gangs ..............................15<br />
• Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
• Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
• Criminal Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
• Smuggling .........................18<br />
• Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
• Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
• Corruption of Prison Staff . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
• Measures of Open Concealment .....21<br />
• Female Prison Representation . . . . . . . 21<br />
• Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs .................22<br />
• Membership and Recruitment ..........23<br />
• Criminal Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />
• Trends .................................26<br />
• Gangs and the Southwest Border . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />
• Gangs and Extremist Groups...............31<br />
• Black Separatist Extremists .............31<br />
• White Supremacist Extremists . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
• Anti-Government Indoctrination . . . . . . . 31<br />
• Gangs in the Military and<br />
Government Institutions .................33<br />
• Gang Involvement in Sex<br />
Trafficking and Prostitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />
• Gangs and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />
• Recruitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />
• Communication........................40<br />
• Targeting Rivals ........................42<br />
• Criminal Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
• Thwart Law Enforcement ...............44<br />
• Law Enforcement Actions and Resources...45<br />
• Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
• Acknowledgements .......................50<br />
• Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />
• A. Map of Respondents.................58<br />
• B. Map of Safe Streets Task<br />
Force Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
• Endnotes .................................62<br />
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2015 NATIONAL GANG REPORT 3
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