The president of one of Lima's largest parent-teacher associations says at least 1,000 schools in the Peruvian capital are ...

In Japan, a country that worships smooth, clear skin, tattoos are not well-received on the body. In local gyms, they are even banned. To avoid violating this aesthetic rule, an expat with an inked ...

A March 8 shootout between two rival motorcycle gangs, the Mongols and Warlocks, led to about 30 arrests four months later.

Prosecutors have dismissed felony charges against the alleged president of the Antelope Valley chapter of the Vagos biker ...

In the three months since the Government’s new gang laws came into effect Police have seized 76 patches, 67 firearms, and laid 337 charges for insignia breaches. Police Minister Mark Mitchell ...

Tasman Police were called to a Stoke address after a patched West Side member was seen wearing a gang patch in public. Police located the 30-year-old man and seized the gang patch.

The Gangs Act 2024 bans gang patches in public and provides tools to target gang crime. Police say they made “a handful” of arrests and seizures of gang patches and insignia on day one of the ...

The Gangs Act 2024 came into force at midnight, with police stopping a vehicle displaying gang insigniaat 12.03am. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says “the free ride for gangs” is over ...

Unpatched gang members will join tomorrow’s hīkoi to lend their support for the Māori movement in Wellington. They are considering their own stand-off on Thursday as the new gang patch ...

New Zealand police are gearing up to enforce a ban on gang patches in public, a change set to take effect on November 21. The move, aimed at reducing the visible presence and influence of gangs, has ...

International research suggests many anti-gang policies actually increase crime, rather than reduce it. These local experts could help us do better – if New Zealand’s politicians would listen.