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UNDERSTANDING GANGS

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Welcome to Understanding Gangs. This podcast examines street and prison gang structure and activity in the United States from the perspective of law enforcement, academics and former gang members. Let’s get started

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Sunday · 2 min
Operation Sweet Silence: Dismantling a Decade of Violence in Columbus, Georgia
this episode, we examine the landmark results of Operation Sweet Silence, a multi-year federal and local law enforcement effort that has effectively dismantled the Zohannon Gang and disrupted associated criminal networks in Columbus, Georgia. From...
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September 8 · 2 min
Vice Lords-When Help and Harm Wear the Same Uniform
The Vice Lords once ran job programs, health clinics, and small businesses with federal backing, all while remaining a criminal organization. This piece uses that history to ask a harder question about how we judge groups that offer real care...
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August 31 · 2 min
Cut Out of the Score: The Block Boy Gang, a $26,000 7-Eleven Drop, and Two Killings
In August 2023, members of Las Vegas’s Block Boy Gang robbed a 7-Eleven cash drop for more than $26,000 and left other members out of the cut. The insult turned inward: teenagers and young men from the same set pistol-whipped and shot fellow member...
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April 22 · 3 min
The 007 Bonton Bloods Network — Inside a Dallas Drug Ring Taken Down
true crime and organized crime podcast breaking down the federal takedown of the “007 Bonton Bloods” drug trafficking network in Dallas, analyzing how law enforcement dismantles meth distribution rings, gang structures, and firearm-linked criminal...
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April 14 · 1 min
Notorious Orlando gang leader sentenced to 5 lifetimes in prison
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Aug 17, 2025 · 51 sec
Gang shooting leaves three dead in Brooklyn
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Jul 13, 2025 · 41 min
RETIRED LA SHERIFF GANG INVESTIGATOR RICHARD VALDEMAR DISCUSSES HIS EXPERIENCE WITH GANGS
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Jul 6, 2025 · 4 min
WE DISCUSS TWO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS THE BASE AND AWD
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Jun 22, 2025 · 2 min
WE DISCUSS THE ALMIGHTY LATIN KINGS
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Jun 22, 2025 · 2 min
WE DISCUSS EL CHAPOS 2015 PRISON ESCAPE
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Jun 19, 2025 · 2 min
19 MEMBERS OF MEXICAN MAFIA PRISON GANG CHARGED IN MURDER CONSPIRACY
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Jun 16, 2025 · 3 min
GANG NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
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Jun 9, 2025 · 7 min
A SUMMARY OF GANG CRIMES AROUND THE US FOR THE WEEK
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May 30, 2025 · 2 min
TWO MEN CHARGED WITH FOUR COLD CASE HOMICIDES GANG
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May 25, 2025 · 2 min
TANGO BLAST GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED FOR SMUGGLING PEOPLE ACROSS THE BORDER
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May 25, 2025 · 2 min
16 ALLEGED LOWCOUNTRY GANG MEMBERS INDICTED
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May 20, 2025 · 2 min
MEMBER OF MOTORCYCLE GANG PAGANS PLEAS TO CHARGES
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Oct 2, 2024 · 6 min
CHICAGO GANGS RAGE AGAINST NEWLY ARRIVED VENEZUELAN GANG MEMBERS
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Aug 27, 2024 · 2 min
GANG PROBLEMS IN DENMARK AND SWEDEN
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Jul 30, 2024 · 4 min
VENEZUELAN GANG GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO SHOOT US COPS ACCORDING TO HOMELAND SECURITY3
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