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The article reports that Ackquille Pollard also known as Bobby Shmurda, rap musician from Brooklyn, New York, has been sentenced with seven years imprisonment following his allege involvement in GS9 gang.

Focuses on Chinese businesswoman Cheng Chui Ping, who ran a multinational underground empire that she oversaw from a New York City Chinatown storefront. Background on the trial of Cheng, who is charged with immigrant smuggling, hostage taking and money laundering; How Cheng's main, multi-million-dollar business was a global underground banking network; How the collapse of her illegal conglomerate began in June 1993, when a tramp steamer that she had helped to finance ran around with 289 immigrants, killing 10; Cheng's denial of the charges; Comments of her lawyer, Lawrence Hochheiser; How Cheng was involved in smuggling as an investor, hiring gang members to help move the immigrants, according to witnesses; Overview of the case.

The article reports that former 10th Street Gang member Tony Peebles pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering influenced corrupt organizations and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and mentions the other members convicted, the sentencing date, and penalties.

The article discusses a court case wherein the plaintiffs, who are part of an alleged criminal gang, were cleared of all charges in the murder of Turkish journalist Cihan Hayirsevener. The alleged gang members appeared before judges in Turkey's High Criminal Court in Istanbul, who decided not to merger the group's murder charges with charges of incitement to violence, which transferred the case back to a local court in the Balikesir province.

Los Angeles prosecutors have filed the state's first lawsuit seeking to seize homes, businesses and other assets from known gang members. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said the lawsuit was filed against nine leaders of the 18th Street gang, the city's largest, to cripple their criminal enterprises. All the defendants are in prison. A state law passed this year allows cities to sue for financial damages, which would be transferred back to the neighborhoods. Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the city attorney's office, said he did not know whether any of the gang members named in the action had retained lawyers. Gangs typically profit from money laundering, drug sales and extortion of street vendors. The authorities said as many as 35,000 people statewide claim to be members of the 18th Street gang. (AP) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the role of Municipal Cooperation Department of Fort Worth, Texas in curbing the activities of gangsters. It is stated that as a precautionary measure and for civil safety, the municipality of Forth Worth will be filing law suits against the gang members to bar them from gathering on streets and other public areas.

Reports on the conviction of Pagans motorcycle gang member Rick Ruhlman on charges of conspiracy to assault over a brawl at a catering hall between the Pagans and rival gang, Hells Angels in Long Island, New York on February 23, 2002.

Reports on the arrest of Antonio Fernandez, leader of the Latin Kings gang, in Brooklyn, New York City on November 15, 1997 along with 31 other members of the gang. Charges brought against 24 members of the gang; Information on the gang; Details on the arrests.

Tells that prosecutors in the Bronx, New York City have cited revenge as a motive in the October 1996 shooting of police Captain Steven Plavnick of the 46th Precinct. The $5000 offer by an unnamed criminal to the Latin Kings gang, which subcontracted the killing to the Netas gang; Shooting as revenge for the acquittal of Officer Francis X. Livoti in the December 1994 death of Anthony Baez; Question of whether Livoti used an illegal choke hold.

Reports that a security guard at Intermediate School 302 in Brooklyn, New York, who confessed on March 3, 1997, of being a member of the Latin Kings gang had his duties reassigned pending a personnel investigation. Comments from security guard Harry Roman; Matters concerning security at public schools in New York City; How Roman described the activities of his gang.