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In the late 1980s, it was the focus of a Long Beach Police Department sweep after gang members had attacked two police officers. [3] Around the same time, they were in a gang war with a gang from Garden Grove. [3] In 2015, an investigation led to new charges and the arrest of a Sons of Samoa member for a murder in 1996. [5] [6]
Tiny Rascal Gang. The Tiny Rascal Gang, (abbreviated TRG) is a primarily Cambodian-American gang based in Long Beach, California. During the 1990s, Mexican Mafia "green light" hit lists began including the TRG during the 1990s, and Sureños were soon at war with them. The Mexican Mafia ordered the West Side Longo gang to put aside its rivalry ...
Wah Ching [1] The Asian Boyz, also known as ABZ, AB-26, or ABZ Crips, [12] are a street gang based in Southern California. They were founded in the late 1980s to protect [13][14] Cambodian refugees from other American gangs. [15][16] According to the FBI, the gang has about 12,000 members, who are Southeast Asian, predominantly Cambodian. [12]
The Crips are a primarily African-American alliance of street gangs that are based in the coastal regions of Southern California.Founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1969, mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams, the Crips began as an alliance between two autonomous gangs, and developed into a loosely connected network of individual "sets", often engaged in open warfare with one ...
Public Enemy No. 1 (abbreviated as PEN1; pronounced / ˈpiːnaɪ /), also known as PENI Death Squad (or PDS), is a prison and street gang formed in Long Beach, California [1] and now based in Orange County, California. [5][6] In 2004, the California Department of Justice described PEN1 as "one of the most powerful and fastest-growing gangs ...
The 18th Street Gang, also known as Eighteen St, Barrio 18, Mara 18, or simply 18 in North America, [1][12][13][14] is a multi-ethnic (largely Central American and Mexican) transnational criminal organization that started as a street gang in Los Angeles. It is one of the largest transnational criminal gangs in Los Angeles, with 30,000-50,000 ...
Chung Ching Yee [11] Wo Hop To [12] Wah Ching (Chinese: 華青; Jyutping: Waa4 Cing1; lit. 'Youth of China') is a Chinese American criminal organization and street gang that was founded in San Francisco, California in 1964. The Wah Ching has been involved in crimes including narcotic sales, racketeering, and gambling.
Venice 13. Venice 13 or West Side Venice 13, abbreviated as V13 or VX3, is a Mexican American street gang based in the Oakwood (aka "Ghost Town") neighborhood of Venice, a section of Los Angeles, California. It has a substantial presence in East Venice as well as the Culver City /Los Angeles border, especially around Washington Blvd.