Sunday, September 17, 2006

[Australia] Police concerned by 'gang' rise / The Australian, 12 Sep 2006

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Evan Schwarten
"GANGS of youths, mostly of Pacific Islander descent, have taken on the names of notorious Los Angeles crime gangs and established themselves in southeast Queensland. Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson today admitted groups were mugging and committing violent offences around Logan, south of Brisbane. Despite referring to themselves as Bloods and Crips and wearing the rival LA gangs' trademark red and blue bandanas, the Logan youths were not the same as their US namesakes."