Friends of Scot Young, the tycoon who died in a fall from his fourth-storey London flat, have claimed that he owed millions of pounds to the Russian and Turkish mafia.

Cabinet signed off tough new measures to tackle gangs on the basis of inaccurate information which over-estimated the scale of the crime problem.

Figures used by Police Minister Anne Tolley to justify a new law tackling gangs were wrong, police admitted last night.

I write this as a gang member. This month the Government announced a new plan to deal with gangs. It's something of a pre-election tradition, but let's put that aside.

A 33-year-old man charged with the murder of Connor Morris has made a brief appearance in court in Kaitaia this morning.

Two brothers who lived at the West Auckland home outside where Connor Morris was killed have gone into hiding amid fears of retaliation.

"Dead men walking": Threats of retribution against the killers of Connor Morris are escalating seven days after his death during a fight.

Police investigating the death of Connor Morris have located a number of items of interest but say it is too soon to say if they have the weapon that killed him.

Connor Morris had rejoined the Head Hunters in recent months, which could increase the risk of retaliation over his death despite police saying it wasn't a gang hit.

Millie Elder-Holmes has made an emotional visit to the Auckland gang headquarters where the body of her slain boyfriend Connor Morris lies.

With the figures for recorded crime trending very much in the right direction, it is difficult for the Government to bang too insistently on that old standby.

A Hamilton woman's attempt to help out a prisoner in need of new underpants failed after authorities rejected the garments because of their colour scheme.

Drug-sniffer beagles could soon be used at domestic airports and ferry terminals as part of a plan to intercept drug shipments and large amounts of cash moved by gangs.

The Government is proposing increased surveillance of gang members as part of a raft of new measures to tackle gang-related crime.

A father excluded from his son's school camp because he was an active gang member says he's overwhelmed by the nation's response to the decision.

The Government is using money seized from drug bosses' assets to pay for 10 extra police investigators to fight organised crime and drug syndicates.

The last words Tupac Shakur spoke have been revealed by a police officer who was called to the scene of the rapper’s murder.

We may never know why teenage gang member Mohammed Hussain was in rival territory after dark on 1 April last year - even with armed back-up waiting close by in the car.

Lorne St doesn't really come alive until after midday. There are some coffee joints and a nail bar or two, and an art gallery.

A man who died during a visit to his parents' grave on Mother's Day was a former soldier, truck driver, father of four - and one of the original King Cobras gang members.

Police are willing to enter talks with the two biggest gangs in the country about turning their backs on crime as Black Power and Mongrel Mob leaders meet to broker a peace plan.

Two Dunedin gangs - once at war - have come together to ask Dunedin's council to give them a contract mowing the city's grass.

Detectives investigating an alleged drug ring led by senior Head Hunter gang members have released a list of aliases believed to be used by the group.

Dozens of fake driving licences and a false passport were allegedly used by a drug ring to hide luxury cars, millions of dollars in cash, firearms and property.

If there is a Business Roundtable of crime in New Zealand, the Head Hunters are it.

Mauha Fawcett was smoking cannabis at eight, using meth at 14, and participated in the "gangland execution'' of Mellory Manning to earn his gang patch at 21.