A charity linked to the Head Hunters gang has won a legal battle with a government department for permission to run a lottery with a $50,000 prize.

Australia has stepped up its war against bikies as the Victorian Police confirmed the force had been infiltrated and major investigations disrupted.

A noticeable gang presence is still frustrating community leaders in the Northland community of Moerewa.

The mother of a teenage Napier girl murdered almost 26 years ago doubts the killer still behind bars will ever give up the gang scene in which the tragedy happened.

Moerewa is facing up to the gang rivalries that over recent weeks have been credited with a drive-by shooting, a stabbing and the torching of cars, but not by isolating those believed to be responsible.

A Mongrel Mob member who used a hunting knife on a rival gang member early last year has been jailed for three years and eight months.

Analysts of the murky Russian underworld say a number of different groupings could be behind the audacious daylight shooting of a Russian mafia boss in central Moscow.

The wedding was a joyful affair, with 300 guests, traditional Serbian dancing and two dozen motorbikes bedecked with red, white and blue streamers.

A gang member accused of attempted murder after firing into a group of people made an "urgent decision" because he felt his life was under threat, a court has heard.

A new school in one of the poorest parts of New Zealand wants government help to keep gangs outside its gates.

A law change to ban gang patches in schools and police stations could be too broad and capture people who are innocently wearing gang colours, MPs have been told.

Police officers who crossed a legal line to pursue gang members are the focus of an internal investigation which could lead to criminal charges.

A senior Hells Angel has had a drug charge dropped as the fallout from the fake police prosecution of an undercover officer continues.

Editorial: If any 'slaps in the face' have been delivered over the Red Devils case, they are to members of the judiciary and public confidence in the justice system.

A home invasion by a patched Mongrel Mob gang member ended in a dramatic arrest in Hawkes Bay suburb yesterday, police say.