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Gang leaders paid by trust to help addicts

Two Mongrel Mob leaders are being paid by the taxpayers to try to turn the country's gangs away from drugs and crime.

Unusual bedfellows fight against P

Second-generation Mongrel Mobster Layton Te Nahu is off the drug P and back with his family, thanks to a remarkable New Zealand story that involves the Prime Minister, the Salvation Army and a retired surgeon.

Brazil: Life on the other side of Rio's streets

Slum tours can improve locals' lives, writes Karen Phelps.

UK gang target dies

Judge hits out at girl violence

Man shot in gang brawl dies

Another scalp in Mexican drug war

Career crook spills dirt on historic crime mystery

Politics foil patch ban hope

Revenge feared after Melbourne shooting

More bloodshed in Melbourne

Two more people have been shot dead in Melbourne, just hours after the slaying of crime patriarch Macchour Chaouk.

Gang boss killed in Lebanese crime feud

Police in Melbourne are preparing for revenge attacks after a gangland shooting yesterday.

Minister weighs in to save gang pad

Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples has lent his support to save a Black Power stronghold.

Melbourne crime family shot dead

Scene examination continues at Wairoa

Exhausted but elated after Amazon trek