MS-13 and 18th Street Gangs : Emerging Transnational Gang Threats?

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Noncitizens.

Crime prevention.

Hispanic Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Profiles Latino-based Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and 18th Street (M-18) gangs, in light of heightening concerns over their domestic and international expansion, their involvement in various organized criminal activities, and their potential capacity for smuggling terrorists into U.S. Provides background on and characteristics of both gangs, addresses extent of their transnational reach, summarizes Federal responses to gangs, covers legislation to specifically target transnational alien gangs, and discusses select legislative issues.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. MS-13 and 18th Street Gangs

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