To kids like him, identity and belonging are powerful forces that keep them in gangs. There has to be an inside-out transformation or a life-changing event to bring change. Gangs compete with your family for loyalty.
The South African violence against foreigners is horrific enough without even being confronted by the images. Mobs are an awful thing. Still I dare not look away.
the Calabrian underworld had become the dominant criminal force in southern Italy. The syndicate "has a sizable presence" in Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Balkans, eastern Europe and South America, "thanks to consolidated relations with p