21.   He said the gang had operated for the past three years, bringing in scores of Pakistanis and Bangladeshis to work here illegally with the forged work permits.

22.   However, many armed gangs still operate in Chechnya outside government control, and these groups along with their fundamentalist supporters outside Chechnya have been blamed for periodic clashes.

23.   However, many armed gangs still operate in Chechnya outside the control of Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov, and these groups have been blamed for periodic clashes.

24.   North Jakarta police chief Lt. Col. Rismawan told reporters Wednesday that the gang usually operated in parking lots and used a master key to steal the cars.

25.   Since gangs increasingly operate across borders, global recognition of association as a crime could ease extradition, experts said.

26.   The gang allegedly operated out of its fast food store in Argyroupolis, a middle class neighborhood, and also supplied the adjoining suburbs of Glyfada and Terpsithea.

27.   Criminal gangs still operate in the area, particular along the deserted country roads leading to the port.

28.   Two soldiers and a leading underworld figure were arrested several weeks ago and revealed how the gang operated.

29.   Senior police offficials here say some Afghan gangs operate drug dens and are also involved in the arms trade and prostitution.