1.   The gang used the shop as a cover for drug deals.

2.   The gang always used the same procedure when they wanted to make contact.

3.   Authorities also said criminal gangs used beatings and threats to extort money and recruit new members.

4.   Belgians say Charleroi is the kind of place where a gang will use a rocket-launcher when a pistol would do.

5.   Government investigators are focusing their probe on whether gangs have used proxies to win management control of listed companies, according to government and industry officials.

6.   Increasingly, youth gangs are using force to redistribute money between the generations.

7.   Kallstrom said the gang used high-intensity lights hidden behind a movable rear registration plate to blind pursuing police in high-speed chases.

8.   Martinez sued, saying the association knew gangs were using the parking lot for drug deals and other crimes and had been warned about the need for more security.

9.   Other gangs use Slovakia to transport Mercedes and BMW automobiles stolen in Germany and driven to Russia for resale.

10.   Some area gangs are using arson in their conflicts, they said.