21. Unlike the Latino and African-American gangs that group by race, Asian gangs allow different races into their gangs. 22. Watch any TV police drama series, whether on the networks or syndicated, and sooner or later, there will be an Asian gang episode. 23. Asian gang members had been increasingly involved in crime, particularly extortion, he said. 24. Asian gangs are involved in extortion, currency and credit card forgery and prostitution. 25. Goff said Asian gangs made substantial sums of money from drug trafficking, prostitution, gambling, loan sharking and extortion. 26. He said police were checking whether racial animosity, vandalism or even Asian gangs might have been involved. 27. It said the accused trafficker, identified only as an Asian resident of Qatar, was part of a five-member Asian gang. 28. Japanese police say the thefts are too few to represent a major trend, and downplay the idea that new Asian gangs are moving in. 29. Murder contracts have been taken out by an Asian gang against a police detective who had been investigating its activities, Small said. 30. They say the club is a known hangout for Asian gang members. |