1.   Several gangs were operating in the area.

2.   These gangs operate with apparent impunity.

3.   The SDLP MP urged police chiefs to increase the number of patrols and roadblocks in the Shankill and other loyalist areas from which the murder gangs were operating.

4.   But none of the three suspects was linked to membership in the Aryan Brotherhood, one of the most violent gangs operating inside the state prisons, Buentello added.

5.   Chernov said the company was aware when it chose its location that a gang supposedly operated in the area.

6.   Many gangs operate on the Russian side of the border, a reality brought home to us as our van sped south through the Complex Operative Situation Zone.

7.   More certain punishment -- and, yes, more police and more jail cells -- might help to counter the atmosphere of impunity in which urban gangs operate.

8.   Prosecutors said the gang also operated in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.

9.   Prosecutors said the gangs had operated independently, but banded together to help each other when one gang was threatened by a rival.

10.   Prosecution witnesses portrayed Ramirez as a member of one of the most notorious, violent youth gangs operating in the housing project where the shooting occurred.