1.   Rules limiting the use of evidence in trials were eased for cases in which the defendants were suspected members of organized criminal gangs.

2.   A culture of violence that helped many survive in war fostered the growth of organized criminal gangs.

3.   English soccer hooligans, in particular, operate like organized gangs.

4.   French animal lovers believe that the cat rustling is the work of professionally organized gangs, who work in almost complete impunity.

5.   In Russia today, organized gangs of criminals are gunning down reform candidates, honest officeholders and political journalists.

6.   Most sectarian riots in India are planned by politicians who hire organized criminal gangs to execute their strategy in mixed communities.

7.   Nearly all the defendants are members of four loosely organized Vietnamese gangs, police said.

8.   Nor does it present its anti-social teen-agers as members of an organized gang that is leading them astray.

9.   Organized gangs and corrupt police and government officials enforce the system.

10.   The document commits signatories to treat money laundering, corruption, obstruction of justice and participation in organized criminal gangs as crimes.