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Police estimate that there are 31,000 gangs currently operating in the U.S., with more than 800,000 members-many of whom are women. In this program, ABC News correspondent Cynthia McFadden interviews female members of two Los Angeles gangs-the Drifters and Tepa 13-while correspondent John Quinones talks with King Tone, the radical leader of New York City's notorious Latin Kings. In addition, extensive unscripted video footage shot by members of these...
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When Chloe gets a job working with children struggling in class, 8-year-old Mario and Nini stand out. She encourages them to make a documentary, and they choose gang culture as a theme. But as the bonds between them grow, the emotional stakes get higher, and the boys become involved in a life of crime. "If you're not there to talk to, Mario says to Chloe, "it's all crammed inside me. All the hate. And I always try to show love. But love will get you...
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Diamonds are big business—the retail trade is worth more than $30 billion annually. But many of the stones are dubious in origin, coming from African countries immersed in civil wars. They are known as "blood diamonds"—sold by rebels and governments to fund their military campaigns. Sierra Leone once exported millions of dollar's worth of gems every year. Most of them were smuggled, sold by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). Today, a certification...
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Prisons have become incubators for hate, where ethnic and white supremacist enclaves vie for control through violence and coercion directed along color lines. In part one of this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel talks with prisoners doomed to solitary confinement due to their gang affiliations. They discuss the dangers that drove them to join-and that keep them looking over their shoulders even in the so-called protective environment of a supermax...
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Set in Guayaquil Ecuador, Barrio de Paz tells the story of peace worker Nelsa Libertad Curbelo and the city's gang youth, who have left behind a life of crime to come together and provide services to their struggling community. Loved like a mother, Nelsa has helped the gangs channel their need for unity, structure, and love into the power to participate in society.
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The infamous 18 are El Salvador's biggest gang. The members battle with the rival MS13 for control of the drug market. They charge rent to local businesses and kill those who don't pay. They are teenagers, the orphans of civil war, born in the heat of battle and unfazed by death. MS13 and the 18 together form the world's biggest multinational gang. Padre, a local priest says, "If Christ had been born here he'd have been high-risk…born poor and with...
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When a juvenile gang stormed a Boston church during the funeral of a rival gang member, local community leaders and law enforcement officials decided that it was time to cooperate with each other and make a change. Parole officers and police personnel aggressively patrol the streets as a team, to enforce probation and deter violence; streetwise mentors partner with at-risk youth, helping them to deal with the police, the courts, and life in general;...
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The problems faced by teenagers considering running away usually seem totally unique and insurmountable. Children of the Night begins by showing viewers that they aren't alone and encouraging them to find other methods to work out their problems. Visit Hollywood - a haven for teenage runaways from all over the country who are hoping to be "discovered." Learn what they discovered the hard way - which is usually far from what they expected when venturing...
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Being careful: this is a long-running motto among L.A. inhabitants when they refer to inner-city ghettos, a no-law zone as huge as Paris where two communities are hemmed in and violently coexist: Hispanics and blacks. Beginning in Los Angeles, this program sheds light on America's ghettos to reveal a very different side of the United States-a country where gang warfare is on the rise and gun crime is out of control. As more and more people sink into...
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Each year an estimated two million women and children are tricked, beaten, raped, and forced by threat of death into the world's growing sex trade. This heartbreaking film follows women selling sex - from the blistering villages in Africa they can never again call home to the cold, lonely streets of Europe. "You can run, but you can't hide," say the girls, who night after night sell themselves to an endless stream of men. In filthy brothels or parked...
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In this gritty program, filmed cinema verite-style, five small-time African-American dealers living in Baltimore openly talk about "slingin' drugs" in the uncensored language of the streets. Clips of drug use, violence, and arrests interspersed with onscreen statistics provide contexts for interviewer questions about life and death in Mobtown's drug culture. Will these young men end up in a luxury car, a police cruiser, or an ambulance? Even they...
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Nobody is safe in Salinas, California, where two Latino gangs, Nuestra Familia and the Mexican Mafia, are at war. Through exclusive interviews with NF members and law enforcement personnel, this program describes Nuestra Familia's formation by convicts inside the prisons of northern California, its military-like structure, its dismaying power throughout the region and the U.S., and Operation Black Widow, a controversial joint task force between the...
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This program promotes a proactive approach to fighting school crime, while examining its myriad causes and possible solutions. The contributing roles of dysfunctional families, alcohol, drugs, and violence in the media are examined, along with the rise of gangs. Profiles of typical gang members help police and school officials to identify potential members before they become involved in crime. Enforcement techniques used to combat gang violence are...
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Starting Over focuses on the future to help kids who cannot go home realize and consider their options. Viewers hear advice from runaways who have dropped out of school and are struggling to get off the streets, off drugs, and out of prostitution. Residents and counselors at homeless shelters paint a vivid picture of life at the shelter - the rules they enforce, the assistance they provide, and the success they have in helping teens overcome their...
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In the heart of Rio De Janeiro's most violent favela, British ex-boxer Luke Dowdney runs the boxing school 'Fight for Peace'. In a community controlled by gangs and plagued by constant violence, Dowdney is striving to provide an alternative. With shootouts a daily occurrence on the streets, can he help Sugar and Douglas, his two youngest recruits, to escape the perpetual cycle of drugs and bloodshed and fight their way out of the slums?
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This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, Washington, D.C.: J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, attacks the methods of lenient parole boards in releasing known criminals. Reel 2, Quantico, Va.: Machineguns rattle as Federal agents "raid" a prop gangster hideout.
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This edition of Investigative Reports provides a chilling look at the skinheads, a volatile movement that became increasingly subtle and sophisticated in spreading its divisive and dangerous message. Unlike the original skinheads - too extreme to become a significant threat to society - the new skinheads worked hard to blend in with society as they coordinated their ongoing campaigns of extreme violence with other organized hate groups such as the...