American gangs originated in New York City and Chicago and the surrounding areas.

And, and he's got a damned healthy respect for them, the American gangs.

African American gangs also are the primary midlevel and retail distributors, although local independent dealers distribute the drug as well.

They're heavily influenced by American gangs - in dress, in language, in the stupid signs they use.

In the 1910s, he established an Irish American gang which became one of Chicago's most powerful early organized crime organizations.

Many American gangs began, and still exist, in urban areas.

African American and Hispanic gangs distribute crack in every region of the country.

Latin American gangs routinely kidnap rich foreign executives and demand multimillion-dollar ransoms.

Even the big American gangs respect them.

Rogers is now a gang leader and his forces, as well as the other American gangs, have surrounded the cities and are attacking constantly.