The FBI published
The 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment – Emerging Trends report (
pdf version) to examine emerging gang trends and threats posed by criminal gangs to communities throughout the United States. The report is lengthy so I will highlight some of the main points that pertain to the Southeast and Charlotte, NC:
- Since the last report in 2009, gang membership has grown over 40%
- In Charlotte, gangs are responsible for more than half of all violent crime
- Gangs are recruiting younger members than they have in the past
- Gangs are using social media to recruit members and keep in touch
- Charlotte, NC has over 1,200 documented gang members
- Gangs are getting involved in different (new) types of crimes such as prostitution, human trafficking, Identity Theft and money laundering
- Juvenile gang members are hosting parties and organizing special events which develop into opportunities for recruiting, drugs, sexual exploitation and criminal activity
- NGIC and NDIC data indicates that, since 2009, gang membership increased most significantly in the Northeast and Southeast regions
GANGS IN NORTH CAROLINA: 13 Meadow Wood Memphis Bloods, 18th Street, 174 Valentine Bloods, 20’s Neighborhood Piru, 21st Crips, 318 Crips, 4-Trey Gangster Crips, 5 Deuce Hoover Crips, 5 Line Eastside Bounty Hunters, 8 Trey Crips, 9 Tek, 9 Trey, 9 Trey Gangsters, 910 MOB, A Squad, Aryan Brotherhood, Aryan Nation, Ashboro St Bloods, Ashton Forrest Bloods, Asian Boyz, Avalon Gangster Crips, B St Bloods, Beaver Creek South, BL-50 Bloods, Black Gangster Disciples, Black Guerilla Family, Black P Stones, Bonnie Doone Folk, Bounty Hunter Assassins, Bounty Hunter, Bloods, Bounty Hunter Villains, Brown Pride, Brown Pride Aztecs, Bunce Road Bloods, Cambridge Arms Bloods, Conservative Vice Lords, D-Block Bloods, DC Bounty Hunters, Dead Man Incorporated, Desperados MC, Deuce 13, Eastside MOB Piru, Eastside Murder Boyz, Eight Trey Crips, Fairlane Acres Crips, Five Percenters, Flame Squad, Folk Nation, Foxfire Bloods, Fruit Town Brims. Gangster Disciples, Get Money Clique, Ghost Gangster Disciples, Gangster Killer Bloods, Grape Street Crips, Graveyard Crips, Hells Angels MC, Hidden Valley Kings, Hoover 107 Crips, HTO Bloods, IGC 973, Insane Gangster Crips, Insane Gangster Disciples, Jbirds, Juggalos, Kings/Dons, Latin Kings, Loch Boys, Major Grind, Mafia Malditos, Mexican Mafia, Misplaced Souls MC, Money Over Bitches Bloods, Money Money, Hungry Soldiers, Money Maker Squad, MS-13, Murch Mob, Murder Bloods, Nazi Low Riders, Ñetas, New Jersey Mafia, Norte-14, Norteños, NWA Bloods, Outlaws MC, People Nation, P-NOX, Queensmore Bloods, Real Street Niggas, Red Devils MC, Rollin 20’s Crips, Rollin 30’s Crips, Rollin 40’s Crips, Rollin 60’s Crips, Savoy Heights Posse, Seabrook Bloods, Sex Shaw Road Crips, South Central 81st Crips, Sur-13, Tiny Rascals Gang, Trap Squad, United Blood Nation, Valentine’s Day, Vatos Locos, Westside MOB Piru, Westside Piru (MC=Motorcycle Club)
