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U.S Authorities: Gangs Increasingly Using Internet

An AP newswire article by Andrew Glazer, via The Boston Globe, reports that:

Some of the country's most notorious street gangs have gotten Web-savvy, showcasing illegal exploits, making threats, and honoring killed and jailed members on digital turf.

Crips, Bloods, MS-13, 18th Street and others have staked claims on various corners of cyberspace. "Web bangers" are posting potentially incriminating photos of members holding guns, messages taunting other gangs and boasts of illegal exploits on personal Web sites and social networking sites.

posted by Fergie @ 7/06/2006 12:09:00 PM