First, they named 11 gangs that they would target.
Think about that for a minute – 170 gangs.
Today the provincial government reckons around 130 gangs with 100,000 members operate in the Western Cape.
A more limited survey in 2001 estimated 300 gangs with 7,500 members.
LA has an estimated 80,000 gang members and more than 700 gangs – about 10% of the numbers across the entire United States.
Security experts say that there are now more than 16 gangs of sophisticated criminals extorting millions from victims across Europe.
Police intelligence sources say that worldwide there are about 50 gangs who handle the bulk of the trafficking in migrants.
It seems to me, if you've got 400 gangs, then you're not being very effective.
London, by comparison, has 58 gangs "particularly active", according to Scotland Yard, in a metropolis of eight million.
Sex trafficking in the region, which reportedly involves some 110 gangs in San Diego County alone, is far larger than previously thought.
According to the Metropolitan police, there are at least 225 gangs in London, 58 of which account for two-thirds of the gang crime.
