Those involved in youth violence are dubbed gangs when really they are groups on the periphery who commit robberies and other crimes as a group of friends.
I've been involved with burglaries, robberies and human trafficking cases.
Pembury Estate was once plagued by crime, ranging from gun activity and drugs to robberies.
The 71-year-old former minister, who once reputedly had the power to crown state premiers, sat quietly in the back of the crowded courtroom with his hands clasped as the magistrate dealt with the routine assaults, affrays and robberies that preceded his matter.
From 1971 to 1973, Shakur was alleged to have committed a series of audacious crimes, sometimes alongside other members of the BLA: two bank robberies in New York, the kidnap and murder of a drug dealer, armed robbery (during which she was shot), and the attempted murder of policemen in an ambush.
Between them, the four men admitted a total of 17 robberies, one charge of assault with intent to rob and two counts of handling stolen goods.
After sentencing Pedro Frota for the four robberies he admitted and Luis Frota for one attack and two charges of handling stolen goods, Judge Pawlak said none of the four was welcome in Britain any longer.
You never recover money from these big robberies".
Majera and Lincoln, who admitted taking part in 10 robberies each, had been out of prison only a few months before they embarked on their latest crime spree.
Durkan told his party's annual conference in Derry that 'no nationalist voted for bank robberies' - a clear swipe at the republican movement and its alleged involvement in December's record £26.5 million heist.
Since the 1990s American police forces have been using mapping software and COMPSTAT data to pour officers into the areas where murders and robberies are most common.
