UNDERSTANDING GANGS

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Welcome to Understanding Gangs. This podcast examines street and prison gang structure and activity in the United States from the perspective of law enforcement, academics and former gang members. Let’s get started

Circle Of Insight Productions


    • Apr 22, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 10m AVG DURATION
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    The 007 Bonton Bloods Network — Inside a Dallas Drug Ring Taken Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2026 3:44 Transcription Available


    true crime and organized crime podcast breaking down the federal takedown of the “007 Bonton Bloods” drug trafficking network in Dallas, analyzing how law enforcement dismantles meth distribution rings, gang structures, and firearm-linked criminal enterprises. This episode explores federal conspiracy charges, drug trafficking operations, illegal weapons, and multi-agency investigations, highlighting how patterns of behavior are used to build prosecutable cases. Ideal for listeners interested in violent crime, narcotics trafficking, gang psychology, federal law enforcement strategy, and high-level criminal network analysis.

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    Notorious Orlando gang leader sentenced to 5 lifetimes in prison

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2026 1:12 Transcription Available


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    Gang shooting leaves three dead in Brooklyn

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2025 0:51 Transcription Available


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    RETIRED LA SHERIFF GANG INVESTIGATOR RICHARD VALDEMAR DISCUSSES HIS EXPERIENCE WITH GANGS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025 41:51


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    WE DISCUSS TWO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS THE BASE AND AWD

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    WE DISCUSS THE ALMIGHTY LATIN KINGS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2025 2:20


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    WE DISCUSS EL CHAPOS 2015 PRISON ESCAPE

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2025 2:07


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    19 MEMBERS OF MEXICAN MAFIA PRISON GANG CHARGED IN MURDER CONSPIRACY

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 2:26


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    GANG NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 3:28


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    A SUMMARY OF GANG CRIMES AROUND THE US FOR THE WEEK

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 7:16


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    TWO MEN CHARGED WITH FOUR COLD CASE HOMICIDES GANG

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 2:51


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    TANGO BLAST GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED FOR SMUGGLING PEOPLE ACROSS THE BORDER

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 2:39


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    16 ALLEGED LOWCOUNTRY GANG MEMBERS INDICTED

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 2:32


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    MEMBER OF MOTORCYCLE GANG PAGANS PLEAS TO CHARGES

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 2:47


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    CHICAGO GANGS RAGE AGAINST NEWLY ARRIVED VENEZUELAN GANG MEMBERS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 6:13


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    GANG PROBLEMS IN DENMARK AND SWEDEN

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 2:43


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    VENEZUELAN GANG GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO SHOOT US COPS ACCORDING TO HOMELAND SECURITY3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 4:14


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    DEPUTIES ARREST AN ENTIRE HELLS ANGELS CHAPTER IN CALIFORNIA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 1:15


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    THE LATEST IN GANG NEWS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 3:38


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    GANG MEMBER GETS 45 MONTHS FOR POSTING ON INSTAGRAM FIREARM THREATS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 2:05


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    CELAYA IN GUANAJUATO TAKING MATTERS IN THEIR OWN HANDS AGAINST CARTELS3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 5:41


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    GANGS IN NEW JERSEY

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 4:22


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    LAPD GANG INVESTIGATOR DISCUSSES GANG CULTURE AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS TIPS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024 29:29


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    LARGEST INDICTMENT OF OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANGS IN GEORGIA HISTORY1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 1:51


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    4 MS-13 GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 3:25


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    10 GANG MEMBERS ARRESTED FOR OVER A DOZEN ROBBERIES3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 1:29


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    CELLPHONES HELP MEXICAN MAFIA OPERATE WITHIN CALIFORNIA PRISON3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 5:12


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    SCAM ARTIST USED FAKE ID'S TO GET GANG MEMBERS HOMES IN HIGH END APARTMENTS1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 2:16


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    EX MEXICAN MAFIA LEADER GETS PAROLE AFTER 27 YEARS IN PRISON2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 5:02


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    WE DISCUSS GANGS IN MINNEAPOLIS WITH GANG EXPERT CHARLIE MARTIN2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 58:44


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    7 WOUNDED IN BIKER GANG FREEWAY SHOOTING

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 1:28


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    WE CHAT WITH RETIRED LAPD GANG OFFICER WAYNE CAFFEY ON HOW GANGS HAVE CHANGED3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 62:04


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    125 ARRESTED THAT FUNCTIONALLY DISMANTLES IRISH MOB GANG

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 2:41


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    17 LA GANGS TARGET AND ROB WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 4:23


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    MS-13 MEMBERS IN TEXAS PRISON WITH MURDER OF SURENOS INMATES2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 1:53


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    SACRAMENTO GANG SHOOTING KILLED6 AND WOUNDED 121

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 4:26


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    MOTORCYCLE GANG SHOOT AT RIVALS ACROSS INTERSTATE 451

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 2:06


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    2 GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN BEVERLY HILLS1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 2:23


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    KING COUNTY ON THE RISE AND WE LOOK AT THEIR GANG ACTIVITY1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 4:04


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    LOS ANGELES SUES NORTH HOLLYWOOD APARTMENT OWNER OVER ALLEGED GANG ACTIVITY AND VIOLENCE

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 3:15


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    PROSECUTORS ACCUSE 9 ALLEGED CRIPS MEMBERS OF CARRYING OUT RETALIATORY KILLINGS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 3:16


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    GANG SHOOTING IN LOS ANGELES LEAVES ONE DEAD AND ONE WOUNDED

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 2:01


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