 About
30,000 violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs, and prison gangs with
approximately 800,000 members operate in the U.S. today. Many are sophisticated
and well organized; all use violence to control neighborhoods and boost
their illegal money-making activities, which include drug trafficking,
robbery, theft, fraud, extortion, prostitution rings, and gun trafficking.
Here, you'll find more on the threats posed by gangs, on how you can
help spot and prevent gang activity, and on how we're redoubling our
efforts to disrupt and dismantle them through intelligence-driven investigations
and new initiatives and partnerships.
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Based
at FBI headquarters, the MS-13 National Gang Task Force combines
the expertise, resources, and jurisdiction of federal agencies that
investigate 
To
help curb the growth of gangs and related criminal activity, the FBI
spearheaded the creation of the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC)
in 2005. A multi-agency effort, the NGIC integrates gang intelligence
from across federal, state, and local law enforcement on the growth,
migration, criminal activity, and association of gangs that pose a
significant threat to the U.S. Its mission is to support law enforcement
by sharing timely and accurate information and by providing strategic/tactical
analysis of intelligence.