Gangsterism in a sentence

Before the current onslaught, Akpabuyo/ Bakassi enjoyed the notoriety of heightened insecurity such as kidnapping, gangsterism, cultism, robbery, and even banditry.

He said el-Rufai received the report having commissioned the operation to tackle urban gangsterism, which took place between April 26 and 28, 2023.

The Adamawa State Police Command said its operatives have arrested 15 persons suspected to be members of the Shilla cult group accused of involving in gangsterism and terrorising the people of Yola and Jimeta areas of the state.

Civil society groups should help co-deliver public and basic services in communities - from tackling gangsterism, combating gender-based violence and fostering community police partnerships to keep crime down.

There are people like Ralph Bouwers and Mark Nicholson, who organise recreation activities for young people in Lavender Hill in Cape Town to keep them from turning to gangsterism.

There is a popular saying “an idle mind is a devil workshop”, many students are jobless and doing nothing at home that will lead them to engage in nefarious activities, such as gangsterism, cybercrime, and other heinous crimes.

We cannot accept gangsterism taking over in our community,” said Mr Mbuthuma.

Gangsterism, robbery and kidnappings have risen to heights never witnessed before in the local government.

Osinbajo said that there was a clear link between transborder organised crime and various species of local gangsterism.

Reports of threats of violence and physical attacks likened to Mafiosi gangsterism of the 1940s, have reared its ugly head and surprisingly unaddressed, and rife with impunity.

Residents were given a platform to voice their concerns about crime in the area including the proliferation of gangsterism.

Staggie was shot sitting in a car in front of his house in London Road, where his twin brother, Rashaad, was previously shot and burned alive by People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) demonstrators in 1996.

They are the rare department that managed to purge the shakedowns and gangsterism that still plague police units throughout the region.

The Youth Desk focuses on programmes geared toward education and skills development, alcohol and drug abuse, peer pressure and gangsterism, among others.

First of all, McMafia – a tale of international gangsterism, inspired by the of the same title by Misha Glenny – represents the BBC’s attempt to see off the competition from its latest rivals, the internet streaming services like Netflix.

With the wiretap evidence excluded, Rizzuto was acquitted after the prosecutors said they had no other evidence to present on the charges related to gangsterism and conspiracy to traffic cocaine.

And the most ghoulish manifestation of this gangsterism is the forced harvesting of organs of the political prisoners and religious followers that it arrests, particularly of the Chinese religious movement known as the Falun Gong.

It wasn't about messages or "You Must Learn", it was about gangsterism. citation In 2011, Ice-T repeated in his autobiography that Schoolly D was his inspiration for gangsta rap.

Opting for a military solution the republic in Germany was destroyed by gangsterism, infighting, incompetence, political naivete, and international debt obligations.