Gangs are everywhere in the world. Some were formed many years back while others are formed in the current times. Governments are spending lots of their resources in trying to fight the outlawed gangs. Some of these street gangs are discussed below. 18th Street Gang This street gang started in 1965 at the West of Los Angeles. The gang was mainly made up of the 2 nd generation of Hispanic immigrants. Because the 18th Street gang was fighting with well-established Chicano gangs, they decided to widen their base through recruiting outside of the Hispanic group of people. The gang is now spread in over 120 cities in the United States with its membership being estimated at 20,000. Recent estimates from the Department of Justice show that sixty percent of its members are illegal immigrants. The gang grew bigger such that, many of its members did not even know each other! To counter this gang commenced their websites to improve communications as well as identify each other. They also had a gang dressing style which enhanced their identification. (Tom, 2006) They may either wear blue or wear black and grey (commonly referred to as the “raiders” colors). The gang members may also have tattoos spelling out the words Eighteenth Street, or with alphabetical and roman numbers that sum up to eighteen i.e. 666, XVIII, and XV3. According to Tom (2006), in July 2000, the 18th Street gang faced a federal RICO indictment by Los Angeles prosecutors. Its members were accused of being behind a major drug trafficking syndicate in and around the MacArthur Park area of the Pico-Union district at the west of Los Angeles. According to a senior FBI official The Columbia Li’l Cycos also known as CLCs, are the most financially successful and violent 18th Street cliques in Los Angeles. The official claimed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had apprehended a total of half-million dollars in cash from the associates of this gang member. The cash was believed to be collected from the sale of cocaine Texas Syndicate Another notorious street gang was the Texas Syndicate (TS) which was formed in the early 1970s at Folsom and San Quentin Prison. Its pioneers were inmates from Texas who were imprisoned in the California Department of Corrections (CDC). These prisoners regularly came from the El Paso Tip (EPT) but did not refer to themselves as TS until the 1970s. At the time the Texas Syndicate though a small tight-knit group, was the most feared due to their tendency for violence and serious assaults. Despite being formed in California, the TS has never been led by any prisoner in California for many years now. Convicts joining the gang will often have a specific tattoo (the “Copia”) As noted by Marshall (2000), The Estelle vs. Ruiz lawsuit which dismantled the state’s inmate boss trustee system saw the rapid growth of TS in the TDC. Between 1980 and 1983, there were numerous assaults and killings all of which the TS was believed to be responsible. In 1984 and 1985 alone, there were 52 gang-related killings, many of which were attributed to the dreadful Texas Syndicate in their war with the Texas Mexican Mafia (“Mexikanemi”). From the 1990s, the TS no longer controlled El Paso, due to its internal problems with “Barrio Aztecas” a newer independent