MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The girl was 12 when the gangsters told her the rule: They would sell her for sex to men outside the gang, but members of the Somali Outlaws or the Somali Mafia would use her ...

The girl was 12 when the gangsters told her the rule: They would sell her for sex to men outside the gang, but members of the Somali Outlaws or the Somali Mafia would use her for free. For more ...

SOMALIA — Four youths were publicly whipped in the Somali capital Monday after an Islamic court found them guilty of gang rape, underscoring the government’s inability to administer justice in ...

Police say it's too simple to tie all the killings to Somali gangs, which have lured hundreds of young community members to their ranks in recent years. Those in the insular community willing to ...

Police say it’s too simple to tie all the killings to Somali gangs, which have lured hundreds of young community members to their ranks in recent years. Those in the insular community willing to ...

The four girls allegedly forced into prostitution by Somali gangs in Minneapolis were just a small part of a wide-ranging investigation into the gangs' alleged criminal enterprises. The case ...

Police say it's too simple to tie all the killings to Somali gangs, which have lured hundreds of young community members to their ranks in recent years. Those in the insular community willing to ...

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Somalia executed two men by firing squad on Tuesday for the gang rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, a government official said, adding it would serve as ...

HARADHEERE, Somalia (Reuters) - In Somalia's main pirate lair of Haradheere, the sea gangs have set up a cooperative to fund their hijackings offshore, a sort of stock exchange meets criminal ...