{"id":2273336,"date":"2024-06-21T09:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reliable-data-on-gang-crimes-lacking\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T09:47:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:47:24","slug":"reliable-data-on-gang-crimes-lacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reliable-data-on-gang-crimes-lacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Accurate gang crime data is scarce"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freliable-data-on-gang-crimes-lacking%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2273336&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses concerns related \u200cto the impact of border\u2064 crises in the United States, highlighting increased transnational organized crime, especially in states like Pennsylvania. The Biden \u200dadministration&#8217;s new executive order is mentioned, which grants citizenship to certain non-citizen residents. \u200bHowever, critics argue that data correlating undocumented migration with increasing crime is incomplete and possibly manipulated.<\/p>\n<p>According to Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin\u200b Bethel, the\u2062 city is \u200bseeing a significant number of domestic and transnational gang activities. The FBI notes the presence of thousands of violent gangs nationwide, including notorious groups like MS-13, \u200ball linked\u200c to\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/civil-forfeiture-how-the-government-makes-billions-by-taking-americans-private-property\/\" title=\"Government's Billions from Seizing Americans' Property: Civil Forfeiture Explained\">major drug cartels<\/a> like Sinaloa and Jalisco.<\/p>\n<p>The text points out disparities in crime statistics.\u200c While some violent crimes in Philadelphia are down, others,\u200d such as property crimes, have increased. The narrative includes insights from John Fabbricatore, a U.S. Air\u2063 Force veteran and congressional candidate, who describes how gangs proliferate within communities \u200dof their\u200c own\u2064 nationality and engage in territorial conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>There is a special focus on \u2062the so-called &#8220;Tourist Burglars&#8221; or South American Theft Groups (SATGs),\u2064 who enter the U.S. under the guise of tourism to commit crimes, notably in affluent areas using sophisticated methods. Instances of burglaries linked to these groups in Pennsylvania cite arrests\u200d of individuals from countries like Chile, showing the extent and organization of these \u2064criminal activities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 As the effects of the border crisis ripple throughout the nation, concern grows over increased transnational organized crime, in Pennsylvania and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Those subjective fears have been amplified in the wake of the Biden administration\u2019s recent executive order granting a legal pathway to citizenship for spouses of U.S. residents and their children living in the country for a decade or more.<\/p>\n<p>For many, lacking transparency and centralized data collection to accurately document crimes compounds the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/tNL5Vt9l0eU?si=2jMD7r5n2dFLPCuh&#038;t=2150\"><strong>said<\/strong><\/a> during a June 3 news conference that there are \u201cwell over hundreds\u201d of neighborhood gang sets operating in the city, which includes domestic groups. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, the FBI has identified some 33,000 violent gangs that engage in criminal activities such as robbery and drug, gun, and human trafficking. And, they say, Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, and 18th Street transnational gangs exist in almost every state. <\/p>\n<p>Behind it all are the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels that, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dea.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-05\/5.23.2024%20NDTA-updated.pdf\"><strong>U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration<\/strong><\/a>, operate in all 50 states and are responsible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-war-on-crime-must-begin-with-recalling-removing-every-last-soros-district-attorney\/\" title=\"Tom Cotton: War on Crime Must Begin with Recalling, Removing 'Every Last Soros' District Attorney\">worst drug crisis<\/a> in the country\u2019s history. <\/p>\n<p>Critics argue existing data about the correlation between undocumented migration and rising crime is incomplete \u2013 sometimes by design. Other analysts <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarshallproject.org\/2024\/02\/17\/new-york-texas-immigrants-crime-fears?gad_source=1&#038;gclid=CjwKCAjwps-zBhAiEiwALwsVYWgi5OqFcaLVtSk93_FkWm_8qQx7yGPwhWF8eNNro1zvOvHYJWS1VBoCgYoQAvD_BwE\">argue<\/a><\/strong> that data shows that many criminal incidents have declined despite an influx of migrants relocated to sanctuary cities, like Philadelphia, from the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the latest citywide Philadelphia Police Department data available, violent crimes \u2013 homicide, rape and aggravated assault \u2013 are down an average of just under 11% from the year prior, while robberies were up an average of 16%.<\/p>\n<p>The report also shows that residential burglaries were down slightly, but property crime of other types rose an average of 28%. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/controller.phila.gov\/philadelphia-audits\/mapping-gun-violence\/#\/?year=2024&#038;map=12.16%2F39.97417%2F-75.06526\"><strong>City Controller\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> website says there have been 121 homicides this year to date \u2013 a 38% decrease from 2023. <\/p>\n<p>John Fabbricatore, a U.S. Air Force veteran, retired ICE Field Office Director, and current congressional candidate in Colorado\u2019s 6th District, told The Center Square that gangs will set up in communities with large concentrations of people from their home countries and begin committing crimes there, then move outward.<\/p>\n<p>It becomes even more dangerous when established domestic gangs defend their territories, he said, resulting in turf wars.  <\/p>\n<p>Fabbricatore suspects the latest trend to hit the U.S. \u2013 South American Theft Groups, or SATGs, also known as \u201cTourist Burglars\u201d \u2013 are not being categorized as gangs. <\/p>\n<p>These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-to-offer-up-to-100k-for-info-on-series-of-car-burglaries\/\" title=\"San Francisco to offer up to 0K for info on series of car burglaries\">organized criminal groups<\/a> come primarily from Chile and other South American countries, entering the U.S. on tourist visas with the purpose of committing large-scale retail theft, robberies and home burglaries in affluent suburbs. They use a combination of Wi-Fi jammers, surveillance cameras, false identification, and rental cars to carry out their operations.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-seize-more-than-1-billion-worth-of-illegal-pot-in-the-desert\/\" title=\"Authorities Seize More Than  Billion Worth Of Illegal Pot In The Desert\">organized crime groups<\/a> were responsible for a number of burglaries in the commonwealth. <\/p>\n<p>Abington Township Police reported there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abingtonpd.org\/press-release-burglary-arrest-3\/\"><strong>12 residential burglaries<\/strong><\/a> since 2021 in the Meadowbrook section tied to SATGs. Four men from Chile were arrested in connection to the crime. <\/p>\n<p>As part of a multi-state and regional effort, Lower Merion Police announced in April they made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowermerion.org\/home\/showpublisheddocument\/29292\/638524955143600000\"><strong>numerous arrests<\/strong><\/a> of \u201ctraveling burglars\u201d that targeted high-end homes in Bryn Mawr, Villanova, Newtown Square, Tredyffrin Township, Eastown Township, Willistown Township, Plymouth Township and Lower Merion. The suspects \u2013 from Chile, Argentina, and Peru \u2013 were apprehended and are connected to burglaries in other areas and states as well. <\/p>\n<p>Fabbricatore said there is an uptick in crime, but sanctuary cities are not accurately reporting it. He believes the motivation is political but also business-related; officials, especially in tourist destinations, want to appear like they are doing a good job. <\/p>\n<p>Obtaining data on crimes related to illegal immigration is difficult, he said, because many sanctuary jurisdictions do not record information on whether those arrested are present in the U.S. illegally. <\/p>\n<p>Fabbricatore, in his recently published <a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/05zDhDIF\"><strong>book<\/strong><\/a> \u2018De-Iced: America in the Era of Open Borders and Unchecked Immigration,\u2019 says the claims that sanctuary cities have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-10-worst-states-to-retire-to-in-2024-survey\/\" title=\"Top 10 worst retirement states in 2024: Survey results\">low crime rates<\/a> are based on a false premise. Crime is still rampant, but laws and definitions change to obscure what is really happening, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to fragmentary reporting, charges are pleaded down, and perpetrators are released on bond after being arrested. <\/p>\n<p>If only 0.5 % of the 7 million migrants allowed into the country under the Biden administration were gang members or had criminal backgrounds, Fabbricatore said, that\u2019s still 35,000 people. It does not include those on the terror watch list who have slipped through the cracks and up to 70,000 \u201cspecial interest aliens\u201d who come from countries that have ill will against the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery state is a border state right now, and every state is being affected by it,\u201d said Fabbricatore.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oig.dhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/assets\/2024-06\/OIG-24-27-Jun24-Redacted.pdf\"><strong>recent report<\/strong><\/a> by the Office of Inspector General states the Department of Homeland Security is not effectively vetting asylum seekers and noncitizens applying for admission into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Requests for data and statements from multiple federal, state and local agencies for this article were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 The border crisis is affecting the nation, raising fears of escalating transnational organized crime across Pennsylvania and other states. 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