Eleven alleged members of a street gang based in Los Angeles are facing federal racketeering and other charges for their roles in a suspected prostitution and sex-trafficking ring. Members of the Hoover Criminal Gang are accused of forcing girls and women ...

A grand jury indicted 11 members and associates of the Hoover Criminal Gang for sex trafficking children and adults along South Los Angeles' Figueroa Corridor, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. In addition to sex trafficking crimes, the 31-count ...

The victim, identified as Maria De La Rosa, was shot multiple times by two men in an incident investigators believe could be gang-related.

LOS ANGELES — Six suspected members and associates of a South Los Angeles street gang were arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging they acted as pimps to promote and manage sex trafficking of adults and minors on the notorious Figueroa corridor.

Gang members in Los Angeles target food trucks for extortion. March 23, 2013— -- A police raid in Los Angeles shut down an extorsion network of alleged gang members who were targeting food truck vendors in Hollywood. The police indicted 20 suspected ...