A four-year-old was assaulted in a Whakatane park simply for wearing a red shirt, the colour associated with the Mongrel Mob.

A gang member is accused of kidnapping and raping a woman who says she was able to escape after drugging his coffee with codeine.

A teenager needed two rows of stitches and a steel plate to repair his shattered jaw after being beaten over the colour of his T-shirt.

The partner of a gang member accused of beating her was declared a hostile witness after refusing to repeat her complaint in court.

The murder of former Melbourne crime boss Carl Williams has opened a new can of worms.

An accused drug ring leader used Auckland's SkyCity casino to plan P deals and enjoy a "high-roller" lifestyle, police say.

Joshua Peter Brennan should get credit for the moral and physical courage required to break his link with the Mongrel Mob, Judge Raoul Neave said today as he jailed the armed robber for nine-and-a-half years.

A highly organised gang is believed to have escaped with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and jewellery in a string of armed raids across Auckland.

A 28-year-old woman has admitted spitting into a police officer's mouth and kicking two officers in the groin.

An ex-gangster's wife has admitted using documents to dishonestly claim $12,000 from taxpayers.

Narcotraficantes, or drug dealers, can buy the murder of many, and the loyalty of nearly everyone.