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May 2021
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#316 - Steven Dudley - MS-13: America's ...

Chris Williamson
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Steven Dudley is the Director of InSight Crime, a crime & public security reporter and an author.

MS-13 are one of the best known gangs in the world. President Trump declared war on them and called them a national security threat. Today we get to hear exactly how the gang works from the most informed MS-13 expert on the planet.

Expect to learn how MS-13 have become so dangerous without any single leader, how the gang initiates new members, the terrifyingly difficult prospect of trying to leave the organisation, how the gang are both victimisers and victims, the danger of them entering into politics and much more...

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