Jamaica boasts the highest murder rate in the world with two Yardie gangs totalling 10,000 members. Originally created by Dons with strong political connections, the gangs controlled armed mobs to fight for votes. Today the gangs have moved away from their political roots and Ross sets out to speak to them in an election year.
In Poland, he follows Neo-Nazi football hooligans who have become one of the most feared gangs in Europe. Young men with few prospects use violence as a means of escape, and Ross experiences first hand just how dangerous it can be when he's tear-gassed at a football match.
For forty years Colombia has been embroiled in civil war as paramilitary and guerilla forces fight for control. Gangs play a part gangs in this conflict and Ross meets with the most secretive of them all, the Sicarios. These small groups, mostly under the employ of the paramilitaries, operate as 'hit-squads', killing whoever is considered a threat.
East Timor's Sacred Heart and Seven Seven gangs have brought the country to the verge of collapse. Members undergo bizarre initiation rituals where roots are implanted in their chests to make them believe they are invisible. Ross travels with the UN peacekeepers as they witness this youthful nation's descent into anarchy.
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