Philippine immigration authorities have detained seven members of the "JP Dragon" crime ring based in the Southeast Asian country and comprising former Japanese gang members, it was learned Friday.

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and a tattoo artist — with links to Canada-based gangster Gurjant Lahoria, reported TOI. The gang allegedly targeted city businessmen, using sophisticated weapons and violent threats to extort money.

However, authorities have acknowledged that tattoos are one of the criteria used for identifying gang members. According to court documents filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU ...

Police say the man was a senior "patch member" of the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang. Detectives say they suspect people had tried to remove the man's tattoos relating to the Comanchero gang.

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