Blair Ensor reports on the underworld problems highlighted by The Homicide Report. STUFF Gang members pictured at a gathering in New Plymouth in March. There have also been cases where licensed firearms owners have sourced guns and sold them to gang members or criminals. In 2014, Peter James Edwards admitted supplying 72 legally bought firearms to people without licences, 63 of them to gang members. Cahill says the gang members deported from Australia have "contributed immensely to an increased professionalism within New Zealand's organised crime".

Source: Stuff May 13, 2019 16:52 UTC