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The Mossos Estimate that There Are a Thousand Young People in the Orbit of Youth Gangs

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"We can't wait for more things to happen before we can act." With these words, the chief police officer of the Mossos d'Esquadra, Sílvia Catà, sums up what is happening with youth gangs in Catalonia: they are smaller groups than in the 2000s, much more heterogeneous and flexible, with less presence than then, but they do exist. And, for the first time, the Catalan police are providing figures on the phenomenon. According to calculations by the M…

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The Mossos d'Esquadra have identified about 1,000 members of violent youth gangs in Catalonia, a phenomenon that has been reborn in recent years, especially...

·Madrid, Spain
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"We can't wait for more things to happen before we can act." With these words, the chief police officer of the Mossos d'Esquadra, Sílvia Catà, sums up what is happening with youth gangs in Catalonia: they are smaller groups than in the 2000s, much more heterogeneous and flexible, with less presence than then, but they do exist. And, for the first time, the Catalan police are providing figures on the phenomenon. According to calculations by the M…

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Catalan police draw up a plan to prevent the emergence of new gangs and neutralize those already operating in the territory

·Barcelona, Spain
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The Mossos identify 34 violent youth groups in Catalonia, with about a thousand linked people and ramifications in Tarragona. La entrada The Mossos identify 34 youth bands in Catalonia with about 1,000 linked people aparece primero en Moncloa.

(ACN/Editorial) The Mossos d'Esquadra have begun to deploy the so-called Proa plan, aimed at preventing and eradicating youth gangs. To achieve this, the Mossos, with close collaboration with the Guàrdia Urbana —in the case of Barcelona— will reinforce the police presence with more agents in those points where they have evidence of the presence of this type of organization. […]

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La Vanguardia broke the news in Barcelona, Spain on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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