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State gangs turning to less risky but still organized crimes, experts say
By postandcourier.com- Maya T. Prabhu
Published: 08/09/2016

IRMO — South Carolina gangs are beginning to leave their traditional profit path of drugs and illegal gun sales for less violent but still lucrative outlets, gang experts said Monday.

“Sex trafficking and human trafficking is what they’re focusing on,” Richland County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Vince Goggins said during the opening sessions of a three-day conference on the spread of gangs in the state.

“Gang members are going this route because it’s more profitable and not as violent,” he added, as more than 400 police and correctional officers gathered at Midlands Technical College to learn new strategies.

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