The boy is now the star witness in a case that has exposed a criminal gang that, according to investigators, has snatched children off the streets, maimed them and sent them out to beg for money.

男孩现在已经成了这起案件的明星证人，根据调查人员的陈述，这桩案子揭露一个犯罪团伙，他们从大街上把小孩子抓走，使其致残，并把他们放回街头乞讨。

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This one stood out because it was the work not of a maniac but of a well-established criminal gang, which has terrorised the region for nearly 20 years.

这起血案之所以引人瞩是因为凶手不是一个疯子，而是一个在当地横行霸道近20年的臭名昭彰的犯罪团伙。

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This month Mr Castillo’s office arrested 16 municipal policemen on suspicion of working with a local criminal gang called “The Hand with Eyes”.

这个月Castillo的部门逮捕了16个警察，他们被怀疑与当地称作“眼之手”（The Hand with Eye）的犯罪组织有关。

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Kingpin is often used to describe an important criminal, or the leader of a criminal gang.

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Italian officials say the kidnappers may have been a criminal gang tied to the Taliban.

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Police said that a criminal gang masqueraded as an online gaming friend and abducted him after arranging to meet him last week.

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Ackerman concedes that the kidnapping and extortion threats he describes are more likely to be committed by a criminal gang than a terrorist cell.

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