Ross Kemp on Gangs

The series begins in Jamaica, which has the highest murder rate in the world. At the heart of the killings are two Yardie gangs with 10,000 members between them. The gangs were originally created by Dons with strong political connections, who controlled armed mobs to fight for votes. Ross discovers the gangs have moved away from their political roots and now engage in a bloody turf war, funded by drugs and driven by tit-for-tat reprisals, that has spawned a new generation of even more violent gangs.

This second episode sees Ross travel to Poland to follow Neo-Nazi football hooligans who have become one of the most feared gangs in Europe. Ross joins an elite police riot squad as they escort a notoriously violent hooligan gang and he travels to Gorzow, a depressed and still forgotten town, to meet the leaders of the brutal stilton fighters.

In this final episode, Ross travels to East Timor where two-thirds of the youth are believed to be involved in gangs, ranging from martial arts groups to cult-like animist gangs. In the barrios of downtown Dili, Ross meets Sacred Heart and Sacred Seven, two gangs in the midst of a deadly conflict, and witnesses their bizarre rituals, strict training and terrifying arsenal.