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CRI 176 1ST PERIODIC EXAMINATIONS

PART 2- ESSAY

1. Research on a particular Organized Crime Group (OCG) operating nationwide

in our Country. Provide information on their origin, history, modus operandi,
armaments, significant crimes committed and other relevant data. ( 100
POINTS)

Organized Modus Crimes

crime groups Year origin history operandi armaments committed
founde
d
1. Kuratong 1986 Misamis The group was Smuggled, Kuratong robbery,
baleleng occidenta originally kidnap, illegal Baleleng smuggling,
l established by gable and etc. allegedly kidnapping,
the Botanical for their official used murder,
Youth Club in purpose which weapons extortion,
1986 to guard is political sourced drugs illegal
against the purpose. from the gambling,
spread of military prostitution,
communist fraud,
guerrillas in extortion.
Misamis
Occidental. The
first leader,
chosen directly
by the military,
was Octavio
"Ongkoy"
Parojinog, who
allegedly used
the group both
for its official
purpose as well
as to conduct
illegal activities.
Parojinog was
later killed by
Philippine
soldiers. When
the group
disbanded in
1988, they
 continued to
operate as an
organized crime
syndicate.
2. Acetylen 2012 Northern This originated modus acetylene illegal
e gang Luzon in Northern operandi is to tank, possession
Luzon with dig tunnels acetylene of firearms
former miners leading to torch, and
as its business grenades, explosives
members. The establishment handguns, and robbery
‘gang’ works by s such as drill,
boring holes on banks, screwdriver
the walls or jewellery
digging tunnels stores,
to break into an shopping
establishment. malls, and
Once in, the pawnshops.
perpetrators use
acetylene tanks
to open the
vaults.  Commo
n targets are
banks and
pawnshops that
are adjacent to
vacant houses
in populated
areas.

3. Bahala 1940 Sampalo The Bahala Na Done street Fistfight, Drug

na gang c manila Gang was fights, murder, improvised trafficking,
established in drug weapons weapon
the early 1940s trafficking and like sumpak trafficking
in Sampaloc, arm smuggled and and
Manila, for the improvised murders,
Philippines, by purpose of spears or extortion of
Divino Talastas, owning Indian pana money
a native of territory and and 38
Bulacan who surpass all calibre gun
was born in gangs.
early 1920s and
who later moved
with his siblings
to Sampaloc.
Another gang
tried to take
control: the
Sige-Sige Gang.
This was the
 Golden Period
of Philippine
Street Gangs.
To match with
the existing
Sige-Sige Gang,
Divino formed
the Bahala Na
Gang, whose
name he took
from the existing
night bar in
Sampaloc, the
"Bahala Na
Bar." A place
known as a
meeting place
for tough guys
around the area.
This was where
Diving gained a
reputation for
his fighting skill. 
4. Waray- 1997 Samar Waray-waray The suspects M16 rifles, Armed
waray leyte gang are were wearing tec-9s, robbery,
gang generic term police ak47, street-
used in the uniforms to grenade, Fighting,
Philippines to gain entry into high narcotics,
denote of the calibre contact
criminal groups establishment ammunition killing,
who are waray s they and guns carnapping
ethnicity. They victimized. and
originated from kidnapping
provinces Leyte
and Samar
where the
majority are of
waray
backgrounds,
and later spread
into Luzon.
Their bloody
confrontations
with the police
made them the
most notorious
gang in the
Philippines.
5. Martilyo Famou Bacoor, The truth is One man Hammers, Illegal
gang s in Cavite these gangs bringing crowbars, possession
 year don’t exist and tools- steel pipes of firearms
2011 the police are hammers and 45 and
only , crowbars, calibre pistol ammunition
generalizing. It or steel pipes , illegal
may seem to break possession
confusing but the jewellery of deadly
the gangs are store weapons,
not real gangs. windows. and
they don’t have Another group robbery.
actual whose
members. their members are
names are armed, would
based on the cause panic in
modus operandi the area and a
perpetrated by third group
the criminals would arrive at
the shop to
take away
jewellery
pieces.
6. Zesto Particular No particular Its modus Zesto juice theft
gang in Manila history. What happens on
the name of the bus and attack
group simply passengers.
explains what’s When a new
their modus passenger
operandi arrives, a
zesto gang
member will
disguise and
act like he is
the bus
conductor and
ask for the
payment and
when the
scammer
finally have
the payment,
he’ll give the
victim juice
packs and
swiftly poke
straws on it,
so the victim
won’t have
any chance to
protest.
7. Salisi Not particularly Rob their No theft
gang a gang but the victims while particular
 police locally they are weapon only
named them distracted or their way of
based on their not attentive catchy
modus with their technique
operandi. belongings, like asking
usually involve of directions
2 to 4
members.
8. Budol- The budol-budol They lure or Fake Swindling,
budol gang can strike blackmail their counterfeite theft
gang anywhere using victims into d money
their alleged giving them
powers of valuables or
hypnotism and cash in
boodle or exchange for
counterfeit a bag filled
money. with fake bills
or products