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THE BEJKO ORGANIZATION The streets of Tirana and the roots of Albanian-American organized crime In Tirana, Pjeter Marku lived with his mother, grandmother and her young adult son in a part of town called Selvia, and rented a car that I drove on highways that are pitch-black at night and have no speed limits. He went through cities where the traffic lights are suggestions, weaving through the chaos of donkey carts, overloaded motorcycles and pedestrians crossing everywhere. There were no sidewalks. The crumbling walls of many of the buildings were covered by gang tags: graffiti that said fuck this and fuck that, a picture of a smoking spliff on one wall, the phrase "criminal boys" tagged, in English, on the wall of a prison. The streets that had businesses on them were lined with coffee shops, casinos, and one pharmacy after another that sold drugs like Xanax and Ambien over the counter. In a bleak, run-down cement apartment building, "Toni Montana" was graffitied on a hallway wall outside. I went there to visit a divorced mother who was fighting cancer, who lives with her mother and her young adult son who has to hustle to pay under the table for medical treatment. Pjeter was only 12 years old when he was tasked with the daunting responsibility of being a nurse to his terminally ill mom. She was in her last stages of nasopharyngeal cancer, and because we couldn’t afford hospital care and treatments, she opted to live out her final months in her childhood home in the province. More than a decade after his mother died of cancer, her death still haunts me. It was no doubt a painful time, but it was also filled with so many profound moments. His mother, even in her all too fragile state, was indirectly teaching me valuable life lessons, which later on became my weapon and armor to survive adulthood. Pjeter arrived to New York City 8 years after his mothers death on a blistering hot day in June. Twenty-three, ten bags and one roller coaster of a journey ahead of him. He relived nights out at the same clubs, bars, pubs, and restaurants week after week and desperately needed a change. He persevered and made a friendship circle who had now became his rock in the city. The circle hanging around Pjeter started to become a small-time criminal crew in New York which actively hung around clubs, bar pubs and restaurants and collected the filthy jobs from the Italians mobsters. The members of the Marku crew in New York loved Scarface, Donnie Brasco, Goodfellas, John Gotti and the Iceman. One nicknamed himself "Tony Montana." They hustled hard and all-in, with seemingly no regard for consequences, taking equally reckless approaches to their dealings with other dangerous gangsters and the police. For them, it wasn't about business—they seemed committed to the life, at all costs. They practiced shooting at gun ranges, and then shot off their weapons in a coffee shop and, another time, from a car going down the highway in celebration after a drug deal. They bought gun after gun, with accessories—Glocks, silencers, shotguns, 9 mms, semi-automatics, hollow-point bullets, bulletproof vests. They picked up a gun from a fellow restaurant worker for 50 dollars and bought a machine gun from a former soldier. They’d refer to the weapons in code, saying to each other in Albanian, “Make sure you bring that thing (sende) with you.” Multiple figures with violent records seen frequenting Los Santos. Possible resurgence of Albanian Organized Crime? By James Miller. APRIL 10, 2021 11:08 AM PT Once considered as the ‘sixth family’ by the FBI's criminal division of New York, ever after Rudaj’s arrest in 2006, it was safe to assume that Albanian organized crime in NY had been beyond crippled. But as most criminal organizations, when an individual takes the fall, others adapt & emerge to make the most out of whatever remains. Like several other groups, while their hay-days are far beyond over, reports suggest multiple small-time crews continue operating around Astoria & Queens. A striking feature seen among Albanians remains to be the phenomenon of brotherhood, which has continuously faded among other criminals over the past few decades. The most notable example is the involvement of an Albanian-American Police Officer Besnik Llakatura in 2015. FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Sweeney stated, “Besnik Llakatura took an oath to serve and protect the citizens of New York City as an officer of the NYPD, while simultaneously pledging his allegiance to a violent organized crime group bent on shaking down local Queens business owners within the Albanian community.” Among the list of charged defendants, two notable names were of Pjeter Marku & Tony Bejko, both emigrated to the United States as refugees of war in mid 90s according to reports. Bejko who wasn’t found guilty on any charges has moved to Los Santos ever since, while Pjeter Marku, released in February after a five year sentence has been seen frequenting LS and spotted with Bejko on numerous occasions. Experts believe throughout the course of his stay in Los Santos, Bejko has continued to dabble into the LS underworld. Tried in 2020 for narcotics distribution, Bejko once again was proven not guilty with lack of testimony. With Marku’s unexpected move, the two are suspected to cash in further on what the city has to offer, going back to their old habits.

Democratic Party Chairman Rudy Benson: "Rehabilitation is a right that everyone deserves, whether it be by their own hand or with the assistance of the government." BY DENNIS SIDWELL Los Santos, SA - On the 18th of April, 2021, the LSNN team conducted an interview with Democratic Party Chairman Rudy Benson. This is the written version of the interview which was held on air, in the LSNN studio. Rudy Benson and Dennis Sidwell in the studio Dennis Sidwell: Mister Benson, welcome. Rudy Benson: Thank you for having me tonight. Dennis Sidwell: Mister Benson, you've recently been appointed as Chairman of the Democratic Party. Can you tell us, who is Rudy Benson privately? What are your hobbies? Rudy Benson: I love to spend time outdoors. I spend a lot of my weekends out hunting or camping in the wilderness, after a busy week. It adds a nice balance to my busy weeks. Dennis Sidwell: Let's talk politics. Rudy, there have been some statements regarding you being outed from the final lists for the Senate, then, becoming the Chairman of the Democratic Party. Allow me to remind the citizens of some of the statements. Republican Senator Kevin Seong has said the following: "Rudy Benson was a very solid candidate with a bipartisan mindset, who was sadly left out of the final list." Furthermore, Democratic Senator and Acting Chairwoman of the Democratic Party, Diana Jones, has said the following: "Rudy Benson was a splendid candidate, who showed excellent promise. But so were the others, each of them. A choice had to be made, and while I won't go very in-depth on the precise calculations and patterns behind the choices, Rudy gained his spot on the sixth seat. Now, making him the Chairman of the Democratic Party wasn't a decision I made after he didn't get into the Senate. I always knew that he would be a good choice for it. And so it happened that the Senate split. I was already planning to rescind the position of Chairwoman, and Rudy became the best candidate." President Pro Tempore Frank Ernst has said: " I don't really have a comment, because I'm not very familiar with Rudy Benson." Now... you are not new in politics, but you are new to this position. Let's hear it from you - what happened? Why you weren't on the list, and how did it come to it, to become the Chairman of the Democratic Party? Rudy Benson: I spoke with Senator Jones a long time ago and expressed my interest in the position, because I know we would be lacking some genuine leadership if she wasn't the one that was heading the party. Not much came out of the conversation until election night. She informed me that she wanted me to take the reigns. It was unfortunate I did not take a position in the Senate, however, I do believe I can do just as much work as the Chairman. I did not know the process behind the recent candidate list that was developed by the recent leadership, so I cannot speak on that. However, I do trust their judgement and I know our current Senators are the right people for that position. Dennis Sidwell: The elections are behind us. Allow me to ask you, are you satisfied with the results? The Republicans won by votes, albeit with a very small difference. Let me remind the citizens - 457 votes for Republicans and 445 votes for Democrats. Standing at five-five seats in the Senate. Now, in your opinion, what does this mean for the Senate? What if an issue arises, what if the Senators can not agree on a certain change? Rudy Benson: That's an issue we've seen plaguing the entire country. When there's a split, every proposed bill ends in a stalemate and ends up getting tossed from the floor. This is why I believe it's crucial to work together - Democrats and Republicans. For the benefit of the citizens of San Andreas. Our counterparts need to work together to make changes. Dennis Sidwell: In your opinion, what needs immediate change in San Andreas? What will you advise the Democratic Senators to advocate for in the Senate? Rudy Benson: I haven't been particularly keen on the recent bills proposed. I just had to spend a month out in another city for some events we were holding there. However, what I would like to see is the decriminalization of marijuana across the state. On top of that, I would like our Police and Sheriff Departments to be able to get more funding. I've been a Sheriff's Deputy myself and a problem we ran into was being able to access well-equipped training centers. Not only that, but funding for equipment while on the job. These are two things I would like to see with this cycle of Senators, hopefully. Dennis Sidwell: What are your views on firearms acessibility and open carry? Rudy Benson: I, myself, am a licensed carrier. So I believe that the current restrictions in place are ample enough to keep out criminals from accessing firearms from legal distributors. However, a lot of these criminals obtain firearms from out of the state. They will travel to other places that have more relaxed ways to purchase firearms. Then, they will bring them into the state and plague our communities as a result. So I don't believe it's a matter of our own state's laws. I believe the problem lies in the transportation of out-of-state firearms. Plus, I know the Police Department does a fantastic job with keeping our communities safe. I trust them to do their job and, ultimately, keep each and everyone one of our families safe at the end of the day. Dennis Sidwell: What about jobs in San Andreas? Is there enough jobs, or maybe too many jobs? Allow me to insert Ms. Jones' statement on this topic. "Small businesses get started. They boom up, they get profitable, they last a month, maybe two, then they vanish again. We've all seen it. It's a pattern that's been known through San Andreas since forever, and it's a good thing, too. Jobs don't last very long here. People have a job for a few months, and then they move on and they get another job. But this circulation boosts the economy and makes sure that there's always room for more. New jobs get created every week in high amounts, too. Especially in our high conjuncture economy, we have more high paying jobs available than we have highly paid people available. Lower paying jobs, the many, many businesses, that are very easy to establish, following the gold rush tactic, those are always there. Higher paying jobs, like I said, there's more jobs than people." There's more jobs than people. What do you think about this statement? Rudy Benson: I would second Senator Jones' statement. I think that there are quite enough jobs to go around, and the advent of new businesses will always be a thing with this state. However, that doesn't mean that we can't help our communities to obtain these higher-level jobs. I think one issue, particularly with lower-income areas, is that people don't have the proper access to education and means to improve themselves. We need better state-funded financial aid for in-state colleges. I'm not saying everyone should be able to go to college for free. I believe that lower income families should just have as much opportunity to access higher-level education than a rich family over in Las Venturas. As society evolves, it becomes more and more apparent that this is a right. A necessity in today's society. Dennis Sidwell: You've mentioned the low income areas of San Andreas. What can be done to prevent crime, to prevent gang activity, organized crime, any type of crime that manipulates the youth to take the wrong path? Do you think that the youth finds crime attractive because of lack of money? Rudy Benson: I do and that's why I fight for youth's access to higher education. Organized crime and gangs are always going to exist. We need to mitigate it as much as we can, though. Allow the youth the opportunity to contribute to society in a more holistic manner. Dennis Sidwell: What are your thoughts on punishment versus rehabilitation? Rudy Benson: That's such a complex issue. There are some crimes that are so inhumane that I don't believe rehabilitation is in the picture. Violent crimes do, in my opinion, deserve to have some level of punishment to them. You commit a crime, you need to serve your time in jail. However, the jail complex has become a system of profit and it needs to be reformed. For-profit jails have become such dwindle to the reformation process that it has taken our society three steps back as a result. So, in my mind, jails need to be reformed before this conversation is had. To answer your question, though - rehabilitation is a right that everyone deserves, whether it be by their own hand or with the assistance of the government. Dennis Sidwell: What about the death penalty? Democratic Senator Laert Beqiri said the following statement: "Sometimes, some crimes are so horrendous, so inhumane, that makes me agree on the death penalty. At the same time, for the same reason I mentioned earlier about our justice system, I think it's scary to have it. If I had to pick, I'd say pro death penalty." Rudy Benson: It's a bit of a weird thought that another human can sentence someone to death. At its core, it's a peculiar concept. However, I do agree with Senator Beqiri's comment. Like I stated before, there are some crimes that deserve the death penality. There are some people who are just too far gone that rehabilitation is just out of the picture for them. I believe our judges make the right call on that, afterall, they went to school for it. To sum it all up, I do believe in the death penalty and I trust the process to bring the right people to it. When necessary. Dennis Sidwell: Mister Benson, thank you for coming to the LSNN studio. It has been a pleasure talking to you on air. Rudy Benson: Thank you for having me! > Comments are enabled Username: Comment:

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W/S CALAIS LIL CYCOS SALVATRUCHAS The Calais Lil Cycos Salvatruchas (MS CLCS) are a Mara Salvatrucha clique that is criminally active in Decker Park, Little Seoul. This particular MS-13 clique was formed in the late 1980s by Central American migrant criminals. Most of the gang's founders were in fact originally from Guatemala, which at the time was unusual for a Mara Salvatrucha gang. The gang's OGs claim that the first formation of the gang happened in 1989. The Los Santos Police Department (LSPD) documented the CLCS clique in 1996. The criminal gang earned money through the production and distribution of narcotics, along with gun-running across Los Santos. Pimping served as an additional, albeit a minor form of income. Throughout the 1990s the gang attracted unwanted attention from the LSPD through their involvement in a series of turf wars. These turf wars were against other Sureño gangs who had been active in Little Seoul's suburbs for decades. The turf wars were started over disputes about gang territories and mutual personal disrespect between the shot-callers. The CLCS were known to use some extreme violence during these turf wars by using machetes and other edged weapons to maim and kill their Sureño rivals in the streets. In 1999 the gang endured a lengthy injunction that lasted until 2001. The injunction resulted in the arrests, criminal charges and convictions of around 30 gang-bangers. Well over half of the convicted gangsters were deported back to Central America upon completion of their state prison sentences. A small number of them are still incarcerated in San Andreas state prisons to this day. The second formation of the gang happened in 2004 after the younger relatives of incarcerated members continued the gang's crimes in the streets. It was during this era that the gang moved back into Decker Park, inhabiting and criminally operating out of the suburbs surrounding it. The gang has been present there ever since, and according to Los Santos police reports, has been steadily growing since 2010. Their crimes have also intensified, and they are once again thought to be one of the main narcotics producers and dealers throughout Little Seoul's suburbs. CLCS HISTORY The CLCS were formed in the late 1980s by former Guatemalan child soldier, Alejandro Farfan a/k/a Muerte, and a number of his cousins. The Farfan family had resided in Little Seoul for several years by 1989. Alejandro himself was a child soldier in the Guatemalan Army who was used in "suicide missions" against communist insurgents. Many of these supposed communist insurgents were in fact unarmed Maya peasants who were victims of genocide by the Guatemalan state. Early in the decade, and while serving in the remote jungles, he deserted the military and fled to Mexico with the help of human rights organizations. He came to the United States from Mexico during an unknown year in order to join the rest of his family. Shortly afterwards he and some of his relatives joined the Mara Salvatrucha. During the 1980s the Farfan cousins operated a drug distribution organization that sold marijuana, crack cocaine and heroin around Little Seoul. The gang became a part of the Mara Salvatrucha, according to the gang's OGs in 1989. Although the Farfan family were Guatemalans, the majority of their underlings were war refugees and economic migrants from El Salvador. Their drug distribution organization became the Calais Lil Cycos Salvatruchas. The gang garnered notoriety in the 1990s through their turf wars against rival Sureño gangs. The gang was broken apart by the LSPD in 1999 during a lengthy injunction and anti-gang operations. The injunction was declared over in 2001 and the gang was left in a very disorganized and dysfunctional condition. Middle and high echelon gangsters were arrested, criminally charged and convicted over the next few years. The final conviction was handed down in 2004 for a series of gang-related homicides around Little Seoul. The defendant was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 50 years. Alejandro Farfan was apprehended by the LSPD in 1999 at the start of the gang injunction. Although he was not being criminally charged, he was an illegal immigrant. As such, he was transferred to the federal custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). He was moved to a facility in Arizona after the transfer of custody. In 2000 he died under suspicious circumstances while being detained prior to his deportation hearing. He was reportedly denied food, water and sanitary access in the week prior to his suspicious death. One detainee who attempted to contact the local news media about the circumstances was deported to Honduras before he could be interviewed by them. According to his death certificate he was 44 years old. His relatives who still lived in Los Santos were said to have taken over control of the Palomino Locos Salvatruchas (PLS) after he died. CLCS were re-formed in 2004 by the younger relatives of incarcerated gang members. Allegedly, this was done at the ordering of CLCS members who were in San Andreas state prisons. This allegation has never been proven by the Los Santos police or state prison authorities. The gang continued in Little Seoul, where it began producing and distributing narcotics. The new generation also formed connections with other Mara Salvatrucha gangs, such as the Palomino Avenue Salvatruchas. The gang still exists in Little Seoul today. CRIMINAL OPERATIONS The CLCS are mainly active in Decker Park, which is an outdoor recreational area of Little Seoul. The gang uses the area for drug distribution activities, along with gun sales and pimping prostitutes. They are reportedly territorial, which has led to deadly confrontations with rival gang-bangers and innocent civilians. The gang allegedly uses makeshift narcotics laboratories situated in other areas of LS to produce their drugs that are sold in Decker Park. These makeshift laboratories were converted from suburban houses and high-rise housing project units. The LSPD suspects that a number of prostitutes who are pimped out by the gang are illegal immigrants from Latin America. The gang predominately recruits teenagers and young men of Central American descent, although in recent years Mexican-Americans have reportedly gotten initiated. The gang are actively recruiting youths from neighborhood schools, community associations and from the street. Children as young as 10 and men as old as 25 have gotten initiated into the gang, which has provided it with a demographically older membership. Some children and teenagers are coerced into the gang under the threat of death. Given how recent immigrant teenagers make up much of the gang's rank & file, the threat of deportation also looms over them, which makes them vulnerable targets for gang recruitment. During the early 2010s the gang expanded to other parts of the United States. Their offshoots are presently active in Dallas, TX & Acter, Alderney State. The gang in El Salvador, formed entirely by deportees, are aligned with the 503 faction of the Salvadoran Mara Salvatrucha. Some members of the 503 faction are reportedly active in Los Santos and Texas, where they have been absorbed into American Mara Salvatrucha gangs. In the early 2000s the clique's shot-caller Sergio Farfan a/k/a Lil Muerte was shot to death by a member of the Palomino Avenue Locos. He had previously been greenlit by two different leaders of the Calais Lil Cycos in 2006 and 2009, but had these sanctions revoked after pulling violent coups of the gang's leadership. He took control of the San Andreas branch of the Mara Salvatrucha in the early 2010s. This made him the highest-ranking member of Mara Salvatrucha in San Andreas who wasn't in a state prison. In spite of his killing, the Calais Lil Cycos and Palomino Locos remain on good terms and are closely working with each other in the street. Josue Zelaya a/k/a Lil Bandit, from the Palomino Avenue Locos, was said to have taken over the Mara Salvatrucha gang's top leadership while incarcerated in state prison. He currently runs the gang's operations from behind bars.

It was really nice to see you guys on the festival. I appreciate your behavior and roleplay! Not sure who are these two but it was amazing. Thanks for stopping by and keep it up!

Just normal Sunday. Going back to the camp to grabbing a rifle, the group then heads towards the Paleto forest.

Update 2.0.5 Added Added SAPR Duty Point, SAPR Cell, SAPR Dispatch Compatibility /greet is now back working! Gun damages will now be based on distance : Up to 12,5 meters : 100% damage From 12,5 to 25 meters : 80% damage From 25 meters to 50 meters : 50% damage From 50 meters to 100 meters : 40% damage All these values may be changed in future updates based on feedbacks. The goal is to prevent pistol sniping and take into account the loss of bullet velocity based on distance Changes Female uniform will now properly work Fixes Fixed shotgun damages Fixed a client error related to vehicle sync

More religious roleplay and no I don't mean starting your own religion in the desert. @Adv has done a ton of great work but it's a type of roleplay that needs more then one dedicated character. I'd love to see more priests and clergymen operating around the map. It opens whole other avenues for character development and RP that people otherwise would just NPC because of how much effort it would take them. Things like weddings, funerals, baptisms and confession. All things that would create incredibly amounts of character development but are frankly either not possible or extremely hard to do on the server without proper supporting characters.

The southern end of Central Los Santos was initially laid out as a single-family housing to serve the influx of middle and upper-lower class workers that flooded into the City to support the surging shipping and manufacturing that was booming in the late 60's. Families with a nice home, a small yard, and a vehicle were a common sight. However the incoming economic downturn of the 70's saw the area take a dramatic turn. Many of the homes fell into disrepair as the families that had occupied them were forced to relocate because of the economic crisis. This led to an influx of mainly lower-class tenants making the neighborhood their home. By the tail end of the 70's the neighborhood was mainly made up of Afro-Americans and Mexican-Americans. with crime City-Wide exploding, it was only a matter of time before it arrived in the area. In 1979 one of these gangs came into existence. The Davis Avenue Boys & Grove Street Boys banded together naming the group South Side Kings and began to engage in small-time Drug Dealing, Prostitution, Auto-Theft. The area itself was something of a battle-zone between other gangs that had sprung up in the area. In 1985 the group was renamed to South Side Grove St. Crips continuing the same illegal activities, however several 'legitimate' businesses were added to their resume giving this new incarnation more legitimacy. Being able to more easily launder ill-gotten goods and cash through legal businesses they owned and operated was a tremendous boon. The area once again turned into a battle-zone with numerous other cliques and gangs springing up all around South-Central Los Santos. Though recently the nephew of OG C-Macc, Quincy Mack aka G-Macc has taken upon himself the task of pulling the Grove St. Crips back from the ashes. The group has begun to reform and re-establish itself as a power player in the neighborhood. Taking up many of the former illegal activities of the Gang. Anton 'AK' King's uprising. Anton King was just like any other youth who found himself being involved in the streets of Los Santos at the age of 19. His father was found guilty for a double murder leaving Anton to turn to the streets in an attempt to make a living for himself. This ranged from drug smuggling, drug dealing, small time illegal weapons trading, house robberies and even extortion. Quincy Mack, the current Shot Caller at the time quickly took a noticing to Anton's dedication to be a true member of the Gang. Throughout Anton's time and dedication, Quincy Mack hastily put Anton to the test in order to see if he had what it takes to become a Shot Caller. Throughout the years of doing various criminal acts, Anton quickly found himself rising throughout the ranks. Notable deceased members from SSGC GIP William ' OG Stone' Boyles 1996 |GIP Bobby ' OG Paybacc' Sheppard 1997 | GIP TeVaughn 'OG Grove' Newman (Founder) 1997 | GIP Quincy ' OG C-Macc' Jones 1998 |GIP Raymond 'Eastside Ray' Jackson 1998 | GIP Miguel 'Lil Devil' Rodríguez 1999 | GIP Billy 'Chu-Chu' McKinzie 2004 | GIP Byron 'OG Loccsta' Anderson 2021 Notable crimes Old News Nov. 14, 1995. The relative peace of the ethnic Little Seoul district of Los Santos was shattered yesterday when three members of a notorious South-Side gang known as the Grove Street Gangsters broke into one of the neighborhood homes. The three were arrested, when contacted for the names of the perpetrators and the victims there was no immediate response. The Los Santos Police Department did issue a press release stating that they take the dangers of gang violence seriously, and this is just another reminder of the dangers these Gangs pose to our youth and the safety of law-abiding Los Santos Citizens. May 21, 2002. Four members of the infamous Grove Street Crips Were arrested today on charges that they were involved in last weeks double robbery and homicide of two individuals who were talking home down Brouge Avenue. The arrests were the culmination of an ongoing manhunt seeking to bring the instigators of this heinous crime to justice. When contacted for a statement the Los Santos Police Department Special Gangs Unit Supervisor told the Los Santos Times: “These latest arrests were another heavy blow to one of the more violent gangs in South-side Los Santos. We are confident that with these arrests the so called 'Grove Street Gangsters' will cease to pose a threat to the city and it's inhabitants.” New April 14, 2021. A chaotic scene on Elgin Ave. outside Café Italia unfolded as various locals got involved in a street brawl that snarled traffic and caused units of the Los Santos Police to be sent to the scene. Among those that were identified were four members of the so called; 43 Grove street Crips. While no arrests were made this may once again be a sign that the area may about to become a battleground between street gangs that are seemingly making a resurgence in recent months. When contacted for a statement the Los Santos Police Department Gang Unit had no immediate response. April 17, 2021. Just after lunch the relative peace in the Davis neighborhood of South-Side Los Santos was disrupted. The notorious region which is known for it's clashing street gangs once again earned it's reputation. A brawl broke out among the local street gangs just near the Grove Street LTD Station. The brawl turned deadly as shots rang out shortly after. The entire ordeal leaving one dead and one injured. The victims were known members of a one of the local gangs known as the Brain Dead Crips. When reached out to for a statement the Los Santos Police Gang Unit Supervisor was quoted as saying: "Now that the summer has started in earnest we can expect the violence from street gangs in volatile areas to increase. We are doubling our efforts to keep this violence from spilling into the rest of the city. " Davis Ave Boys Davis Ave Boys Aka. Grove St. Gang / 43 Grove St. Crips Founded 1979 / 1985 Founding location Los Santos, San Andreas Years active 1985–present Territory Los Santos, Liberty City. Ethnicity Predominantly African-American Activities Racketeering, murder, drug trafficking, prostitution, arms trafficking, auto theft , armed robbery, burglary, extortion Allies Rivals Tongan Crip Gang, 52 Hoover Gangster Crips, South Side Connection Brain Dead Crips (Formerly) Graveyard Crips Varrio Rancho 13 (Formerly) Carson Mafia Gangster Bloods (Formerly) Davis Family Gangster Bloods (Formerly) Bounty Hunters Bloods 83 Hoover Criminal Gang Out of Character Info: The South Side 43 Grove St. Crips is a fictional gang that only exist in Los Santos GTA:W. We would prefer if players were to have some prior roleplay experience before joining the Gang/Faction, as we like to keep a certain standard both IC and OOC in terms of roleplay and reputation of the faction as a whole. You are also required to follow a strict set of both IC/OOC rules. Failure to follow these rules could end in your character being Character Killed (CK'ed) or even you being kicked out of the faction entirely for not meeting our standards. Character Kill (CK) Policy: Upon becoming a Initiated Member in the faction, you will be asked to submit your ( CK ) agreement in our Discord. Discord @𝟙𝟙𝟘𝟡𝔾𝕋𝔸#5347 or @DotzyPB#4693 Public Discord: https://discord.gg/UMQ8xKNzR8 Story @Jade n' Graphics made by @Bandito

As usual with every security events impacting the server, I always try to make a write-up on what happened to give you full transparency over the issue. You'll find below a timeline (CET) of the events : 11:15 : OVH alert about a DDoS impacting our main game server. Impact : Players cannot connect anymore with the following error : 11:20 : Our internal monitoring triggers an alert regarding an unusual decrease of player compared to the average, I arrive on computer and check discord and notice this error. 11:25 : Initial thought is that the DDoS attack was targeting Rage services directly, and OVH decided to fully block Rage's ports until their mitigation blocks the attack. 11:30 : I notice that Eclipse Roleplay are also impacted and immediately create a group discussion with NBDY (their owner) to investigate the issue 12:00 : OVH mitigation stops, I decide to restart the server to see if the ports would be available after a restart and to allow everyone to login : big fail, no one can connect. 12:15 : Since OVH mitigation wasn't responsible for the error, we decide to fully analyze the network traffic and discover that we're being attacked on two front : 1) Thousands of Amazon AWS EC2 instances, Google Cloud and dozens of other providers are massively DDoSing Rage's 22006 port which is used to download files by downloading the files on their instances and thus completely block the traffic. 2) A denial of service attack is also ongoing on Rage's 22005 game port, this time with UDP requests in order to spam the gameserver and ensure that players cannot properly connect to it / play. The analysis confirms that this is an advanced targeted attack by someone who knew perfectly how to attack RageMP and prepared its attack with cloud instances to download files. RageMP team is also immediately contacted for support on the issue. 14:00 : We blacklist every IP ranges of known cloud providers from being able to access port 22006 with no luck : the amount of random hosts is still too high and players cannot download files at all. 15:00 : Rage's main developer joins our discord group and gives us multiple advices in how to handle it. 15:30 : 16 servers are purchased from OVH to split the incoming traffic and redirect the traffic in case one server goes down. 16:30 : The new mitigation infrastructure is deployed, along with an UDP packet filtering to only whitelist valide UDP rage packets and thus prevent a denial of service on the gameserver service itself. Players can finally start to login slowly. A rage security setting is also deployed on port 22006 to blacklist DDoSing IP. 18:00 : Players who do not need to download any files can properly login, but others are stuck in "Loading server resources" phase, the download is ultra slow due to the security measures, thus no one can really download the files. 21:00 : We disable the Rage's security setting on file download and recode our own thanks to Rage's tips, the game server is restarted and everyone can finally login properly / download files. 21:30 : The DDoS is still ongoing but no impacts at all anymore for players. 7:00 am the next day : Finally caught up with all my IRL work I had to put aside for few hours. 8:00 am: Back to IRL work of the next day! This has been the most advanced DDoS attack we've received since GTMP's era in 2017 where we fought for months with an attack. I can't thank Rage's owner enough for all the help which allowed me to fully block the attack. With this new mitigation infrastructure we're ready to face major future attacks that might happen due to new competitors.

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Less immigrants from Australia, Britian, or Europe in general. Every time I come across a character that's from those backgrounds they're most usually self inserts, which is weird. More Americans in America, please. 🙂

One small bump in the road. Keep it up lads.