LTF has been behind gang feuds, violence, robberies, extortion and drug sales in Copenhagen. Soerensen said the ban, effective immediately, would be upheld until an upcoming court case.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police say prosecutors have given them permission to issue a nationwide ban on a criminal gang, even before a court case aimed at dissolving it.

Soerensen said the ban, effective immediately, would be upheld until an upcoming court case. That is expected to dissolve the group, if prosecutors can prove that the members of the gang work as an ...