List of criminal enterprises, gangs and syndicates

Drug cartels

In several drug-producing or transit countries, drug traffickers have taken advantage of local corruption and lack of law enforcement to establish cartels turning in millions if not billions of dollars each year. Sometimes if government enforcement is particularly poor, the cartels become quasi-paramilitary organizations.

Latin America

Dominican drug cartels

Paulino organization

Féliz organization

Bolivian drug cartels (See also García Meza regime drug trafficking)

La Corporación

Santa Cruz cartel

Nicaraguan drug cartels (see also Contras)

Oscar Danilo Blandón

Peruvian drug cartels (see also Shining Path and Vladimiro Montesinos)

Zevallos organisation

Honduran drug cartels

Matta organization

Cachiros

Venezuelan drug cartels (see also Colectivos)

Cartel of the Suns

Colombian cartels

Active Colombian cartels

The Office of Envigado

Bandas criminales (See also Paramilitarism in Colombia)

Black Eagles

Los Nevados

Los Rastrojos

Los Urabeños

New Generation

Bloque Meta

Libertadores del Vichada

Popular Revolutionary Antiterrorist Army of Colombia

Los Machos

Defunct Colombian cartels

Medellín Cartel (See also Muerte a Secuestradores)

Miami branch

Cali Cartel (see also Los Pepes)

Norte del Valle Cartel

North Coast Cartel

Leticia Cartel

Mexican cartels

Sinaloa Cartel

Milenio Cartel (defunct)

Colima Cartel (defunct)

Artistas Asesinos (defunct)

Gente Nueva

Jalisco New Generation Cartel

Los Ántrax

Gulf Cartel

Los Rojos

Los Metros

Los Zetas

Guatemala branch (defunct)

Knights Templar Cartel

La Familia Michoacana (defunct)

La Resistencia (defunct)

Juárez Cartel (disbanded)

La Linea

Tijuana Cartel (disbanded)

Oaxaca Cartel (defunct)

Los Santos street gang

Guadalajara Cartel (defunct)

Sonora Cartel (defunct)

Beltrán-Leyva Cartel (defunct)

Los Negros (defunct)

Los Pelones (defunct)

Los Mazatlecos (still active)

Guerreros Unidos (still active)

South Pacific Cartel (defunct)

Independent Cartel of Acapulco (defunct)

La Barredora (defunct)

Asian drug cartels

Golden Triangle

Burmese drug cartels(see also Myanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Army)

Khun Sa cartel (see also Mong Tai Army)

Red Wa Cartel (see also United Wa State Army and National Democratic Alliance Army)

Hawngleuk Militia

Han cartel

Laotian drug cartels (see also Ouane Rattikone)

Golden Crescent

Afridi Network

Afghan drug cartels (see also Taliban)

Noorzai Organization

Khan organization

Karzai organization (alleged)

Bagcho organization

Organized crime in Canada

Rivard organization

Red Scorpions

Bacon Brothers

Montreal

West End Gang

Blass gang

Dubois Brothers

Indo-Canadian organized crime

Punjabi Mafia जोहल गिरोह (Canada)

Canadian mafia families

Rizzuto crime family

Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan

Cotroni crime family

Musitano crime family

Papalia crime family

Perri crime family

Siderno Group

Commisso 'ndrina

Organized crime in the United States

National Crime Syndicate

Seven Group

Murder, Inc.

Polish Mob

Saltis-McErlane Gang

Kielbasa Posse

The Greenpoint Crew

Flats Mob

The Flathead gang

Prohibition-era gangs

Galveston

Downtown Gang

Beach Gang

The Maceo syndicate

Shelton Brothers Gang

Sheldon Gang

Broadway Mob

The Lanzetta Brothers

Circus Cafe Gang

Wandering Family

Remus organization

Hispanic-American

Marielitos

The Corporation

Puerto Rican mafia

Agosto organization

La ONU

Solano organization

Negri organization

Márquez gambling ring

Polanco-Rodriguez organization

Los Angeles (See also Rampart scandal)

Nash gang

Wonderland Gang

Dixie Mafia

Cornbread Mafia

Greek-American organized crime

Philadelphia Greek Mob

Velentzas Family

Assyrian/Chaldean mafia

Hawaii

The Company

Leota mob

Wall gang

Elkins mob

The Chickens and the Bulls

Binion mob

Johnson gang

American Mafia

Italian immigrants to the United States in the early 19th century formed various small-time gangs which gradually evolved into sophisticated crime syndicates which dominated organized crime in America for several decades. Although government crackdowns and a less-tightly knit Italian-American community have largely reduced their power, they remain an active force in the underworld.

Active crime families

The Commission

The Five Families of New York City

Bonanno

Indelicato crew

The Motion Lounge Crew

Colombo

Scarpa crew

Genovese

116th Street Crew

Greenwich Village Crew

New Jersey Crew

Gambino

Ozone Park Boys

DeMeo crew

Baltimore Crew

South Florida faction

New Jersey faction

The Bergin Crew

Cherry Hill Gambinos

Lucchese

The Jersey Crew

YACS crime crew NYC Punch Paulie Zaza ,

The Hammer Gang , Hole in the Wall Crew /Gang NY Zaza crew crime gang 47th Street.

The Vario Crew

107th Street gang

Magaddino crime family

DeCavalcante crime family

The Chicago Outfit (see also Unione Siciliane)

Las Vegas crew (defunct)

Philadelphia crime family

Pittsburgh crime family

Patriarca crime family

Angiulo Brothers crew

Cleveland crime family

Los Angeles crime family

Kansas City crime family

Trafficante crime family

Detroit Partnership

Milwaukee crime family

New Orleans crime family

Defunct mafia families

Morello crime family

Genna crime family

Porrello crime family

St. Louis crime family

Rochester Crime Family

Bufalino crime family

Dallas crime family

Denver crime family

San Francisco crime family

San Jose crime family

Seattle crime family

Omaha crime family

Licavoli Mob

Cardinelli gang

New York Camorra

East Harlem Purple Gang

Jewish mafia

New York City

Schultz gang

The Bugs and Meyer Mob

Shapiro Brothers

Yiddish Black Hand

Rothstein organization

Kaplan gang

Rosenzweig gang

Boston

69th Street Gang

Sagansky organization

Solomon organization

Los Angeles

Cohen crime family (mix between Jewish and Italian members)

The Purple Gang

Zwillman gang

Kid Cann's gang

Birger mob

Cleveland Syndicate

African-American organized crime

Certain members of the Black Panther Party, particularly the Oakland chapter, also engaged in criminal activities such as drug dealing and extortion.

New York City

The Council

Harlem numbers racket

Bumpy Johnson gang

Supreme Team

The Bebos

The Country Boys

Matthews Organization

The Family

Detroit

Black Mafia Family

Young Boys, Inc.

Chambers Brothers

Philadelphia

Black Mafia

Junior Black Mafia

Oakland, California

69 Mob

Baltimore

Williams organization (drug trafficking)

Washington, D.C.

Rayful Edmond organization

Chicago

Theodore Roe's gambling ring

Stokes organization

Atlantic City

Aso Posse

Miami

Miami Boys

Rosemond Organization

Irish Mob

Prohibition-era Chicago gangs

North Side Gang

James Patrick O'Leary organization

John Patrick Looney gang

Valley Gang

Ragen's Colts

Touhy gang

Boston

Mullen Gang

Winter Hill Gang

Gustin Gang

Charlestown Mob

Killeen gang

Danny Hogan's gang

Danny Walsh gang

Tom Dennison empire

Danny Greene's Celtic Club

Nucky Johnson's Organization

K&A Gang

Enright gang

New York

Dwyer gang

The Westies

White Hand Gang

Higgins gang

St Louis

Hogan Gang

Egan's Rats

European organized crime groups

Organized crime in Sweden

Original Gangsters

Fucked For Life

Uppsala mafia

Chosen Ones

Werewolf Legion

Asir

Vårvädersligan

Dutch 'Penose'

Bruinsma drug gang

Holleeder gang

Mieremet gang

Hopi Boys

French Milieu (See also Service d'Action Civique)

Corsican mafia (see also National Liberation Front of Corsica)

Unione Corse

Brise de Mer gang

Les Caïds Des Cités

Faïd gang

The Barbarians

Wigs gang

North African Brigade (see also Carlingue)

Tractions Avant gang

Bande des Trois Canards

Greece

Greek mafia

Ireland (See also Irish Republican Army)

Dublin

Cahill gang

Gilligan gang

Foley gang

Hyland gang

Dunne gang

The Westies

Limerick

McCarthy-Dundon

Keane-Collopy

Rathkeale Rovers

Kinahan gang

Spain (see also ETA)

Galician mafia

Poland (See also Group 13)

Pruszków Mafia

Slovak mafia

Romani clans

El Clan De La Paca

Raffael clan

Sztojka clan

Rashkov clan

French gypsy gangs

Hornec gang

Czech Republic

Mrázek organization

Krejčíř organization

The Belgian Milieu

'Hormone mafia'

Milieu Liègeois

Italian organized crime

Organized crime in Italy, especially the south, has existed for hundreds of years and has given rise to a number of notorious organizations with their own traditions and subculture which have managed to infiltrate almost every part of Italian society. The Italian mafia is often thought of as being the archetype for organized crime worldwide.

Sicilian Mafia

Cuntrera-Caruana clan

Sicilian Mafia Commission

Inzerillo Mafia clan

Mandamenti

Mazara mandamento

Castelvetrano clan

Trapani mandamento

Pagliarelli mandamento

Resuttana mandamento

Ciaculli mandamento

Cosca

Corleonesi

Bontade Mafia clan

'Ndrangheta

See also List of 'ndrine

La Provincia

Honoured Society (Melbourne)

Mammoliti 'ndrina

Bellocco 'ndrina

Cataldo 'ndrina

Commisso 'ndrina

Cordì 'ndrina

De Stefano 'ndrina

Pesce 'ndrina

Barbaro 'ndrina

Piromalli 'ndrina

Serraino 'ndrina

Siderno Group

Camorra

Secondigliano Alliance

Licciardi clan

Contini clan

Lo Russo clan

Mallardo clan

Nuova Camorra Organizzata

Di Lauro Clan

Nuova Famiglia

Casalesi clan

Fabbrocino clan

Giuliano clan

Nuvoletta clan

Vollaro clan

Scissionisti di Secondigliano

La Torre clan

Alfieri clan

Russo clan

Sacra Corona Unita

Stidda

Mala del Brenta

Rome

Banda della Magliana

Mafia Capitale

Milanese gangs

Banda della Comasina

Turatello crew

Balkan organized crime

Balkan organized crime gained prominence in the chaos following the communist era, notably the transition to capitalism and the wars in former Yugoslavia.

Albanian mafia

Kosovan mafia(see also Kosovo Liberation Army)

Drenica Group

Albania

Gang of Çole

Gang of Gaxhai

Gang of Pusi i Mezinit

Lazarat marijuana growers

Rudaj Organization (New York City)

YACS crime group Serbian Mafia The Yugoslavian Albanian Croation Serbian Gang

Punch Zaza Crew NYC Roman Steal Company

Gang of Thieves NYC Punch Crew The Yugoslavian Mob

Gang of Ismail Lika

Dobroshi gang (International)

Naserligan (Sweden)

K-Falangen (Sweden)

Bosnian mafia

Prazina gang

Bajramović gang

Delalić gang

M-Falangen (Sweden)

Bulgarian mafia (see also Multigroup)

VIS

SIC

Karamanski gang

TIM

Naglite

Serbian mafia

Arkan clan

Zemun Clan

Joca Amsterdam gang

Magaš clan

Giška gang

Pink Panthers

Serb mafia in Scandinavia

Kotur mob

Yugoslav Brotherhood

Montenegrin Mafia (see also allegations of Milo Đukanović's involvement in cigarette smuggling)

Macedonian Mafia

Frankfurt mafia

Bajrush klan

Nezim klan'

Romanian Mafia

Băhăian organisation

Croatian organized crime (see also Croatian National Resistance, involved in racketeering in the United States during the Cold War)

British organised crime "firms"

London

Adams crime family

The Richardson Gang

The Firm

The Syndicate

Comer gang

Buttmarsh Boys

Interwar era mobs

Messina Brothers

Sabini syndicate

Hoxton Gang

Elephant and Castle Mob

Birmingham Boys

Essex Boys

Manchester

Quality Street Gang

Noonan firm

Cheetham Hillbillies

The Gooch Close Gang

Liverpool

Curtis Warren's drug empire

Whitney gang

Aggi Crew

Glasgow

McGraw firm

Thompson firm

Delta Crime Syndicate

Brighton razor gangs

Bestwood Cartel

Post-Soviet organized crime

Although organized crime existed in the Soviet era, the gangs really gained in power and international reach during the transition to capitalism. The term Russian Mafia, 'mafiya' or mob is a blanket (and somewhat inaccurate) term for the various organized crime groups that emerged in this period from the 15 former republics of the USSR and unlike their Italian counterparts does not mean members are necessarily of Russian ethnicity or uphold any ancient criminal traditions, although this is the case for some members.

Russian-Jewish mafia

Brighton Beach

Agron gang

Nayfeld gang

Balagula gang

Mogilevich organization

Brothers' Circle (Existence is debatable)

Russian mafia (See also Lubyanka Criminal Group, Three Whales Corruption Scandal and Sergei Magnitsky)

Moscow

Izmaylovskaya gang

Solntsevskaya bratva

New York branch

Orekhovskaya gang

St Petersburg (See also Baltik-Eskort)

Tambov Gang

Togliatti mafia

Uralmash gang

Lazovsky gang

Vladivostok gang

Kurganskaya group

Tsapok gang

'Elephants' group

Kazan gang

Ukrainian mafia (See also Ukrainian oligarchs and Oleksandr Muzychko)

Donetsk Clan

Salem gang

Mukacheve cigarette smuggling syndicate

Lithuanian mafia

Vilnius Brigade

Estonian mafia

Linnuvabriku group

Transnistrian mafia

Caucasian crime syndicates

See also Caucasus Emirate

Georgian mafia (See also Mkhedrioni and Forest Brothers)

Kutaisi clan

Tbilisi clan

21st Century Association

Armenian mafia

Mirzoyan-Terdjanian organization

Armenian Power

Azeri mafia (See also Mammadov kidnapping gang)

Janiev organization

Chechen mafia (See also Special Purpose Islamic Regiment and Kadyrovtsy)

Obschina

Labazanov gang

Central Asian crime syndicates

Uzbek mafia (See also Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan)

Rakhimov organization

Kyrgyz mafia

Erkinbayev group

Akmatbayev group

Kolbayev group

East Asian criminal organizations

Korean criminal organizations (see also North Korea's illicit activities)

Jongro street gang

Japanese criminal organizations

See also Kenji Doihara's criminal activities

The yakuza of Japan are similar to the Italian mafias in that they originated centuries ago and follow a rigid set of traditions, but have several aspects that make them unique, such as their full-body tattoos and their fairly open place in Japanese society. Many yakuza groups are umbrella organizations, smaller gangs reporting to a larger crime syndicate.

Active yakuza groups

Roku-daime Yamaguchi-gumi 六代目山口組

Yoshitomi Group

Yon-daime Yamaken-gumi　四代目山健組

Ni-daime Kodo-kai 二代目弘道会

Ni-daime Takumi-gumi 二代目宅見組

Go-daime Kokusui-kai 五代目國粹会

Inagawa-kai 稲川会

Sumiyoshi-kai 住吉会

Sumiyoshi-ikka Shinwa-kai 住吉一家親和会

Kansuke Juni-daime 勘助十二代目

Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi

Matsuba-kai 松葉会

Kyokuto-kai 極東会

Dojin-kai 道仁会

Kitamura-gumi

Yon-daime Kudo-kai 四代目工藤會

Roku-daime Aizu-Kotetsu-kai 六代目会津小鉄会

Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai 沖縄旭琉会

Kyushu Seido-kai 九州誠道会

Go-daime Kyosei-kai 五代目共政会

San-daime Fukuhaku-kai 三代目福博会

Soai-kai 双愛会

Yon-daime Kyokuryu-kai 四代目旭琉会

San-daime Kyodo-kai 三代目俠道会

Taishu-kai 太州会

Shichi-daime Goda-ikka 七代目合田一家

Toa-kai 東亜会

Ni-daime Azuma-gumi 二代目東組

Yon-daime Asano-gumi 四代目浅野組

Hachi-daime Sakaume-gumi 八代目酒梅組

Yon-daime Kozakura-ikka 四代目小桜一家

Ni-daime Shinwa-kai 二代目親和会

Defunct yakuza groups

Kantō-kai 関東会

Ni-daime Honda-kai 二代目本多会

Yamaguchi-gumi

Goto-gumi 後藤組

Suishin-kai 水心会

Ichiwa-kai 一和会

San-daime Yamano-kai 三代目山野会

Nakano-kai 中野会

Kyokuto Sakurai-soke-rengokai 極東桜井總家連合会

Triads and other Chinese criminal organizations

The Triads is a popular name for a number of Chinese criminal secret societies, which have existed in various forms over the centuries (see for example Tiandihui). However, not all Chinese gangs fall into line with these traditional groups, as many non-traditional criminal organizations have formed, both in China and the Chinese diaspora.

Hong Kong-based Triads

14K Group 十四K

Wo Group 和字頭

Wo Shing Wo 和勝和

Wo On Lok (Shui Fong) 和安樂(水房)

Wo Hop To 和合圖(老和)

Sun Yee On 新義安(老新)

Luen Group 聯字頭

Big Circle Gang 大圈

Sio Sam Ong (小三王)

Chinese-American gangs (See also Tongs)

Wah Ching 華青

Ping On

Black Dragons 黑龍

Jackson Street Boys 積臣街小子

Secret societies in Singapore

Ang Soon Tong昂很快塘

Ghee Hin Kongsi 酥油軒懸空寺

Hai San 海新

Wah Kee華記

Ah Kong 新加坡黑手黨

Taiwan-based Triads

United Bamboo Gang 竹聯幫

Four Seas Gang 四海幫

Celestial Alliance

Mainland Chinese crime groups (see also Hanlong Group)

Chongqing group 重慶組

Defunct

Honghuzi gangs

Green Gang 青帮

Southeast Asian criminal organizations

Chao pho

Red Wa

Vietnamese crime gangs

Bình Xuyên

The Nam Cam gang

Filipino crime gangs (See also Abu Sayyaf and New People's Army)

Salonga Group

Pentagon Group

Kuratong Baleleng

Changco gang

Putik gang

Cambodian crime gangs

Teng Bunma organization

Indonesia

Preman (See also Pancasila Youth and insurgency in Aceh)

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Piracy Indonesia

Medan gang

Laskar Bali

Baladika Bali

Kajahatan

Malaysian crime gangs

Mamak Gang

South Asian criminal organizations

Indian mafia (See also Insurgency in Northeast India)

Mumbai

D-Company डी कंपनी

Rajan gang राजन गिरोह

Gawli gang गवली गिरोह

Rajan gang

Surve gang

Mudaliar gang

Mastan gang

Budesh gang

Kalani gang

Pathan mafia

Lala gang

Uttar Pradesh

Ansari gang

Yadav gang

Bangalore

Rai gang

Ramachandra gang

Jayaraj gang

Kala Kaccha Gang

Chaddi Baniyan Gang

Sri Lankan criminal groups (See also Tamil Tigers, Eelam People's Democratic Party and Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal)

Pakistani Mafia (See also Peoples' Aman Committee, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Muttahida Qaumi Movement and ISI involvement with drugs)

Chotu gang

Lyari Gang

Mafia Raj

Dacoit gangs

Singh gang

Veerappan gang

Devi gang

Israeli mafia (see also Stern Gang)

Abergil Crime Family משפחת אברג'יל

Alperon crime family אלפרון משפחת פשע

Zeev Rosenstein organization זאב רוזנשטיין הארגון

Palestinian organized crime ( See also Abu Nidal Organization)

Doghmush clan

Turkish mafia

Crime groups in Turkey (see also Deep state and Yüksekova Gang)

Kilic gang

Cakici gang

Peker gang

Yaprak gang

Topal organisation

Söylemez Gang

Kurdish mafia (see also Kurdistan Workers' Party)

Baybasin drug organization

Cantürk organization

Turkish organised crime in Great Britain

Arifs

Turkish organised crime in Germany

Arabaci clan

Imac clan (Netherlands)

Iranian organized crime (see also Jundallah and illegal activities of the IRGC)

Tahvili crime family

Lebanese mafia (See also Lebanese Civil War militias)

Mhallami-Lebanese crime clans

Miri-Clan

Al-Zein Clan

Juomaa drug trafficking organisation (See also Hezbollah)

Ibrahim clan

Australian organized crime groups

Sydney

Razor gangs

5T gang

Freeman gang

The Team

Mr Sin gang

Melbourne

Carlton Crew

Moran family

Williams family

Pettingill family

Richmond gang

Caribbean crime groups

Chadee gang (Trinidad & Tobago) (see also Jamaat al Muslimeen)

Jamaican Yardies & Posses

Shower Posse

POW Posse

Tottenham Mandem

Star Gang

Klans Massive

No Limit Soldiers

Phantom death squad (Guyana)

Zoe Pound (Haitian, see also Tonton Macoute)

African criminal organisations

Cape Verdean organized crime

Mungiki

Nigerian organized crime

Confraternities in Nigeria

Black Axe Confraternity

Anini gang

Mai-Mai militia gangs

Moroccan hashish smugglers

Ahmed organization

Cybercrime networks

As society enters the Information Age, certain individuals take advantage of easy flow of information over the Internet to commit online fraud or similar activities. Often the hackers will form a network to better facilitate their activities. On occasion the hackers will be a part of a criminal gang involved in more 'blue collar crime', but this is unusual.

ShadowCrew

Avalanche

DarkMarket

Legion of Doom

Carder.su

Tor Carding Forum

HackBB

Masters of Deception

Russian cybercrime

Russian Business Network

Anton Gelonkin internet fraud group

Leo Kuvayev internet spam group

CyberVor

Darknet markets

AlphaBay

Utopia

The Silk Road

Sheep Marketplace

TheRealDeal

Black Market Reloaded

The Farmer's Market

Evolution

Agora

AlphaBay Market

Russian Anonymous Marketplace

Drug and smuggling rings

Smuggling is a behavior that has occurred ever since there were laws or a moral code that forbade access to a specific person or object. At the core of any smuggling organization is the economic relationship between supply and demand. From the organization's point of view, the issues are what the consumer wants, and how much the consumer is willing to pay the smuggler or smuggling organization to obtain it.

England

Hawkhurst Gang (historical)

The Aldington Gang(historical)

Organ trafficking organizations

Gurgaon organ trafficking network

Arms trafficking organizations

Russian arms traffickers

Viktor Bout's organization

Leonid Minin's organization

Monzer al-Kassar's organization

Tomislav Damnjanovic organization

Soghanalian organization

People smuggling

Snakeheads 蛇頭

Sister Ping's organization

Coyotaje

Shettie organization

Mediterranean people smugglers

Lai Changxing organization

Bedouin smugglers

Subotić Tobacco Mafia (alleged)

Drug rings

North American drug rings

Garza organization

Jesse James Hollywood's drug ring

Brotherhood of Eternal Love

Black Tuna Gang

The Company

Jung organization

Mancuso organization

Chagra organization

"Freeway" Rick Ross

Ike Atkinson

Cournoyer organization

Cowboy Mafia

Pizza Connection

The Yogurt Connection

Bali Nine

Mr Asia syndicate

The French Connection

The Couscous connection

Valencia drug ring

Brian Brendan Wright's drug empire

Howard Marks

Rum-running organization

William McCoy

Roy Olmstead

Yashukichi network

Edward Ezra's opium smuggling operation

Tyrrell organisation

Guinea-Bissau cocaine traffickers

Na Tchuto organization

Prison gangs

Prisons are a natural meeting place for criminals, and for the purposes of protection from other inmates and business prisoners join gangs. These gangs often develop a large influence outside the prison walls through their networks. Most prison gangs do more than offer simple protection for their members. Most often, prison gangs are responsible for any drug, tobacco or alcohol handling inside correctional facilities. Furthermore, many prison gangs involve themselves in prostitution, assaults, kidnappings and murders. Prison gangs often seek to intimidate the other inmates, pressuring them to relinquish their food and other resources. In addition, prison gangs often exercise a large degree of influence over organized crime in the "free world", larger than their isolation in prison might lead one to expect.

Primeiro Comando da Capital (First Command of the Capital) (São Paulo, Brazil)

Vory v zakone (вор в законе) (Prisons in Russia and other post-Soviet countries)

The Numbers Gang (Prisons in South Africa)

Brödraskapet (The Brotherhood) (Kumla Prison, Sweden)

The Overcoat Gang (Prisons in Australia)

B.C. 45 (Philippines)

Prison gangs in the United States

White

Aryan Brotherhood

Dead Man Incorporated

Public Enemy No. 1

Nazi Lowriders

European Kindred

Aryan Circle

211 Crew

Peckerwoods

Aryan Brotherhood of Texas

Hispanic

Barrio Azteca

Mexican Mafia (La Eme)

Nuestra Familia

Texas Syndicate (Syndicato Tejano)

Ñetas

Puro Tango Blast

Mexikanemi

Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos

African American

Black Guerrilla Family

D.C. Blacks

United Blood Nation

KUMI 415

People Nation

Folk Nation

Street gangs

Youth gangs have often served as a recruiting ground for more organized crime syndicates, where juvenile delinquents grow up to be full-fledged mobsters, as well as providing muscle and other low-key work. Increasingly, especially in the United States and other western countries, street gangs are becoming much more organized in their own right with a hierarchical structure and are fulfilling the role previously taken by traditional organized crime.

North America

Friends Stand United

Albanian Boys Inc

Chicago

TAP Boyz

Simon City Royals

Chicago Gaylords

Jousters

Almighty Saints

Popes

Italian-American street gangs

South Brooklyn Boys

Forty-Two Gang

The Tanglewood Boys

Green Street Counts

The Baldies

Zoe Pound

Freight Train Riders of America (alleged)

Pacific-Islander American gangs

Sons of Samoa

Tongan Crip Gang

Juggalo gangs

Native Mob

Savage Skulls (defunct)

African-American

Chicago

Gangster Disciples

Mickey Cobras

Black Disciples

Vice Lords

Black P. Stones

Four Corner Hustlers

OutLaw Gangster Disciples

Black P. Stones (Jungles)

Bloods

Sex Money Murda

Double II Set

Pirus

Nine Trey Gangsters

Crips

Venice Shoreline Crips

Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips

Eight Tray Gangsta Crips

East Nashville Crips

Du Roc Crips

Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips

Grape Street Watts Crips

South Side Compton Crips

12th Street Gang

Errol Flynns

Westmob

Hidden Valley Kings

New York City

Decepticons (defunct)

Black Spades (defunct)

GS9

Asian-American

New York City Chinatown

Ghost Shadows 鬼影幫

Flying Dragons

Born To Kill 天生殺手幫

Asian Boyz 亞洲

Chung Ching Yee (Joe Boys) 忠精義

Menace of Destruction 毀滅的威脅

Tiny Rascal gang

Fullerton Boys

Satanas

Hispanic

Latin Kings

Ghetto Brothers

New York City Dominican gangs

Dominicans Don't Play

Jheri Curls

Trinitarios

California

White Fence

Whittier gang

Fresno Bulldogs

Lott Stoner Gang

Norteños

Sureños

38th Street gang

Culver City Boys 13

Santa Monica 13

Azusa 13

Puente 13

OVS

Eastside Bolen Parque 13

Northside Bolen Parque 13

El Monte Flores 13

Venice 13

Tooner Ville Rifa 13

Clanton 14

Varrio Nuevo Estrada

Playboys

Avenues

Logan Heights Gang

Pomona 12th Street Sharkies

Siete Vieho

Chicago

La Raza Nation

Maniac Latin Disciples

Spanish Cobras

Spanish Gangster Disciples

Los Mexicles

Latin Syndicate

Historical

Irish American

Bottoms Gang

19th Street Gang

Bowe Brothers

40 Thieves

Dead Rabbits

Gopher Gang

Grady Gang

Five Points Gang

Daybreak Boys

Tenth Avenue Gang

Kerryonians

Roach Guards

Whyos

Chichesters

Marginals

Live Oak Boys

Potashes

Bottoms Gang

New York

Neighbors' Sons

Boodle Gang

Loomis Gang

Baxter Street Dudes

Honeymoon Gang

Mandelbaum organization

Dutch Mob

Eastman Gang

Batavia Street Gang

Bowery Boys

Charlton Street Gang

Gas House Gang

Lenox Avenue Gang

Crazy Butch Gang

Hudson Dusters

Humpty Jackson Gang

Slaughter House Gang

Cherry Hill Gang

Swamp Angels

Yakey Yakes

Hook Gang

Tub of Blood Bunch

Baltimore

Bloody Tubs

Plug Uglies

Sydney Ducks

Chicago

Formby Gang

Henry Street Gang

Yellow Henry Gang

Gangs in Canada

Vancouver

Independent Soldiers

United Nations

Red Scorpions

Aboriginal Based Organized Crime

Indian Posse

Native Syndicate

Redd Alert

Toronto

VVT

Dixon Bloods

Khimera

Tri-City Skins

Shiners (historical)

South America

Gangs in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro

Amigos dos Amigos

Comando Vermelho

Terceiro Comando

Terceiro Comando Puro

Corrupt police militias

Acre death squad

Maras

Mara Salvatrucha

18th Street gang

Gangs in Haiti

Zoe Pound

Cannibal Army

Belize

George Street Crew

Europe

Gangs in the United Kingdom

London

Ghetto Boys

Peckham Boys

PDC

Brick Lane Massive

Woolwich Boys

Wo Shing Wo street gang (defunct)

Gooch gang

Birmingham

Lynx gang

Burger Bar Boys & Johnson Crew

Croxteth Crew & Strand Crew

Denmark

AK81

Black Cobra

Turkish-German gangs

36 Boys

Black Jackets

Apaches (Belle Époque period)

Red Wall Gang (Dublin)

Africa

Gangs in South Africa

Hard Livings

Gangs in Nigeria

Area Boys

One Million Boys

Morocco

Tcharmils

Asia

Salakau

Bahala Na Gang

Rugby boys

Oceania

Gangs in Australia

Sydney

Rocks Push

Dlasthr

Melbourne

Islander 23

Apex

Perth

Sword Boys

Evil Warriors

Gangs in New Zealand

Mongrel Mob

Black Power

King Cobras

Killa Beez

Fourth Reich

Raskol gangs

Other

Timber mafia

Malagasy logging syndicates

'Rosewood mafia'

Football hooliganism groups

6.57 Crew

Arsenal firm

Aston Villa Hardcore

Prostitution rings

Emperors Club VIP

Heidi Fleiss prostitution ring

North Preston's Finest

Vivian's Friends

Pamela Martin and Associates

Spy rings

Atomic spies

Cambridge Five

Duquesne Spy Ring

Illegals program

Portland Spy Ring

Walker spy ring

Burglary rings

Dinner Set Gang

Bling Ring

Sugarman Gang

Fraud rings (See also List of Ponzi schemes)

Potato Bag gang

Nigerian 419 gangs

Chief Nwude and accomplices

Benson Syndicate

Dominion of Melchizedek

Illegal gambling rings

Brazilian Jogo do Bicho rings

Anísio group

Capitão Guimarães group

Andrade group

Luizinho Drummond group

Turcão group

Pinheiro group

Tan betting syndicate

Bad Newz Kennels dogfighting ring

Human trafficking rings

Domotor family crime group

la Chancha gang

Wildlife trafficking rings

Wong organization

Cannibalism

Chijon Family

Historical

Black Hand

Chicago Black Hand

Thuggee (See also Criminal Tribes Act)

Garduna

Markham Gang

England

Early crime syndicates

Jonathan Wild's crime ring

Charles Hitchen's crime ring

Forty Elephants

Ikey Solomon gang

Worth gang

Street gangs

The Yiddishers

Peaky Blinders

Scuttlers

Glasgow

Penny Mobs

Tongs

Razor gangs

Norman Conks

Predecessors to modern yakuza (See also Genyōsha)

Tekiya 的屋

Bakuto 博徒

Kabukimono 傾奇者 (カブキもの)

American Frontier gangs (See also List of Old West gangs)

Ames organization

Soap Gang criminal empire, Denver, Creede, Colorado, and Skagway, Alaska 1880s-1890s.

Swearengen gang

Banditti of the Prairie

Dodge City Gang

Dennison syndicate

The Cowboys (Cochise County)

Blonger gang

Criminals-for-hire

Philadelphia Poison Ring (murder-for-hire)

Sangerman's Bombers (arson)

The College Kidnappers

Ringvereine (Weimar Germany)

Historic prostitution rings

Zwi Migdal

Red Light Lizzie and associates

Jane the Grabber and associates

Historical Russian gangs (See also Early life of Joseph Stalin)

Mishka Yaponchik gang

Kotovsky gang

Stuppagghiari