List of criminal organizations
This page is a list of criminal organizations, including organized crime groups, criminal gangs, or other organizations who engage in such activities for either profit or funding (such as certain terrorist groups).
Drug cartels
Colombian drug cartels
Medellín Cartel
Cali Cartel
Norte del Valle Cartel
Black Eagles
North Coast Cartel
Mexican drug cartels
Juárez Cartel
Sinaloa Cartel
Los Negros
Tijuana Cartel
Gulf Cartel
Los Zetas
Guadalajara Cartel
Sonora Cartel
Colima cartel
Golden Triangle drug cartels
Khun Sa cartel
Golden Crescent drug cartels
Noorzai cartel
Quirino Organization
French Connection
Organized crime groups
Italian-American Mafia crime families
See also List of Mafia crime families
Five Families of New York
Bonnano
Colombo
Genovese
Palma Boys Crew
Gambino
The Ozone Park Boys
DeMeo Crew
Lucchese
The Jersey Crew
The Vario Crew
Buffalo crime family
Rochester Crime Family
DeCavalcante crime family (New Jersey)
The Chicago Outfit
Scarfo crime family (Philadelphia)
Bufalino crime family (Northeastern Pennsylvania}
Pittsburgh crime family
Dallas crime family
Patriarca crime family (Boston/Providence)
Cleveland crime family
Los Angeles crime family
Kansas City crime family
Trafficante crime family
The Detroit Partnership
Milwaukee Crime Family
Montreal crime family
New Orleans crime family
Defunct mafia families
Morello crime family
Genna crime family
East Harlem Purple Gang
Philadelphia Poison Ring
Other American crime groups
Jewish mafia
The Purple Gang
The Bugs and Meyer Mob
Shapiro Brothers
Yiddish Black Hand
Rosen gang
The Commission (mafia)
National Crime Syndicate
Seven Group (considered the predecessor to the National Crime Syndicate)
Murder, Inc.
African-American organized crime
New York City
The Council
Harlem numbers racket
Supreme Team
The Country Boys
Detroit
Black Mafia Family (Atlanta)
Young Boys Inc.
Chambers Brothers
Errol Flynns
Black Mafia (Philadelphia)
69 Mob (Oakland)
Polish-American organized crime
Chicago
Saltis-McErlane Gang (Prohibition-era)
Philadelphia (Port Richmond and Northeast Philly)
Kielbasa Posse
Buffalo, NY
Pittsburgh, PA
Detroit, MI
New York
Greenpoint Crew
Cleveland
Flats Mob
Cuban-American organized crime
The Corporation
Prohibition-era gangs
Shelton Brothers Gang
Charles Birger gang
Sheldon Gang
Broadway Mob
Circus Cafe Gang
Dixie mafia
Greek-American organized crime
Philadelphia Greek Mob
Velentzas Family
Wonderland murders gangs (1970's-1980's Los Angeles)
Wonderland Gang
Nash gang
Polanco-Rodríguez organization
Italian organized crime
See also List of 'ndrine
Mafia (Sicily)
Corleonesi
'Ndrangheta (Calabria)
Strangio-Nirta clan (San Luca)
Pelle-Romeo clan (San Luca)
Siderno Group (Ontario)
Piromalli 'ndrina
Barbaro 'ndrina
Cataldo 'ndrina
Cordì 'ndrina
De Stefano 'ndrina
Camorra (Naples)
Nuova Camorra Organizzata
Di Lauro Clan
Nuova Famiglia
Casalesi clan
Contini clan
Fabbrocino clan
Giuliano clan
Licciardi clan
Lo Russo clan
Mallardo clan
Nuvoletta clan
Vollaro clan
Scissionisti di Secondigliano
La Torre clan
Sacra Corona Unita (Apulia)
Stidda (Sicily)
Casamonica (Pescara/Rome)
Rancitelli (Pescara)
Basilischi (Basilicata)
Società Foggiana (Foggia)
Anonima Sequestri Sarda (Sardinia)
Mala del Brenta (Veneto, now disbanded)
Banda della Magliana (Roma, now disbanded)
Banda della Comasina (Milan, now disbanded)
Irish mob
Prohibition-era Chicago gangs
North Side Gang
Valley Gang
Ragen's Colts
Boston
Mullen Gang (incorporated into the Winter Hill gang in the 70's)
Winter Hill Gang
Gustin Gang
Charlestown Mob
Killeen gang
Egan's Rats (St Louis gang active in the early 20th century)
The Westies (New York City)
White Hand Gang (New York City)
West End Gang (Montreal)
Danny Greene's Celtic Club (active in Cleveland during the 1970s)
Ireland
Cahill gang
Gilligan gang
Russian Mafiya
Moscow
Izmailovskaya gang
Solntsevskaya bratva
Dolgoprudnenskaya gang
Orekhovskaya gang
St Petersburg
Tambov gang
Chechen mafia
Obschina
Lazanskaya gang
Brighton Beach, New York City
Potato Bag gang
Agron gang
Elson gang
Nayfeld gang
Balagula gang
Mogilevich organization
Viktor Bout's arms trafficking network
Vory v zakone
Ukrainian mafia
Bashmaki gang
British organized crime
London
The A-Team
The Richardson Gang
Brindle family
Historical London gangs
Jonathan Wild's crime ring
Charles Hitchen's crime ring
The Firm
Interwar era gangs
Messina Brothers (Mafia)
Sabini gang (Mafia)
Hoxton Gang
Elephant and Castle Mob
Birmingham Boys
Noonan family
Quality Street gang
Aggi Crew
Tamil Snake gang
Curtis Warren's drug ring
Balkan organized crime
Albanian mafia
Rudaj Organisation
Princ Dobroshi
Ismail Lika
Bosnian mafia
Jusuf Prazina
Ismet Bajramović
Mušan Topalović
Ramiz Delalić
Bulgarian Mafia
VIS
Multigroup
Serbian mafia or Nasa Stvar
Željko Ražnatović
Ljubomir Magaš
Rade Kotur
Ratko Djokić
Kristijan Golubović
Radoljub Kanjevac
Milorad Ulemek
Other European crime syndicates
Sweden
Uppsalamaffian
Naserligan
Original Gangsters
Poland
Pruszków gang
Wołomin gang
Dutch organized crime
Klaas Bruinsma (drug lord)
Willem Holleeder
Armenian mafia
Estonian mafia
Vilnius Brigade (Lithuania)
France
Unione Corse
Francisci clan
Orsini clan
Venturi clan
Guerini clan
Gang des postiches
Gang des Tractions Avant (Paris
Turkish mafia
Arifs (London based)
Kilic Gang
Cakici gang
Agansoy gang
Canturk gang
Baybaşin drug organization
Triads and Tongs
See also: List of Chinese criminal organizations
Triads
14K
Wo Shing Wo
Shui Fong
Wo Hop To
Luen Group
Tung Group
Sun Yee On
Big Circle
Sio Sam Ong
Green Gang (active in early 20th century Shanghai)
Taiwan
United Bamboo Gang
Four Seas
Criminal Tongs
Hop Sing Tong
Hip Sing Tong
On Leong Tong
Ying On Tong
Bing Kong Tong
Four Brothers Tong
Other Chinese crime groups
Snakeheads
Wah Ching
FriscoSide Wah Ching
Sing Wa
Yakuza groups
See also List of Bōryokudan
Yamaguchi-gumi
Yamaken-gumi
Kodo-kai
Takumi-gumi
Goto-gumi
Kishimoto-gumi
Kokusui-kai
Dojin-kai
Goto-gumi
Suishin-kai
Inagawa-kai
Sumiyoshi-kai
Sumiyoshi-ikka
Honda-kai
Ichiwa-kai
Nakano-kai
Kyokuto Sakurai-soke-rengokai
Yamano-kai
Aizukotetsu-kai
Asano-gumi
Azuma-gumi
Goda-ikka
Kantō-kai
Kozakura-ikka
Kudo-kai
Kyodo-kai
Kyokuryu-kai
Kyokuto-kai
Kyosei-kai
Matsuba-kai
Nakano-kai
Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai
Shinwa-kai
Soai-kai
Taishu-kai
Toa-kai
Yamano-kai
Predecessors to modern yakuza
Tekiya
Bakuto
Jamaican Yardies and Posses
United States
Shower Posse
Spangler Posse
Tel Aviv Posse
Dunkirk Boys Posse
Waterhouse Posse
Jamaica
Klans Massive
United Kingdom
London
Lock City Crew
Firehouse Posse
Cartel Crew
Bristol:
Hype Crew
Mountain View Posse
Back to Back gang
The Gucci
Other groups or mafias
Nigerian criminal enterprises
Nigerian criminal confraternities
419 gangs
Indian mafia
Mumbai
D-Company
Rajan gang
Arun Gawli gang
Kkangpae (Korea)
Vietnam
Binh Xuyen
The Nam Cam gang
Australia
5T gang (Sydney)
Melbourne
The Carlton Crew
Carl Williams|The Williams family
The Painters and Dockers
Moran family
Israeli mafia
Zeev Rosenstein organization
Attias gang
Abergil Crime Family
Alperon crime family
Canada
Independent Soldiers
Red Scorpion
United Nations
Johal gang(defunct)
Tahvili crime family (Iranian criminal organization in Canada)(possibly defunct)
Philippines
Waray-waray
Ormoc Boys
Kuratong Baleleng
Pentagon
Akyat Bahay Gang
Salisi Gang
Dugo-Dugo Gang
Estribo Gang
Martilyo Gang
Outlaw biker gangs
See also: List of outlaw motorcycle clubs
Abutre's
Bandidos
Blue Angels
The Breed
Comanchero
Diablos
The Finks
Free Souls
Grim Reapers
Hells Angels
Rockers MC
Mongols
Notorious
Outlaws
Pagans
Rock Machine
Sons of Silence
Vagos
Warlocks
Paramilitary and terrorist organizations
'See also List of designated terrorist organizations
Ireland
Provisional IRA
Continuity IRA
Real IRA
INLA
Ulster Defence Association
Ulster Volunteer Force
Ulster Defence Force
Colombia
AUC
FARC
ELN
United States
Black Liberation Army
The Order
Palestine
The Doghmush clan
Palestine Liberation Organization
Turkey
PKK
Grey Wolves
Communist terrorism
New People's Army (Philippines)
Red Army Faction (Germany)
Red Brigades (Italy)
Islamist terrorism
Hezbollah
Al-Qaeda
Abu Sayyaf
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Nationalist
Tamil Tigers (Sri Lanka)
Kosovo Liberation Army (Kosovo)
ETA (Spain)
FLNC (France)
United Wa State Army (Burma)
United Liberation Front of Asom (India)
Special Purpose Islamic Regiment (Chechen militant group)
Contras
Bonnot Gang - French anarchist band of robbers subscribing to an individualist anarchist, illegalist, Stirnerian-Nietzschean philosophy
Abu Nidal Organization
Abu Sayyaf
Ilaga
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Philippines)
Davao Death Squad
Prison gangs
White supremacist
Aryan Brotherhood
Public Enemy No. 1
Nazi Lowriders
European Kindred
Hispanic-American
Mexican Mafia
Nuestra Familia
Texas Syndicate
Ñetas
Black Guerrilla Family
People Nation
Folk Nation
Primeiro Comando da Capital (Brazil)
Garduna (operated in Spain in the Middle Ages)
Secret societies
Secret societies in Singapore
Salakau
Angsoontong
Ghee Hin Kong Si
Ku Klux Klan
Knights of the White Camelia
White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Imperial Klans of America
Propaganda Due
Thuggee (Indian criminal society, dissolved in the 19th century)
Smuggling organizations
North America
The Yogurt Connection
Black Tuna Gang
George Jung
Mancuso organization
Chagra organization
African American drug organizations
"Freeway" Ricky Ross organization
Ike Atkinson organization
England
Hawkhurst Gang
The Aldington Gang
Brian Brendon Wright's drug organization
The French Connection
Mr Asia (New Zealand)
Street gangs
Area Boys (Nigeria)
New Zealand
Mongrel Mob
Black Power
Rio de Janiero
Amigos dos Amigos
Comando Vermelho
MS-13
Australia
Rocks Push
Evil Warriors
Dlasthr
Canada
Indian Posse
American street gangs
African-American gangs
Chicago-based gangs
Gangster Disciples
Mickey Cobras
Black Disciples
Four Corner Hustlers
Vice Lords
Black P. Stones
Black P. Stones (Jungles)
Bloods
Sex Money Murder (Newark, New Jersey)
Double II Set (East Orange, New Jersey)
Pirus (Los Angeles)
Crips
Rollin 30's
Rollin 60 Neighborhood Crips
P Jay Crips
Kelly Park Compton Crips
12th Street Gang (Kansas City)
Hispanic-American gangs
New York City
Latin Kings
Jheri Curls
Mau Maus
California
18th Street Gang
38th Street gang
Culver City Boyz
Venice 13
Norteños
Sureños
Tooner Ville Rifa 13
Mara Salvatrucha
Maravilla
Longos
Chicago
Almighty Saints
Asian-American gangs
Chinese American gangs
Ghost Shadows
Flying Dragons
Joe Boys
Southeast Asian American gangs
Last Generation Korean Killers
Born to Kill
Satanas (Filipino American)
Armenian Power (Armenian American)
Italian-American gangs (often serve as recruiting ground for the Mafia)
The Tanglewood Boys
Forty-Two Gang (Prohibition era)
The Golden Guineas
Young Turks (Joey Merlino's gang)
South Brooklyn Boys
Historical American gangs
Baltimore
Bloody Tubs
New Orleans
Live Oak Boys
New York
Neighbors' Sons
Boodle Gang
Honeymoon Gang
Eastman Gang
Batavia Street Gang
Bowery Boys
Charlton Street Gang
Gas House Gang
Ghost shadow
Flying Dragon
Lenox Avenue Gang
Crazy Butch Gang
Hudson Dusters
Slaughter House Gang
Cherry Hill Gang
Swamp Angels
Yakey Yakes
Hook Gang
Tub of Blood Bunch
Asian Empire
Irish-American gangs
19th Street Gang
40 Thieves
Dead Rabbits
Gopher Gang
Grady Gang
Five Points Gang
Daybreak Boys
Tenth Avenue Gang
Kerryonians
The Ducky Boys gang
Roach Guards
Whyos
Chichesters
Marginals
St Louis
Cuckoos
British street gangs
London
Black British gangs
Chipset
Coulsdon Gang
Ghetto Boys
Peckham boys
Spanglers
Brixton boys
Fireblades
Kingsland Crew
Much Love Crew
Asian gangs
Brick Lane Massive
Stepney Posse
Oriental Mandem (O.M)
Holy Smokes
Tooti Nung
Drummond Street Boys
Manchester
The Gooch Gang
The Doddington gang
Glasgow
Penny Mobs
The Tongs
Razor Gangs
Vigilante organizations
The Vendicatori (based in medieval Sicily)
The Bakassi Boys (Nigeria)
PAGAD (South Africa)
Los Pepes (Colombian organization formed to fight Pablo Escobar)
Sombra Negra (El Salvador)
Beati Paoli - A half-legendary ancient Sicilian order of Robin Hood-like knights fighting for the Sicilian peasant against both Church and State
Other criminal groups
Benson Syndicate
Sugarman Gang (Early 20th century London burglary ring)
Mungiki (Religious sect/criminal gang in Kenya)
Mamak Gang (Malaysia)
Zwi Migdal
Internet-based criminal networks
Russian Business Network
ShadowCrew
Wonderland Club
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