The following is a listing of enterprises, gangs, mafias, and criminal syndicates that are involved in organized crime. Tongs and outlaw motorcycle gangs, as well as terrorist, militant, and paramilitary groups, are mentioned if they are involved in criminal activity for funding. However, since their stated aim and genesis is often ideological rather than commercial, they are distinct from mafia-type groups.
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 (defunct) Santa Cruz Cartel Nicaraguan drug cartels (see also Contras) Blandón net Peruvian drug cartels (see also Shining Path and Vladimiro Montesinos) Zevallos organisation Guatemalan drug cartels Kaibiles Los Huistas Los Pelones Honduran drug cartels Matta organization Cachiros
Brazil Active First Capital Command Red Command Terceiro Comando Puro Amigos dos Amigos
Venezuela
Active Cartel of the Suns Tren de Aragua Tren del Llano
Colombia
Active Bandas criminales (See also Paramilitarism in Colombia) Clan del Golfo The Office of Envigado La Guajira Cartel National Liberation Army (Colombia) FARC dissidents
Defunct Black Eagles New Generation Bloque Meta Bogotá Cartel Cali Cartel (see also Los Pepes) Medellín Cartel (See also Muerte a Secuestradores) Miami branch Norte del Valle Cartel North Coast Cartel Leticia Cartel Libertadores del Vichada Los Machos Los Nevados Los Rastrojos Los Caparrapos Colombian Popular Revolutionary Anti-communist Army
Ecuador Active Los Choneros Los Lobos Los Tiguerones
Mexico
Gulf Cartel Los Metros Los Rojos Jalisco New Generation Cartel Nueva Plaza Cartel Los Balcanes (Balkan-based extortion ring, darknet operator and money laundering group) Grupo Guerrero (armed wing) Grupo Élite (paramilitary wing) Juárez Cartel La Linea Sinaloa CartelSTRATFOR Mexico: The Struggle for Balance Los Chapitos La Mayiza Los Ántrax Gente Nueva Artistas Asesinos (defunct) Colima Cartel (defunct) Milenio Cartel (defunct) Tijuana Cartel Oaxaca Cartel (defunct) Los Zetas Cártel del Noreste Zetas Vieja Escuela Los Talibanes Sangre Nueva Zeta Beltrán-Leyva Cartel (defunct) Guerreros Unidos Los Mazatlecos Los Rojos Cartel La Barredora (defunct) Independent Cartel of Acapulco (defunct) Los Negros (defunct) Los Pelones (defunct) South Pacific Cartel (defunct) La Familia Michoacana (defunct) La Nueva Familia Michoacana Los Viagras Cárteles Unidos Guadalajara Cartel (defunct) Caborca Cartel Sonora Cartel (defunct) Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel La Unión Tepito Knights Templar Cartel (defunct) Los Narcosatánicos (defunct)
Asia
Golden TriangleBooth, Martin (2000) The dragon syndicates: the global phenomenon of the Triads Basic Books, Burmese drug cartels (see also Myanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Army) Khun Sa cartelChepesiuk, Ron (1999) The war on drugs: an international encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, (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 cartelsGlenny, Misha (2009) McMafia, Vintage Books, (see also Taliban) Noorzai Organization Khan organization Karzai organization (alleged) Bagcho organization Haqqani Network
North American organized crime
Canada Rivard organization Red Scorpions Bacon Brothers Irish Mob West End Gang Dubois Brothers Indo-Canadian organized crime Italian-Canadian Mafia families Cosa Nostra Rizzuto crime family Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan Cotroni crime family 'Ndrangheta Luppino crime family Musitano crime family Papalia crime family Siderno Group Commisso 'ndrina
United States National Crime Syndicate Seven Group Murder, Inc.Rockaway, Robert A (2000) But he was good to his mother: the lives and crimes of Jewish gangsters, Gefen Publishing House Ltd, Prohibition-era gangs Galveston Downtown Gang Beach Gang Sam Maceo's Organisation Broadway Mob Ma Beland gang The Lanzetta Brothers Shelton Brothers GangAngle, Paul M (2991) Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness, University of Illinois Press, Sheldon Gang Circus Cafe Gang Wandering Family Polish Mob Saltis-McErlane GangSifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. Kielbasa Posse The Greenpoint Crew Flats Mob The Flathead gangKavieff, Paul (2008) Detroit's Infamous Purple Gang Arcadia Publishing, Dixie Mafia Cornbread Mafia State Line Mob Wall gang Greek-American organized crime Philadelphia Greek Mob Velentzas Family Hispanic-American Marielitos The Corporation Puerto Rican mafia Agosto organization La ONU Solano organization Negri organization Márquez gambling ring Polanco-Rodriguez organization Chaldean mafia Hawaii The Company Leota mob Los Angeles (See also Rampart scandal) Nash gang Wonderland Gang Elkins mob Binion mob
American Mafia Italian immigrants to the United States in the early 19th century brought with them the underground government many Americans refer to as "Cosa Nostra" (Our Thing) along with its traditions and formal induction rituals along with the concepts and precepts of Omerta, which espouses honorable and manly behavior at all times and under all conditions, taking care of your own problems and assisting your community, as well as non-cooperation with corrupt law enforcement and government officials. Many Italian-Americans around this same time also formed various small-time gangs which gradually evolved into sophisticated crime syndicates, but the nationwide organization known as "Cosa Nostra" has traditionally dominated organized crime in America for several decades. Although government crackdowns and a less-tightly knit Italian-American community have largely reduced its power, the American Mafia remains an active force in the underworld. Other organized crime gangs such as the 10th and Oregon crew are independent entities and thus not a part of “Cosa Nostra”, but have predominantly Italian-American membership and essentially run the same traditional rackets as the American Mafia.
Active The CommissionCapeci, Jerry (2002) The complete idiot's guide to the Mafia, Alpha Books, 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 The Vario Crew 107th Street gang Magaddino crime family DeCavalcante crime family The Chicago Outfit (see also Unione Siciliane) Philadelphia crime family Patriarca crime family Angiulo Brothers crew Cleveland crime family Los Angeles crime family Kansas City crime family Cleveland crime family Trafficante crime family Detroit Partnership
Defunct 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 New Orleans crime family San Jose crime family Seattle crime family Omaha crime family Cardinelli gang New York Camorra East Harlem Purple Gang Las Vegas crew Pittsburgh crime family Milwaukee crime family
Jewish mafia New York City The Bugs and Meyer Mob Kaplan gang New York divorce coercion gangShaer, Matthew (September 2, 2014) "Epstein Orthodox Hit Squad" , GQSpoto, MaryAnn (December 17, 2015) "Rabbis Sentenced to Prison for Plot to Kidnap Husbands in Divorce Cases" , NJ.com Rosenzweig gang Rothstein organization Schultz gang Shapiro Brothers Yiddish Black Hand 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
New York City The Council (defunct) Harlem numbers racket (defunct) Bumpy Johnson gang (defunct) Supreme TeamAmerican Gangster, BET (defunct) The Bebos The Country Boys (defunct) Matthews Organization (defunct) The Family (defunct) Detroit Black Mafia Family Young Boys, Inc. (defunct) Chambers Brothers (defunct) Philadelphia Black MafiaChepesiuk, Ron (2007) Gangsters of Harlem: the gritty underworld of New York City's most famous neighborhood, Barricade Books, (defunct) Junior Black Mafia (defunct) Oakland, California 69 Mob Funktown and Acorn mobb (defunct) Williams organization (drug trafficking) (defunct) Washington, D.C. Rayful Edmond organization (defunct) Theodore Roe's gambling ring (defunct) Stokes organization (defunct) Atlantic City Aso Posse (defunct) Miami Miami Boys (defunct) Rosemond Organization
Irish Mob Prohibition-era Chicago gangs North Side GangEnglish, T.J. Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster. New York: HarperCollins, 2005, James Patrick O'Leary organization John Patrick Looney gang Valley Gang Ragen's Colts Touhy gang Enright gang Boston Mullen Gang Winter Hill Gang Gustin Gang Charlestown Mob Killeen gang Danny Hogan's gang Danny Walsh gang Tom Dennison empire Nucky Johnson's Organization Danny Greene's Celtic Club K&A Gang New York Dwyer gang White Hand Gang Higgins gang The Westies St Louis Hogan Gang Egan's Rats
European organized crime The Belgian Milieu 'Hormone mafia' (defunct) Milieu Liègeois (defunct) Czech Republic Mrázek organization (defunct) Krejčíř organization
Orlík Killers Dutch 'Penose' Bruinsma drug gang (defunct) Holleeder gang Mieremet gang (defunct) Riphagen gang (WWII-era) Hopi Boys French Milieu (See also Service d'Action Civique) Corsican mafiaGayraud, Jean-François (2009) Showbiz, people et corruption, Odile Jacob, (see also National Liberation Front of Corsica) Unione Corse Carbone crime family (defunct) Francisci crime family (defunct) Mondoloni crime family (defunct) Brise de Mer gang Petit Bar Gang Venzolasca Gang Les Caïds Des Cités Faïd gang The Barbarians Wigs gang North African Brigade (see also Carlingue) Tractions Avant gangCharles Bacelon, Max Clos, etc. Histoire du banditisme et des grandes affaires criminelles, Genève : éditions Famot, 1974. OCLC 77615747 Bande des Trois Canards Greece Greek mafia Ireland (See also Irish Republican Army) Dublin Cahill gangNewton, Michael (2007) Gangsters Encyclopedia, Anova Books, Gilligan gang Foley gang Hyland gang Dunne gang The Westies Limerick McCarthy-Dundon Keane-Collopy Rathkeale Rovers Kinahan gang Hutch gang Poland (See also Group 13) Pruszków mafia Slovak mafia Spain (see also ETA) Garduña Galician mafia Romani clans Casamonica clan El Clan De La Paca Raffael clan Sztojka clan Rashkov clan French gypsy gangs Hornec gang Organized crime in Sweden Original Gangsters Fucked For Life Uppsala mafia Chosen Ones Werewolf Legion Asir Vårvädersligan
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 See also List of Sicilian Mafia clans Sicilian Mafia Commission Mandamenti Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan Inzerillo Mafia clan Corleonesi Greco Mafia clan Motisi 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