List of criminal enterprises, gangs, and syndicates


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">Illegal drug trade in Latin America">Latin America

  • Dominican drug cartels
  • *Paulino organization
  • *Féliz organization
  • Bolivian drug cartels '
  • *La Corporación
  • *Santa Cruz Cartel
  • Nicaraguan drug cartels '
  • *Blandón net
  • Peruvian drug cartels
  • *Zevallos organisation
  • Guatemalan drug cartels
  • *Kaibiles
  • Honduran drug cartels
  • *Matta organization
  • *Cachiros

    Brazil">Crime in Brazil">Brazil

Active
  • First Capital Command
  • Red Command
  • Terceiro Comando Puro
  • Amigos dos Amigos

    Venezuela">Illegal drug trade in Venezuela">Venezuela

Active
  • Cartel of the Suns
  • Tren de Aragua
  • Tren del Llano

    Colombia">Illegal drug trade in Colombia">Colombia

Active
Active
Juárez Cartel

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.
  • Prohibition-era gangs
  • *Galveston
  • **Downtown Gang
  • **Beach Gang
  • **Sam Maceo's Organisation
  • *Broadway Mob
  • *Ma Beland gang
  • *The Lanzetta Brothers
  • *Shelton Brothers Gang
  • *Sheldon Gang
  • *Circus Cafe Gang
  • *Wandering Family
  • Polish Mob
  • *Saltis-McErlane Gang
  • *Kielbasa Posse
  • *The Greenpoint Crew
  • *Flats Mob
  • *The Flathead gang
  • 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
  • *Nash gang
  • *Wonderland Gang
  • Elkins mob
  • Binion mob

    American Mafia

in the early 19th century brought with them the underground government many Americans refer to as "Cosa Nostra" 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 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
  • **The Vario Crew
  • **107th Street gang
  • Magaddino crime family
  • DeCavalcante crime family
  • The Chicago Outfit
  • Philadelphia crime family
  • Pittsburgh 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
  • Milwaukee crime family
    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

    Jewish mafia">Jewish-American organized crime">Jewish mafia

  • New York City
  • *The Bugs and Meyer Mob
  • *Kaplan gang
  • *New York divorce coercion gang
  • *Rosenzweig gang
  • *Rothstein organization
  • *Schultz gang
  • *Shapiro Brothers
  • *Yiddish Black Hand
  • Boston
  • *69th Street Gang
  • *Sagansky organization
  • *Solomon organization
  • Los Angeles
  • *Cohen crime family
  • The Purple Gang
  • Zwillman gang
  • Kid Cann's gang
  • Birger mob
  • Cleveland Syndicate

    [African-American organized crime]

  • 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 Funktown and Acorn mobb
  • *Williams organization
  • Washington, D.C.
  • *Rayful Edmond organization
  • *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
  • *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'
  • *Milieu Liègeois
  • Czech Republic
  • *Mrázek organization
  • *Krejčíř organization
  • *
  • Dutch 'Penose'
  • *Bruinsma drug gang
  • *Holleeder gang
  • *Mieremet gang
  • *Riphagen gang
  • *Hopi Boys
  • French Milieu '
  • *Corsican mafia '
  • **Unione Corse
  • ***Carbone crime family
  • ***Francisci crime family
  • ***Mondoloni crime family
  • **Brise de Mer gang
  • **Petit Bar Gang
  • **Venzolasca Gang
  • *Les Caïds Des Cités
  • **Faïd gang
  • **The Barbarians
  • *Wigs gang
  • *North African Brigade '
  • *Tractions Avant gang
  • *Bande des Trois Canards
  • Greece
  • *Greek mafia
  • Ireland '
  • *Dublin
  • **Cahill gang
  • **Gilligan gang
  • **Foley gang
  • **Hyland gang
  • **Dunne gang
  • **The Westies
  • *Limerick
  • **McCarthy-Dundon
  • **Keane-Collopy
  • *Rathkeale Rovers
  • *Kinahan gang
  • *Hutch gang
  • Poland '
  • *Pruszków mafia
  • Slovak mafia
  • Spain '
  • *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