List of gangs in the United States
Appearance
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation website in 2014 stated that there were some 33,000 gangs in the United States which they classified as street gangs, motorcycle gangs or prison gangs. While some gangs are multi-ethnic, many criminal enterprises are organized along racial lines and restrict membership to individuals of particular ethnicities or races.[4]
Notable criminal gangs include:
By ethnic origin
[edit]African-American
[edit]- Almighty Black P. Stone Nation
- Almighty Vice Lord Nation
- Black Disciples
- Black Guerrilla Family
- Black Mafia
- Black Mafia Family
- Black Spades
- Bloods
- Chambers Brothers
- Columbia Point Dawgs
- The Council
- Crips
- D.C. Blacks
- Decepticons
- Errol Flynns
- The Family
- Folk Nation
- Gangster Disciples
- Hidden Valley Kings
- KUMI 415
- Lucerne Street Doggz
- Miami Boys
- Mickey Cobras
- Orchard Park Trailblazers
- Savage Nomads
- Savage Skulls
- Somali Outlaws
- Supreme Team
- Westmob
- Young Boys Inc.
Caribbean
[edit]Caucasian
[edit]- 311 Boyz
- American Front (white supremacist)
- Aryan Nations (white supremacist)
- Aryan Republican Army (white supremacist)
- Chicago Gaylords
- Combat 18 (white supremacist)
- Dead Man Incorporated
- Dixie Mafia
- Friends Stand United
- Hammerskins (white supremacist)
- Imperial Klans of America (white supremacist)
- Keystone State Skinheads (white nationalist)
- Ku Klux Klan (white supremacist)
- The Order (white supremacist)
- Peckerwood
- 211 Crew (white supremacist)
- Aryan Brotherhood (white supremacist)
- Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (white supremacist)
- Aryan Circle (white supremacist)
- European Kindred (white supremacist)
- Nazi Lowriders (white supremacist)
- Public Enemy No.1 (white supremacist)
- People Nation
- Popes
- Simon City Royals
- State Line Mob
- Volksfront (European nationalist)
- White Aryan Resistance (white supremacist)
East Asian
[edit]- Chung Ching Yee, Chinese
- Fullerton Boys, Korean
- Kkangpae, Korean
- Snakehead, Chinese
- Tong, Chinese
- Triad
- 14K Triad, Chinese
- Bamboo Union, Taiwanese
- Big Circle Gang, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Cambodian
- Black Dragons, Chinese and Vietnamese
- Flying Dragons, Chinese and Vietnamese
- Four Seas Gang, Taiwanese
- Ghost Shadows, Chinese and Vietnamese
- Jackson Street Boys, Cantonese
- Ping On, Chinese
- Sun Yee On, Chinese
- Wah Ching, Chinese
- Wo Hop To, Hong Kong
- Wo Shing Wo, Hong Kong
- Wah Kee, Chinese and Malaysian
- Yakuza, Japanese
Eastern European
[edit]Hispanic
[edit]- 18th Street gang
- Almighty Saints
- Barrio Azteca
- Cali Cartel
- Dominicans Don't Play
- Folk Nation
- Fresno Bulldogs
- Ghetto Brothers
- Gulf Cartel
- Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos
- Imperial Gangsters
- Jalisco New Generation Cartel
- Jheri Curls
- Juárez Cartel
- La Familia Michoacana
- La Línea
- La Raza Nation
- Latin Counts
- Latin Eagles
- Latin Kings
- Lopers
- Los Mexicles
- Los Solidos
- Los Zetas
- Maniac Latin Disciples
- Marielitos
- Medellín Cartel
- Mexican Mafia
- Mexikanemi
- MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha)
- Ñetas
- Norteños
- Nuestra Familia
- People Nation
- Puro Tango Blast
- Savage Nomads
- Savage Skulls
- Sinaloa Cartel
- Spanish Cobras
- Spanish Gangster Disciples
- Sureños
- Texas Syndicate
- Tijuana Cartel
- Trinitario
- Vatos Locos
Irish-American
[edit]Italian-American
[edit]- 10th and Oregon Crew
- American Mafia
- The Commission
- Five Families
- Bufalino crime family
- Buffalo crime family
- Chicago Outfit
- Cleveland crime family
- Dallas crime family
- DeCavalcante crime family
- Denver crime family
- Detroit Partnership
- East Harlem Purple Gang
- Genna crime family
- Houston crime family
- Kansas City crime family
- Los Angeles crime family
- Magaddino crime family
- Milwaukee crime family
- Morello crime family
- Murder, Inc.
- New Orleans crime family
- Patriarca crime family
- Philadelphia crime family
- Pittsburgh crime family
- Rochester crime family
- San Francisco crime family
- San Jose crime family
- Seattle crime family
- St. Louis crime family
- Trafficante crime family
- Camorra
- The Combined
- Corsican mafia
- Forty-Two Gang
- Jousters
- National Crime Syndicate
- 'Ndrangheta
- Sacra Corona Unita
- Sicilian Mafia
- South Brooklyn Boys
Jewish
[edit]Indigenous American
[edit]Pacific Islander
[edit]Southeast Asian
[edit]- Asian Boyz, Southeast Asian (mostly Cambodian)
- Bahala Na Gang, Filipino
- Born to Kill, Vietnamese
- Menace of Destruction, Hmong
- Satanas, Filipino
- Tiny Rascal Gang, Southeast Asian (mostly Cambodian)
West Asian
[edit]Outlaw motorcycle clubs
[edit]- Bandidos
- Boozefighters
- Breed
- Brother Speed
- Chosen Few
- Coffin Cheaters
- Devils Diciples
- Diablos
- El Forastero
- Free Souls
- Galloping Goose
- Gypsy Jokers
- Hells Angels
- Hell's Lovers
- Highwaymen
- Iron Horsemen
- Market Street Commandos
- Mongols
- No Surrender
- Outlaws
- Pagans
- Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington
- Rock Machine
- Sons of Satan
- Sons of Silence
- Vagos
- Warlocks (Florida)
- Warlocks (Pennsylvania)
Prison
[edit]Membership in this group may overlap other groups above.
- 211 Crew
- Almighty Vice Lord Nation
- Aryan Brotherhood
- Aryan Brotherhood of Texas
- Aryan Circle
- Asian Boyz
- Barrio Azteca
- Black Guerrilla Family
- Dominicans Don't Play
- Bloods
- Crips
- D.C. Blacks
- Dead Man Incorporated
- European Kindred
- Folk Nation
- Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos
- KUMI 415
- Latin Kings
- Mexican Mafia
- Mexikanemi
- MS-13
- Nazi Lowriders
- Ñetas
- New Mexican Mafia
- Nuestra Familia
- People Nation
- Public Enemy No. 1
- Puro Tango Blast
- Texas Syndicate
- Tiny Rascal Gang[5]
- Trinitario
- United Blood Nation
- Wah Ching
- Zoe Pound
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Asbury, Herbert (2008-07-01). The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld. Vintage Books. ISBN 9780307388988. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ Capeci, Jerry (2005-01-04). The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Alpha Books. pp. 84–. ISBN 9781592573059. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ Holmes, Ronald M.; Tewksbury, Richard; Higgins, George (2011-12-02). Introduction to Gangs in America. CRC Press. pp. 91–. ISBN 9781439869475. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ "Gangs". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "The Gangs of St. Andrews". 12 September 2012.