Mafia
refers to secretive groups involved in organized crimes spread over a
lot of countries. They are usually referred to by the name of the
country they originated in and the majority of members will be of this
nationality. They usually aspire to have a monopoly over illegal
activities like drugs, firearm trafficking, etc.
This is an article about the mafia groups and their activities. So here
is a list of some of the biggest mafias around the world.
Jamaican-British Yardies
Jamaican-British
Yardies were the Jamaicans who immigrated to Britain in 1950s. They
were involved in gang violence and got to be known as Yardies. They
conduct organized crimes like drug trade and other gun crimes. They
haven’t tried infiltrating the law enforcement system so they aren’t
considered to be as strong as other mafia groups.
The Albanian Mafia
The
Albanian Mafia consists of a large number of criminal organizations
which are based in Albania. They are active in US and European countries
as well. It is said that the Albanian mafia spread to international
levels in the 1980s. Organized crime prevailed in Albania right from the
15th century.
The Serbian mafia
The
Serbian mafia operates in more than ten nations including Germany,
United States, United Kingdom, France, etc. They are involved in diverse
activities like drug trafficking, smuggling, contract killing,
protection rackets, gambling and gen thefts. It has three major groups
called Vozdovac, Surcin and Zemun which control the smaller groups.
Presently there are about 30-40 groups working in Serbia.
Israeli Mafia
Israeli
Mafia works in a lot of countries in activities like narcotics, drug
trafficking and prostitution. Times have changed as the Israeli mafia
was once looked at with awe and known for its patronage but today they
are ruthless and don’t think twice about killing by standers. The
Russian-Israeli Mafia has permeated the US political system so well that
the US forces are failing to make any significant progress in stopping
them.
Mexican Mafia
Mexican
Mafia is a very strong prison gang in the United States. It has about
30,000 members all over the United States. The gang members sometimes
sport a tattoo with a common design which is a Mexican national symbol
over a flaming circle and crossed knives. It is said that there are 150
prison members who have the authority to command murder and 2000
associates who will execute these commands.
Japanese Yakuza
Japanese
Yakuza is a native organized crime group which uses threat and
extortion to get their way. Its origin is found to be in the 17th
century. A missing joint of the little finger is a tell tale sign of
the gang members. Some of the members even have full body tattoos. It
has 110,000 active members in this group who are from 2500 families.
Chinese Triads
Chinese
Triads consists of many criminal organizations which are based in
Mainland China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, etc. Their
organized crime involves theft, contract killing, drug trafficking,
extortion, piracy, etc. It is now involved in piracy as well. They
started in the 18th
century but were called Tian Di Hui then. Even though it is steadily
increasing in power, the activities have been low key. The triads can
have 50 to over 30,000 members.
Colombian Drug Cartels
Colombian
Drug Cartels were formed mainly for controlling and trafficking drugs.
They operate in a lot of countries. They have many organizations that
deal with political, military and legal aspects of the cartels. The
important cartels from Columbia are the Cali Cartel, Medellin Cartel and
the Norte del Valle Cartel. At one point these cartels were threatened
by the extradition treaty between the US and Columbia.
Sicilian and American Cosa Nostra
Sicilian
and American Cosa Nostra is a relatively new group. It was started in
the second half of the nineteenth century in Italy. In spite of it being
a young mafia, it has a great ability to plan large crimes and get away
with it. It is involved in protection rackets, drug and arms
trafficking, mediation of criminal business are some of the things the
Sicilian and American Cosa Nostra are involved in. It has a small number
of members ranging from 3500 to 4000.
Russian Mafia
Russian
Mafia originated in the Soviet Union and now has influence all over the
world. It has between 100,000 to 500,000 members. They are involved in
organized crimes in countries like Israel, Hungary, Spain, Canada, UK,
US, Russia, etc. If any of the members squealed when captured, they
would be killed on release. They are feared for their vandalism,
terrorism, organ trafficking and contract killings.
Source (Crystalkiss)
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