The youths, who are the backbone of a country to combat with a problem, are the ones drawn to the gang life the most. Probably these youths are just blown away by the power and money they get as a gangster. So you can say, a gang is just an organisation of these cold-blooded people. There was a time this gang was considered the most powerful, dangerous and organized criminal group engaged in drug trafficking, killing, loansharking, labor racketeering, gasoline bootlegging, and stock market manipulation.
This is again an Italian mafia group. Founded in in Italy, Camorra is the oldest gang to secure a position in this list.
It is the largest and most violent mafia group in Italy having more than clans and approximately members. Camorra is a secret criminal society that finances itself through cigarette smuggling, people smuggling, kidnapping, prostitution, illegal gambling, blackmailing, racketeering, and of course murders.
Unlike other gangs, they also run many legitimate businesses throughout Italy. Considered as the largest association of street gangs in US, Crips is estimated to have around total members. Blue is primary color of this gang. All the Crips members wear blue cloths and also carry a blue bandanas. Today having around , members, this group came in emergence just after World War II engaging themselves in construction, real estate, fraud, blackmailing and extortion.
Apart from their illegal money making activities, they have a large presence in Japanese media, enterprises and politics too. This mafia group is very strict when it comes to loyalty. Yakuza gangsters are well-known for their peculiar tattoos and chopped off little finger. A copped-off finger is often a sign of penance which a member has to pay when he some ways fails in his loyalty. The second largest and most dangerous gang in Los Angeles was founded in as a direct competitor to the Crips.
Having approximately members, the Bloods recognize themselves with color red. They wear red dresses, red hat and carry a red bandanas. In addition to their primary unique color, they also use significant hand signs, language, graffiti, jewelry and symbols to identify each other. The group, more famous for its rivalry with Crips, is known for its brutal acts. As they call themselves The Bloods, they really play with blood. Having around members from different countries across its territory, the gang has its hand in a number of fierce criminal activities among them murder for hire, drug sells, prostitution, extortion and kidnapping are the major ones.
Each arm of the gang serves a different purpose. The 26s are responsible for getting cash, the 27s are the law-keepers and the 28s are the warriors. The Numbers Gang is particularly dangerous because of its influence in the prison system and the level of violence the gang demands of their members, being notorious for attacks on prison guards and warders. In Pollsmoor Prison, up to 50 percent of warders have been stabbed or cut.
The gang often demands these attacks of new members to prove their loyalty. The leader of the Pollsmoor Prison 28s is John Mongrel. Mongrel is thought to be responsible for as many as 1, killings.
If the verdict is death, the member is often asphyxiated or has their throat slit. For less serious crimes, the member will have a cut made in their anus in order to let blood, and will then be raped by an inmate who is HIV positive. You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. AD Criminaljusticedegreehub. For now. An incredible suspected members of the 'Ndrangheta organized crime gang were processed en masse , with more than witnesses being called to testify. The trial required a special "fortified courtroom" to be constructed in order to deal with the volume of suspects—and the potential for violence. The defendants were charged with a wide range of crimes, including murder and attempted murder.
According to The Local , the 'Ndrangheta gang is as old—and as brutal—as its more famous sister group La Cosa Nostra , which is what most people think of when they think of the Italian mafia. The gang has engaged in decades of bloody violence, a wave of kidnappings, operating an international drug enterprise, and murdering its own members when they step out of line— as BBC News reports it did in The 'Ndrangheta, which is composed of many different "families" in alliance with each other and operating under a unified code of honor, has become the most powerful mafia organization in Italy—a position they've attained through the liberal use of violence.
As with a number of other violent street gangs, its original purpose was to give a collective voice to the Spanish-speaking immigrants in the U.
According to Chicago Gang History , the Latin Kings formed out of two small gangs called the Imperials and the MarKings that had been formed to protect themselves from white gangs upset at the influx of immigrants into their neighborhoods. Since then, things have taken a turn, and the Latin Kings today are one of the most feared street gangs in the country. The gang slowly engaged in more and more criminal activity, and by the s had established a policy called "anybody killer" that more or less declared violent war on anyone that got in their way—which often included gangs allied with them.
The Latin Kings have become one of the largest gangs in the U. The raids conducted to arrest the gang members discovered two children who had been reported missing, and police believe they prevented eight murders that were in the planning stages. Japan's Yakuza are one of the most famous criminal gangs in the world. Even people who are only casually aware of the criminal underworld in Japan know of the Yakuza and the heavily tattooed men who comprise its membership. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica , the word yakuza comes from the 8, 9, 3 ya-ku-sa cards in a card game—such a hand is worth zero points, making it "good for nothing" or "useless.
CNN explains that most Yakuza gangs started off as gambling clubs. After World War II and the chaos that enveloped Japan in the wake of its defeat, they bloomed into crime gangs who now have more than 50, members in the country. While the Yakuza work to maintain an air of legitimacy by running legal businesses and engaging in philanthropy, according to All That's Interesting the gang has traditionally made its money from drugs, prostitution and human trafficking , loan sharking, and extortion.
According to USA Today , in the s one of the largest Yakuza groups, the Yamaguchi-gumi, waged a two-year civil war that left dozens of gangsters dead.
And Facts and Details attributes multiple assassinations over the years, many targeting executives at corporations and banks believed to have been in business with the Yakuza—and many involving grenades. One reason for their sustained success is their penchant for truly brutal violence. According to BBC News , the Sinaloa Cartel regularly tortures and murders rival gang members—and GQ reports they often post those executions on the internet as a warning to other gangs who might be thinking of making a move on their territory.
And the cartel has shown contempt for law enforcement at every level—in the cartel's gunmen engaged in a gun battle with the Mexican army in broad daylight when Lopez was arrested. They set fire to cars and stormed the prison, eventually breaking Lopez out of jail, demonstrating that they are more powerful than the government, the police, or the army. With revenues in the billions, there's little reason to think the cartel will stop murdering people or selling drugs any time soon, even if the next generation of leaders are arrested.
Famous during the Great Depression , Dillinger was brought down by his girlfriend who led him into a police ambush outside of a theater. Though she was a scant 23 years old when gunned down, she still carries a legacy to women that anything men can do, female gangsters can do better while wearing heels and a skirt.
Respected and beloved, Johnson set the standard for suave, charming killers in the public enemies era. Bulger was not only a Bostonian mob boss, but an FBI informant who spent much of his time on the run from the feds. He would have been the top dog of the Most Wanted list, had it not been for a certain chap known as Osama bin Laden.
After years underground, he was caught in at the age of 81, proving the adroit capabilities of modern crime investigators to capture octogenarians.
A confederate folk hero of the 19th century, James was often likened to Robin Hood in his tendency to steal only from banks and trains where the undeservedly wealthy kept their money, often turning much of his profit over to individuals suffering under the yoke of poverty and financial exploitation. Though herself a criminal in Harlem, she often brought down corrupt police officers by using the system to her advantage.
A deadly adversary, she kept many smaller-minded crime bosses out of Harlem with brilliant, brutal tactics and her enforcer, Bumpy. From the humble beginnings of prostitution and pickpocketing, Blanco eventually plied her wickedly sharp mind to creating a booming cocaine trade in Miami with the help of her Colombian contacts.
Earning the name of the Cocaine Godmother, even when incarcerated she ran a booming coke conglomerate. A child crime prodigy from Sicily, Gambino could handle firearms before he could walk. His skill as a pistolero put multiple kills under his belt while still in his teens.
As Mussolini gained power in Italy, Gambino came to New York City , where he rented out as a gun for hire before founding his own crime syndicate in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
The father of organized crime in the United States, Luciano was a Sicilian who grew up with some of the most famous criminals on this list as his pals. Ruthless as a pit viper, he invented new and fascinating ways of breaking the law, with racketeering, prostitution, drugs, murder, extortion, and a whole laundry list of crimes overseen by his vicious organization.
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