Originally, the word “Gang” was just used to express a group or band of people. You probably have heard someone talk about the local gang of boys or something of that sort. But nowadays it has more negative tone. Today ‘’Gang’’ means a group of people coming together for some criminal actions or other antisocial purpose. Depending on where you live, you have probably heard about gang crimes. If you don’t live too close to a big city, it is sure that you have read or watched the news and heard about some sort of gang activity. Gangs exist all over the world, not just in your own country. Here we listed the 10 extremely dangerous gangs that you definitely don’t want to come into contact with.
These gangs operate on an international scale, committing murder, producing and trafficking drugs, extorting local businesses, bribing and blackmailing politicians, running prostitution and illegal gambling operations, engaging in human trafficking, illegally dumping waste, and even running major corporations and legitimate businesses.
10. D-Company
D-Company is a organized criminal group controlled by wanted terrorist and crime boss Dawood Ibrahim. D-Company is directly linked to a range of organized criminal and terrorist activities in Pakistan, India, and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike most organized crime syndicates, D-company is exceptional in that it also undertakes terrorist activities, usually carrying out terrorist attacks for monetary compensation. In fact, Ibrahim has been labelled a global terrorist by the U.S. Treasury Department.
The D-Company is the largest underground business in South Asia. Its operations include arms trafficking, contract killing, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, extortion, and terrorism, being responsible for 1993 bombings in Mumbai and November 2008 Mumbai attacks.
D-Company is said to generate billions of dollars from its illegal activities all over the globe. It has been linked to the Bollywood film industry, as well as real estate and betting businesses, from which it is said to derive considerable revenue.
9. Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC)
The Primeiro Comando da capital (PCC), is a notorious gang based out of Sau Paulo, Brazil. It was founded on August 31, 1993, by eight prisoners at Taubaté Penitentiary, called Piranhão (Big Piranha) in the state of São Paulo. According to a 2012 Brazilian Government report, now it’s the largest Brazilian criminal organization with a membership of 13,000 members, 6,000 of whom are in prison.
Primeiro Comando da Capital is extremely against government establishments like police stations, justice forums, and even buses. Since the middle of 2006, the gang is known to have carried out about 300 attacks, all of them being against public establishments. The gang is mostly funded by its members. Most of the money is used to buy weapons as well as drugs. Some of the money is put towards bailing out members.
Since its inception, PCC has been responsible for several criminal activities such as prison breaks, prison riots, drug trafficking and highway robbery. In 2012 a wave of violence in Sao Paulo killed upwards of 100 people including many police officers allegedly following the breakdown of an informal truce between the gang and the police.
8. Mexican Mafia
The Mexican Mafia, known as La eMe is a Mexican American highly-organized, criminal organization in the United States. The gang has its strongholds in many prisons throughout the U.S. It was started in the 1950s in Tracy California. La eMe is well known for its drug trafficking, extortion, and murder. Closely knit with the Aryan Brotherhood, La eMe has made many contracts with ally gangs in order to kill other gang members from rivals.
The gang currently have 155–300 official members with around 990 associates who assist La eMe in carrying out its illegal activities in the hopes of becoming full members. It doesn’t have many rules for its members: no exposing the gang, no homosexual acts, and no cowardice. Mexican Mafia gang members also cannot practice the Christian religion. Once your join the Mexican Mafia and are released from jail, members are expected to send some of their earnings to those lead gang members who are still in jail.
7. Aryan Brotherhood
Also known as The Brand, the AB, or the One-Two. It is a white supremacist prison gang and organized crime syndicate in the United States with about 20,000 members in and out of prison. They are responsible for 1/4 of prison murders in the United States. If someone want to be a member, he should kill someone they wanted. This is known as blood in, blood out. If someone try to leave the gang is generally assaulted or murdered by another member.
The AB is known for organized crime, extortion, inmate prostitution, drug trafficking, and murder-for-hire. According to a federal indictment, the AB has partnered with Asian gangs to import heroin from Thailand. Like most gangs, Aryan Brotherhood members mark themselves with distinctive tattoos. Designs commonly include the words “Aryan Brotherhood”, “AB”,” 666, Nazi symbolism such as SS, sig runes, and swastikas, as well as shamrocks and Celtic iconography.
6. MS-13
Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is a transnational criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles and has spread to other parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. The majority of the gang is ethnically composed of Central Americans and active in urban and suburban areas. Newsweek magazine once called MS-13 the most dangerous gang in North America.
MS-13 members often cover their bodies and even faces in tattoos. They also use their own sign language. They are notorious for their use of violence and a subcultural moral code that predominantly consists of merciless revenge and cruel retributions. Their thirst for violence and vengeance is the reason the Sinaloa Cartel recruited them as part of its battle against the Los Zetas.
The gang is estimated to have 30,000 to 50,000 members worldwide, with 8,000 to 10,000 of them operating within the United States. In a 2011 Gang Assessment, the FBI included an entire section dedicated to the MS-13, indicating that this may very well be the most dangerous gang operating in the United States at the moment. The FBI even has an entire task force dedicated to MS-13.
5. Camorra
The Camorra is an extremely influential and violent faction of the Italian mafia. It originated in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. It is one of the oldest and largest criminal organizations in Italy, dating back to the 18th century. While the Camorra doesn’t have a centralized leadership, this only makes them more robust. There are said to be an estimated 111 loosely affiliated Camorra clans, consisting of over 6,700 gang members.
According to investigative journalist Roberto Saviano, a leading expert on the Italian mafia and the Camorra in particular, the camorra are the most powerful faction of the Italian mafia in terms of economic power, influence, numbers, and ruthless violence. In addition to their criminal activities, they also control a large number of legitimate businesses throughout Italy.
One of the Camorra’s strategies to gain social prestige is political patronage. The familial clans became the preferred interlocutors of local politicians and public officials, because of their grip on the community. In turn, the clan bosses use their political sway to assist and protect their clients against the local authorities.
4. Yamaguchi-Gumi
The Yamaguchi Gumi have a long history as a criminal organization, dating back all the way to 1915. It’s now the largest, most powerful Yakuza group in Japan. It is one of the largest criminal organizations in the world. Estimates number of active members over 55,000, with thousands more having strong associations. It’s members of yakuza gang are required to cut all ties with their family to prove their loyalty to their gang boss.They are covered in tattoos, and can often be seen missing parts of their pinkies and ring fingers – when a Yamaguchi Gumi member messes up, he offers penance by cutting off parts of his own fingers.
The Yamaguchi-gumi are among the world’s wealthiest gangsters, bringing in billions of dollars a year from extortion, gambling, the sex industry, guns, drugs, and real estate and construction kickback schemes. They are also involved in stock market manipulation and Internet pornography. It’s headquarters are in Kobe, Japan, but it operates all across Japan and has overseas operations in Asia and the United States.
3. Solntsevskaya Bratva
The powerful organized crime association from Moscow, Russia – The Solntsevskaya Bratva also known as the Solntsevskaya Gang or the Solntsevskaya Brotherhood. It is considered to be one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in the world and is the largest faction of the Russian Mafia.
Actual information available about the Solntsevskaya Bratva is limited. What is known however is that the groups leader and founder Sergei “Mikhas” Mikhailov, considers himself a “businessman”. It’s estimated that the group controls hundreds of legitimate business groups in Russia and around the globe. That is of course, in addition to the usual mafia money makers including prostitution, credit card fraud, human trafficking, extortion, arms dealing, illegal gambling, stock fraud, and money laundering.
The influence of the SoIntsevskaya Bratva extend well beyond Russia. This gang has powerful influence in the United States as well, particularly in Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, Grand Rapids, and New York.
2. Sinaloa Cartel
The Sinaloa Cartel is a most powerful drug-trafficking, money laundering and organized crime syndicate based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa. He is led by the notorious Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the billionaire widely considered to be the richest and most powerful drug trafficker in the entire world. “El Chapo” (which means Shorty in Spanish) is so powerful that he’s been named to the Forbes “World’s Most Powerful People” list every year since 2009. He has also been declared the “Godfather of the Drug World” by the DEA.
The United States Intelligence Community considers the Sinaloa Cartel “the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world”. In 2011, the Los Angeles Times called it “Mexico’s most powerful organized crime group.” The Sinaloa Cartel is associated with the label “Golden Triangle”, which refers to the states of Sinaloa, Durango, and Chihuahua. The region is a major producer of Mexican opium and marijuana. According to the U.S. Attorney General, the Sinaloa Cartel is responsible for importing into the United States and distributing nearly 200 tons of cocaine and large amounts of heroin between 1990 and 2008.
1. Los Zetas
Los Zetas is a Mexican origin gang and one of the most powerful drug cartels in the world. It is the violent criminal syndicate in Mexico. According to the U.S. government it is the “most technologically advanced, sophisticated, and dangerous cartel operating in Mexico.” Killing people is daily routie for Los Zetas members. As of 2012, Los Zetas has control over 11 states in Mexico, making it the drug cartel with the largest territory in the country. They are generally located and active in Mexico but they also have connections with United States.
The Los Zetas are extremely well trained and armed to the teeth. The organization was founded in 1999, when a group of Mexico’s elite special forces decided to get in on the lucrative drug trade by becoming enforcers for the Gulf Cartel, another powerful cartel. In February 2010, Los Zetas broke away from their former employer and formed their own criminal organization.
10 Extremely Dangerous Gangs in The World
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