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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 havent tried infiltrating the law enforcement system so they arent considered to be as strong as other mafia groups. All the crimes involve the use of firearms the use of which is strictly controlled in Britain.
9. 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. th Organized crime prevailed in Albania right from the 15 century. In United States and United Kingdom, they run sex and drug trafficking rackets and are known for quick use of violence for vengeance.
8. 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.
7. 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 dont 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.
6. MEXICAN MAFIA

Mexican Mafia is a very strong prison gang in the United States. It was started in the late 1950s to protect prisoners against other inmates and from the officers. This gang has also been involved in extortion and drug trafficking. 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. They force gangs and dealers to pay a protection tax and the ones who refuse will be killed.
5. 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 17 century. A missing joint of the little finger is a tell tale sign of the gang members. This is often offered to the leader as an act of appeasement or apology. Some of the members even have full body tattoos. It has 110,000 active members in this group who are from 2500 families. They are involved in protection rackets, importing uncensored pornography from Europe and America, prostitution and in illegal immigration.
4. CHINESE TRIADS
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Chinese Triads consists of many criminal organizations which are based in Mainland China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, etc. They are also very active in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver as well as San Francisco. Their organized crime involves theft, contract killing, drug trafficking, extortion, piracy, etc. It is now involved in piracy as well. They started in the 18 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. They are also involved in counterfeiting Chinese currency.
3. COLOMBIAN DRUG CARTELS
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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. The lords went into hiding and ordered its members to kill its supporters. They have also been involved in a lot of kidnappings and terrorism
2. 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. In addition to these members they have associates who arent true members. A member will have to undergo the initiation ceremony where he will probably have to murder somebody to prove his worth. Every member will have to follow the code of silence.
1. 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. They have also immigrated to Israel, America and Germany by using Jewish and German identities. Their activities include drug and firearm trafficking, bombings, smuggling, pornography, internet fraud, etc. One of their rules is to never co-operate with the authorities. 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. Only your loved ones will ever care enough to shoulder any drug treatment cost you might incur while undergoing treatment.

Russian mafia take over as worlds top crime gang

Sep 17 2008 By Ian Brandes (via Aftermath News) THEY trade in everything from stolen art to nuclear technology and leave rivals riddled with bullets in the streets of Moscow. Now the worst thugs in the Russian Mafia have blasted their way to the top of the global organised crime league. Moscows Solntsevskaya Bratva, known as the Brotherhood, have just been named the worst criminal gang in the world in a major survey. And the planets most famous mobsters, the Five Families of the New York Mafia, barely scrape into the top 10. The Brotherhood took over the underworld of south-west Moscow in the 1980s after godfather Sergei Mikhailov learned his criminal trade in the Siberian labour camps. Then, by linking up with other gangs, they built an empire worth tens of billions of pounds across Russia and beyond. The survey says: From its base in Moscow, this syndicate runs rackets in extortion, drug trafficking, car theft, stolen art, money laundering, contract killings, arms dealing, trading nuclear material, prostitution and oil deals. Anyone who threatens the Brotherhoods business tends to end up dead. They murdered a string of rival hoods in Moscow in the early 1990s and a bid to put Mikhailov on trial in Switzerland in 1996 had to be abandoned after several witnesses were shot or blown up. Former FBI agent Bob Levinson says the Russian Mafia are the most dangerous people on earth.

But the survey, compiled by online mens mag askmen.com, reveals that they have rivals in every corner of the world. No 2 in the gangland top 10 are the Yamaguchi-gumi syndicate, the biggest of Japans Yakuza crime clans. Based in the city of Kobe and run by mastermind Shinobu Tsusaka, the 40,000- strong Yamaguchi-gumi run extortion, gambling, vice, drugs and loan-sharking scams. They also take kickbacks from building projects and peddle online porn. Third place in the poll goes to an Italian Mafia gang - but not the Sicilian Cosa Nostra or the Camorra of Naples. The little-known Ndrangheta, based in the southern district of Calabria, have ties to Colombian drug barons. Some believe they are responsible for 80 per cent of Europes cocaine trade. While other Mafia gangs have been crippled by informers, the Ndrangheta have kept their vows of silence because the mob is built on close family ties. Most gangs only care about cash. But the fourth mob on the list, Indias D Company, have sinister ties to Islamic terror. Boss of bosses Dawood Ibrahim masterminded a wave of bombings that killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993. Ibrahim has links to al-Qaeda and the Taliban and is widely believed to be hiding in Pakistan. He is rumoured to have had plastic surgery to alter his face. Fifth on the list are the ruthless 14K triad from Hong Kong, who trade in human beings as well as drugs and assassinations. The Sicilian Mafia only make sixth place in the poll after a string of high-profile arrests of their bosses.

Seventh are the Chinese Dai Huen Jai gang, many of whom are veterans of Chairman Maos Red Guards. One of the worlds most violent mobs, theMexican Tijuana Cartel, take eighth place. Turf wars between the Cartel, led by Eduardo Arellano-Felix, and other gangs have killed hundreds in recent years. Ninth spot goes to Taiwans United Bamboo triad. And despite their Hollywood reputation, the five New York Mafia families are left bringing up the rear. The Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese clans have been relentlessly harried by the FBI. Many bosses are now behind bars, including Gambino godfather Nicholas Corozzo, who was held in March. Top 10 criminal organisations 1 Solntsevskaya Bratva 2 Yamaguchi-gumi 3 Ndrangheta 4 D Company 5 14K 6 Sicilian Mafia 7 Dai Huen Jai 8 Tijuana Cartel

9 United Bamboo 10 The US Mafia The Five Families

Russian Mafia. Around 200 Russian groups that operate in nearly 60 countries worldwide. They have been involved in racketeering, fraud, tax evasion, gambling, drug trafficking, arson, robbery, and murder. La Cosa Nostra. Known as the Italian or Italian-American mafia. The most prominent organized crime group in the world from the 1920s to the 1990s. They have been involved in violence, arson, bombings, torture, loan sharking, gambling, drug trafficking, health insurance fraud, and political and judicial corruption. Yakuza. Japanese criminal group. Often involved in multinational criminal activities, including human trafficking, gambling, prostitution, and undermining licit businesses. Fuk Ching. Chinese organized criminal group in the United States. They have been involved in smuggling, street violence, and human trafficking. Triads. Underground criminal societies based in Hong Kong. They control secret markets and bus routes and are often involved in money laundering and drug trafficking. Heijin. Taiwanese gangsters who are often executives in large corporations. They are often involved in white collar crimes, such as illegal stock trading and bribery, and sometimes run for public office. Jao Pho. Organized crime group in Thailand. They are often involved in illegal political and business activity. Red Wa. Gangsters from Thailand. They are involved in manufacturing and trafficking methamphetamine.

No.10 The Five Families Home base: United States Criminal activities: Bookmaking, loan-sharking, extortion, gambling, drug trafficking Boss: Vincent Basciano, Nicholas Corozzo, Carmine Persico, Daniel Leo, Vittorio Amuso

The five mafia crime families out of New York -- Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese -- have controlled much of organized crime in the U.S. since the 1930s, but these days they arent remotely what they used to be, thanks to an extended and devoted effort on the part of law enforcement to shut them down. Of the five, the Genovese family is the largest and most powerful. The U.S. "La Cosa Nostra" was founded by the notorious Lucky Luciano, himself a member of the Sicilian mafia who came to the U.S. in the 1920s, and brought much of the mafias structures and practices with him.

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No.9 United Bamboo Home base: Taiwan Criminal activities: Debt collection, contract killing, loan-sharking, gambling, bribery Boss: None

Believed to be Taiwans top triad, with as many as 10,000 members, United Bamboo operates according to a decidedly old-school code of ethics that stresses unity among members as well as harmony with the people. Although they have repeatedly denied it, United Bamboo is believed to be entrenched in drug trafficking, and their sphere of influence stretches into the KMT, Taiwans ruling political party, as well as throughout Asia, the Pacific, Europe, and the Americas. Unlike other syndicates, United Bamboo is not overseen by a single boss, but rather has a more horizontal structure to its hierarchy.

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No.8 Tijuana Cartel Home base: Northern Mexico (Tijuana and Baja) Criminal activities: Drug trafficking, contract killings, bribery, racketeering Boss: Eduardo Arellano Felix

The fall of the Colombian cartels in the 1990s created a vacuum that three Mexican cartels have more than adequately filled. Specifically, they are the Sinaloa cartel, headed by Joaquin Guzman; the Juarez cartel, headed by Vicente Carrillo Fuentes; and the Tijuana cartel, probably headed by Eduardo Arellano Felix. The DEA regards the Tijuana cartel, also known as the Arellano Felix Organization (AFO), as the most violent and aggressive among the three, and turf wars between the three have cost hundreds of lives over the last decade.It is believed that the AFO hands out as much as $1 million a week in bribes to stay in business.

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No.7 Dai Huen Jai Home base: China Criminal activities: Drug trafficking, loan-sharking, human-trafficking, fraud, counterfeiting, prostitution, fraud, human trafficking Boss: None

The Dai Huen Jai are a curious product of Mao Zedongs Cultural Revolution; on Maos death much of the paramilitary Red Guard were sent to reeducation camps, where they suffered horrendous abuse and emerged even more corrupt than when they went in. Unlike most organized crime syndicates, the Dai Heun Jai seems to lack formal organization; in fact, theyve been compared to men meeting up for a pickup basketball game. The members are

as mysterious as they are notorious, and are believed to be spread in loose confederations throughout Asia, the Americas and Australia.

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No.6 Sicilian Mafia Home base: Sicily Criminal activities: Drug trafficking, political corruption, arms trafficking, contract killing, arson, fraud, counterfeiting Boss: Matteo Messina Denaro (reputed)

Organized by territory and featuring as many as 100 families, the Sicilian mafia dates back to the middle of the 19th century, but didnt assume its criminal identity until the early part of the 20th century. When Lucky Luciano exported the mafia to the U.S. in the 1930s, their criminal base expanded exponentially, and even today theyre believed to have as many as 2,500 American affiliates. In Sicily, they came to power and wealth through control of building contracts and soon became a major player in heroin and gun trafficking. Although today they have been challenged by other Italian syndicates, the assassinations of two Italian magistrates in the 1990s reminded everyone that the Sicilian mafia is still a force to be reckoned with.

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No.5 14K Home base: Hong Kong Criminal activities: Extortion, contract killing, kidnapping, gambling, prostitution, loan sharking, human trafficking, counterfeiting, drug trafficking Boss: Unknown

The 14K is one of the largest traditional triads in Hong Kong, and in the

1990s, it was regarded as the largest in the world until a high-profile criminal trial in Portugal brought down the alleged head of a 14K cell. The organization is believed to have spread into other parts of Asia and to have established itself in a number of major North American cities. No criminal activity seems to be beneath them, as it has been accused of virtually everything under the sun.

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No.4 D-Company Home: India and the United Arab Emirates Criminal activates: Arms dealings, drug trafficking, terrorism, extortion, counterfeiting, contract killings Boss: Dawood Ibrahim

D-Companys criminal empire is lead by Dawood Ibrahim, an internationally wanted man whose activities go from extortion up to alleged terrorist acts that include the 1993 Bombay bombings, which killed 257 people and injured over 700. Ibrahim has celebrity status in the region, having worked his way into the Bollywood film industry, both socially and professionally. According to the U.S. Treasury, Ibrahim has ties to al-Qaida and the Taliban, and is believed to be hiding out in Pakistan. It is also believed that hes had plastic surgery to change his appearance, although theres little he can do about his height of 54.

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No.3 'Ndrangheta Home base: Calabria (Southern Italy) Criminal activities: Drug trafficking, contract killings, extortion Boss: Horizontal hierarchy -- rule by assembly

At 10,000 members and growing, and with annual revenues in the tens of billions of dollars, Italys Ndrangheta has emerged as the countrys most powerful cocaine trafficking operation and a major European supplier according to a report released by the Italian parliament's anti-mafia commission. Their success is likened to fast food restaurants in how they offer the identical, recognizable, reliable brand, and the same criminal product. They maintain loyalty through family ties and a lack of centralized leadership, giving them a leg up on the likes of the Sicilian Cosa Nostras more vulnerable hierarchy.

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No.2 Yamaguchi-gumi Home base: Kobe, Japan Criminal activities: Extortion, gambling, gunrunning, prostitution, drug trafficking, loan-sharking Boss: Shinobu Tsukasa (real name: Kenichi Shinoda)

The Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi dates back to 1915, but owes its current status as Japans largest and most powerful yakuza (criminal syndicate) to ultra-violent mastermind Kazuo Taoka, the organizations longtime oyabun. In fact, his death in 1981 was sufficiently profound to shake the groups foundations. Today, the Yamaguchi-gumis membership is estimated at around 40,000 and is led by its sixth don, the diplomatic -- but no less violent -- Shinobu Tsukasa, who took over in 2005. Tsukasa is attempting to lead the organization north toward Tokyo, despite his imprisonment for possessing a firearm.

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No.1 Solntsevskaya bratva Home base: Moscow, Russia Activities: Extortion, drug trafficking, auto theft, trafficking in stolen art, money laundering, contract killings, arms dealing, trading nuclear material, prostitution, oil deals Boss: Sergei Mikhailov

Former FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson called the Russian mafia the most dangerous people on earth, a terrifying notion when you consider that their ranks may be as many as 300,000 strong, and spread across 450 groups. Chief among them is Moscow-based Solntsevskaya bratva, an extraordinarily wealthy and ruthless syndicate reputedly run by its founder, Sergei Mikhailov, a man both hardened by years in the gulags and especially connected thanks to the criminals he met there, which include reputed don Semion Mogilevich, among others.

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