Life of Latin Kings gang members in Brooklyn. What the most brutal and dangerous gangsters in Latin America look like: No money - no police
A list of the most dangerous gangs on the planet that you would hardly want to cross paths with in a dark alley.
1. Jamaican Posse.
The gang, armed with machine guns, is known for its links to the Jamaican government and for the brutality with which they kill their victims, sometimes even using irons and axes.
2. Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC).
This gang settled in Brazil, in all the prisons of Sao Paolo and the slums. Known for kidnapping, extortion and blackmail. In May 2006, they managed to keep the whole of Sao Paolo under siege for a week, killing police officers and setting fire to government buildings.
3. Crips.
This gang originated from a gang of 16-year-old boys who scared passersby. On this moment it represents one of the largest criminal organizations in the world. Its members dress in blue and are incredibly brutal, so much so that most of their deaths are the result of internal strife.
4. Aryan Brotherhood.
The gang is responsible for more than a quarter of prison murders in the United States. To enter here you need to kill any cellmate.
5. La Nuestra Familia.
This is one of the largest Chicano gangs in the world and one of the most bitter rivals of the Mexican mafia. The gang is known for its demands for loyalty, and the initiation process takes several years. For everyone who entered here, there is no turning back.
6. Latin Kings.
This gang is one of the most well-organized Latin American gangs in the world. They have their own Constitution, which includes traces of Marxism, Confucianism and Christianity. Although they are not particularly violent, their activities include contract killings.
7. James-Younger Gang.
Unlike other gangs, Jesse James and his associates are no longer alive. This gang became famous not for its cruelty, but for its art of stealing money from people.
8. Mexican Mafia (La eMe).
This gang is an ally of the Aryan Brotherhood with south coast USA. Known for her active involvement in the drug trade. Gang members are easily identified by a special tattoo in the form of a black hand located on the chest.
9. Wah Ching.
Although the history of this gang is controversial, one thing is well known - they are great at making money. Although they often resort to extreme cruelty, they only use it as a means to an end. The bulk of their activities center around money laundering and financial crimes in Los Angeles and East Asia.
10. Black Guerrilla Family.
This gang was founded in 1966 with the goal of overthrowing the US government. Their allies include a huge number of gangs on both coasts.
11.Area Boys (Agberos).
A group of loosely organized teenagers roam the streets of Lagos, Nigeria. The group is known for its extortion and drug addiction. Despite their poor organization, they are still dangerous thanks to unprovoked attacks on peaceful passers-by and their peers.
12. Almighty Black P. Stone Nation.
Street gang from Chicago with a strong leaning towards Islam. Its leader is Abdullah-Malik, who is associated with Muammar Gaddafi. Despite the fact that they were not known to be particularly violent, they were often pursued by FBI agents.
13. Yakuza.
Members of this Japanese gang, upon joining, are required to cut off all ties with their family as proof of their complete loyalty to the boss. Widespread in Western media
the belief is that gang members cut off one of their fingers as a form of regret.
14.Hell's Angels.
A biker gang widely known for its brutality. It should also be noted that while most mafia groups or criminal organizations are involved in illegal activities In order to make a profit, this gang considers violence a part of life.
15. Cosa Nostra.
This crime syndicate is better known as American Mafia, is a branch of the famous Sicilian mafia. Its roots go back to the East Side of New York during the beginning of Italian immigration to the United States. This group is known for its brutality and merciless punishment in case of violation of the code.
16.Irish Republican Army (IRA).
This is not your typical gang. The Irish Republican Army operates similarly to many of the gangs on this list, violence is their strong point. The IRA paramilitary group is responsible for numerous deaths and terrorist attacks. Its goal is to eradicate Northern Ireland and a united Irish government.
17. Bloods.
This gang is known for its red bands and rivalry with the Crips gang. Initially, the Bloods were an offshoot of this gang, but after the conflict they were forced to resort to extreme violence.
18. Texas Syndicate.
This is one of the small gangs allied with Los Zetas. They are known for a number of contract killings committed in the United States.
19. Triads.
This is a major Chinese crime syndicate with more than 2.5 million members worldwide. Known for their clearly organized structure and bloody rituals.
20. Mongols.
Like the Hells Angels, this group uses a philosophy of violence to live its life. Among other things, these two gangs are at enmity with each other.
21. 18th Street Gang.
According to statistics, every day in the Los Angeles area someone becomes a victim of this gang. Over the past ten years, this gang has committed 3 times more murders than anyone on this list.
22. Los Zetas.
This is one of the most powerful drug cartels in the world. Los Zetas are responsible for so much death and destruction that words cannot express them. Their base is located in Mexico, but their influence extends far beyond the Mexican borders.
23. Russian Mafia.
Widely known for its practice of not only killing rivals, but also all members of their families, the Russian mafia brings new meaning to the word "cold-blooded." Their influence is spread throughout the world.
24. Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13).
One of the most violent gangs in the world, MS-13 makes most other gangs look like high school kids smoking marijuana. It was founded in California in the 1980s. Since then it has grown to 70,000 people throughout the Central and North America.
25. The Mungiki.
This gang operates in the slums of Nairobi and numbers more than 100,000 people. In the past, its members were known for wearing dreadlocks and bathing in blood. Their symbolism is severed human head on a stick.
The article is dedicated to the most brutal gangs in the world and our “real boys” who for some reason are sure that they are as tough as Stalin’s balls! Bosota, you thought it couldn’t be worse than you, but here you go - master international experience, unite and arm yourself. Otherwise, it’s just a shame for my fellow countrymen against the backdrop of such beauties as:
1. Varrio Los Aztecas The Aztecs are the largest Latin group. Born in the 60s of the 20th century, in the largest emigration centers of the United States. The core of the gang comes from Puerto Rico and Mexico. Kodla got herself a flag, on which are the flags of these countries.
At first, the dark-skinned handsome men in bandanas boasted of their Indian origins, and the boys also had tattoos with pagan patterns, although they didn’t want to sell drugs. They drove inexpensive cars, probably to blend in with the crowd. Although we pumped up our cars ourselves, it turned out elegantly. It also jumped.
Like our gopota, they will hang shiny shit on the nine, neon lighting and that’s it, I’m the most authoritative authority in authority. And inside it is also UG as before. After the appearance of crack and other affordable drugs in the eighties, the Aztecs joined the friendly family of drug dealers and began to attract other Latin Americans to work.
Over time, they begin to call themselves the all-powerful Aztec nation, or simply a nation. Only these Aztecs speak for some reason Spanish. There are suggestions that the gang operates in 33 countries, with about 100,000 members. Moreover, they don’t have any SuperBoss Aztec. Everything depends on the idea!
Video confession of several members of the Varrio Los Aztecas Gang
MS-13 or Salvatruchio. Those same immigrants from Latin America, the guys never tire of being amazed by American reality. It turns out there is still work to be done here. Of course, it’s easier to create a gang, in general, another victim of an unrealized American dream. They love tattoos all over their bodies. They are considered the most cruel scumbags in terms of their propensity for violence.
Even initiation into the Mara Salvatrucha gang was called the “jump inside” - this is when a crowd of future buddies beat the candidate all over his body for 13 seconds. They also have their own sign language.
They deal with everything illegal that you can think of, so to speak, general professionals! The assholes even cooperate with Al-Qaeda: they transport weapons across the border there or bring some martyr into the country.
Mara Salvatrucha means "Salvadoran wandering ants". One of the most famous criminal situations associated with this gang is the massacre on a bus (28 people were killed). People were slaughtered with cold steel like pigs.
3. Blacks.
3.1.
Bloods (wear red paraphernalia, meaning blood).
The Bloods were created in the early 70s, in Los Angeles, black slackers assembled a caudle of small gangs to compete with the Crips (more about them below). Just like the call of genes, tribe does not get along with tribe on the same field. In short, since the enemies wear Blue colour, these decided to wear red.
Why not green, it would be like the flag of Chechnya (black and green). Well, they chose. The army of fornicators consists of 40,000 from 274 gangs. The police believed that they were in demand. It seems like Snoop Dogg also came from the Reds, but this rap prostitute was not listed anywhere.
Handshake Bloods
3.2. Crips
Same blacks from Elay, only blue. The main difference from the Reds is the number, there are about 80,000 of them. Probably they just started work earlier. These scumbags have been fighting each other for forty years for influence in their neighborhoods and part of the most illegal business. Drugs, weapons, other little things, their interests are not particularly intricate.
They join a gang at the age of 8. In principle, I went to first class. The weapons there are like mud, so the blacks kill blacks and policemen like in a counter-strike while they themselves are alive. All this, of course, is not fun, which is what rappers all over the world sing about and films are made about. And many more books will be written. In general, white capitalists exploit the opposition of blacks to each other to their advantage.
Crips handshake.
4. Cosa Nostra
“Cosa Nostra” has assimilated into politics and business so much that half of Pindos’ presidents come from families that have become style icons, just like in the movie “The Godfather.”
Cosa Nostra - "Our Business"! Those Italians who steal on the streets are ordinary criminals, and the mafia, this is a part of society that no one has been fighting for a long time, they simply accepted them into the ranks of law-abiding Americans (they would try not to accept them), unlike Italy, where over the past twenty years everyone The mafia bosses were transplanted, except for the prime minister of the country itself.
5. Aryan Brotherhood (AB)
Aryan Brotherhood. A product of the system, in the 60s US prisons became mixed, that is, before that they tried to keep criminals of different nations separately. It just so happens that there are always more blacks in prison. Once every 15. So the whites began to fight for themselves.
Aryan Brotherhood
You can only join a gang through murder or an act of violence in front of witnesses. Blood came, blood went. At the same time, cop informers are impossible in the ranks of the gang, because if you are inside the Aryan Brotherhood, then you yourself killed!
Charles Manson, that bastard, maniac and communist, was not accepted into the ranks of the Aryan Brotherhood because he killed a pregnant woman. The guys from the Aryan Brotherhood deal in contract killings and drugs. The leaders, as a rule, serve life sentences, so it is not possible to intimidate them. The principle of “small but brave”, “every Aryan is not afraid of death, and his death must be avenged by other brothers.” With their number among US prisoners being 0.1%, they commit 20% of the murders! The gang tattoos themselves with swastikas, 666!
The number of members is about 125,000. It is also fashionable to wear a drooping mustache. Works closely with bikers. Some branches call each other bloodlines. Moreover, membership in the gang is for life, the only way out is through death.
Aryan Brotherhood, they don't give a fuck about what you decide.
6. Yakuza.
What would it be like without them? The patsik have been around for three hundred years. The name comes from Japanese card game Ohyo-kabu. Yakuza is the name of the cards in the worst combination, i.e. Only a person with great playing skill will be able to win with such cards.
In general, the yakuza as a custom in Japan, until the mid-twentieth century, they were not fought at all and politicians used them in their disputes. Number of people: 80,000 people. And now there are official Yakuza offices in the country, where people come to solve problems, any kind! That is, they do not complain to the housing office about a flooded neighbor, but to the yakuza.
However, you can’t live on mediation alone, capitalism arrived in the country, and gangsters began to engage in business, stock exchange scams, hacker attacks- their lot. Of course, drugs and murder too. In recent years, laws have been passed to combat this phenomenon. On their basis, anti-yakuza centers were created, where anyone who had a problem with the yakuza could come.
If in 1975 there were barely 13 thousand gangsters in the city, then by 2000 there were already 80 thousand of them, and the number of gangs increased to 700. The primacy of gangs developed precisely at this time and, starting from the 80s, the most powerful groups remain: Crips, Bloods, Pirus, as well as Latin American gangs Mara Salvatrucha and 18th Street gang.
Each of them has tens of thousands of participants, which is why their structure turns out to be quite “loose”. The same Crips consist of groups that are often at odds with each other, and the Bloods union was created as a fragile confederation of African-American gangs to fight the Crips and Mexicans.
The so-called "Young Affiliates" of the Grape Street Crips gang. We would call them “sixes”
Members of the Grape Street Crips gang depict the shooting of a junior high school student
But they don’t sit around playing video games - they have fun in the open air and with friends from the area
Gangster from the Grape Street Crips wearing the gang's signature purple hoodie
This appears to show two rival gang members from different branches of the Crips at the time of the 1992 truce (then gangsters united against the police during an urban riot)
Members of the Mexican street gang 18th Street Gang arrested
Gangsters from the Grape Street Crips again
Grape Street Crips posing with the letters G and W, 1988
The Los Angeles area of Watts, especially the Jordan Downs complex, plays a critical role in the development of gangster culture. It was here that the famous Crips gang was born, whose branches spread throughout LA. Now in the city there are about 200 groups that have left the Crips, which does not prevent them from actively quarreling with each other.
Still the same Jordan-Downs, Watts. In the area
Leader of the Sons of Samoa (Sons of Samoa) - a gang of Polynesian origin at war with the Crips. Here he is pictured paralyzed after being attacked with a gun.
You obviously can't blame gangsters for forgetting their bros who find themselves in wheelchairs
Another photograph of the paralyzed leader of the Sons of Samoa
Here you can see another attribute of a gangster: a bandana and different variations of wearing it
A stereotypical gangster trait: displaying the letters of one's gang and generally identifying oneself with these signs. This one, for example, is from the Crips:
And this one is from the feuding gang community, the Bloods:
And this young patriot actually wears a badge with the name of the gang:
Dodge City Crips Second Street Mob graffiti, San Pedro. The group is clearly not racist
It was generally fashionable to take pictures in front of a wall with the names of your bros
Grape Street Watts Crips gangster poses with a shotgun
East Coast Baby Dolls - sister, female branch of Samoan gang Sons of Samoa, Long Beach
Coast Baby Dolls again
Girls from Coast Baby Dolls in a fight
Members of the Mexican gang East Side Longos, which is part of the Sureños conglomerate. The most famous gang from Long Beach. For some reason, Asians are not particularly liked
The Malditos - minor branch of the East Side Longos gang
Most of these images were taken by German-born photographer Axel Koster. As an immigrant, he himself experienced the difficulties of socialization in Los Angeles, one of the most crime-ridden cities in the world. It is amazing how easily this visiting German managed to gain the trust of different, and even opposing, gangs. He could take a photo of the paralyzed leader of the Sons of Samoa and immediately go to the area to the Crips, who just shot him.
There are up to 500 bandits for every police officer in the United States... American cities There was a wave of street crime.
Volunteers of the North American office of the Stringer Bureau International Investigations- FBII - it turned out that it was enough to leave your homes to find yourself in the thick of a showdown between gangs.
Street fighting
15-year-old killed in shooting in Oregon. Two were wounded and a third was shot in the face in the Bronx. Five wounded in shooting in Colorado Springs. Five were shot during a showdown in St. Joseph, Montana. Six people were wounded in a shooting in Yakima, Washington, one died. Thirteen people were injured in the Chicago shooting, including a 3-year-old child and two teenagers.
All these are daily reports from the American police, classified under the strange classification gang-related, which literally means “associated with gangs.” This is what politically correct American cops bashfully call gang violence that has become last years the main scourge of large US cities.
Although it’s too late to be ashamed, it’s time to ring all the bells - back in 2005, the FBI recognized street gangs, along with terrorism, main threat national security USA. Of course, just according to official data from the feds, there are more than 33 thousand gangs operating in the country, and the total number of their members exceeds 1.4 million people!
And don’t be deceived, the FBI did not include all American prisoners in this list (there are even more of them in the United States - 2.2 million people), we mean only active members of gangster groups, mostly young men. In other words, there are as many people in American gangs as there are in the entire US Army!
Gangs account for 48% of crimes committed in the country violent crimes, and in some regions this figure even reaches 90%. “It's worst in the suburbs,” says Joshua Washington, a seven-year AVLN gang member who was recently released on parole. - It’s generally better not to go into someone else’s area of municipal high-rise buildings. It’s different in the suburbs - richer communities hire private security, then gangs don’t get in there.”
Cities mostly affected are in the northeast of the country, in California and in the Great Lakes region - these are the most populous states of the United States and the consequences of the economic crisis are most noticeable here.
“The sharp rise in street crime was one of those consequences,” says journalist and author of The Beginning of the End Michael Snyder. - According to the same Federal Bureau of Investigation, in the spring of 2009, the number of gangs was estimated at 1 million people, that is, in the post-crisis years it increased by 40%! Where it is impossible to earn money legally, people are forced to commit crimes in order to survive.”
And an unexpected consequence of the sharp growth of criminal groups was a significant expansion of the scope of their activities. In addition to traditional racketeering and street trade in drugs and weapons, gangs have occupied new criminal niches - transportation of illegal migrants, human trafficking, protection of prostitution.
But even more frighteningly, gangs have begun to master high-tech, so-called “white-collar” crimes: counterfeiting, credit fraud and identity theft.
Special signs
Retrogrades from the FBI, out of habit, divide gangs into street, prison and motorized. At the same time, the division into street and prison is very arbitrary - the only difference is on which side of the prison fence the gang was initially organized (in the vast majority of cases, gangs operate on both sides).
And motorized gangs or OMG are the hairy bikers from the “Hells Angels”, “Pagans” and other “Bandidos” repeatedly glorified by Hollywood. Until the early 90s they actually played underworld a noticeable role, but back in the 80s they began to be actively pushed aside by Latin Americans, who today unconditionally settled in the criminal Olympus of the United States.
The largest group on the West Coast, the 18th Street Gang or M18, appeared in Los Angeles back in the 60s, and today has 65,000 active members in 120 cities and 37 states. Features gang members - tattoos or stripes on clothes with different spellings of the number 18 - XVIII, 9+9, 666, etc.
The Latin Kings gang was formed by Puerto Ricans in Chicago even earlier - in the 40s. Today, its 42,000 members operate in 160 cities and 31 states.
At the same time, the gang is considered the most disciplined and organized, and its ideology is based on “Kingism,” which the group members call their religion. Distinctive marks are tattoos with a three- or five-pronged crown.
The largest and most brutal Latin American gang, Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13, was founded in the 80s by immigrants from El Salvador who poured into the United States. For the sake of intimidation, its members cover their entire body and even their face with tattoos, and their trademark is murder with a machete. In total, the gang has about 70,000 members, not only in the United States, but also in Latin American countries.
Classwork
The already considerable numbers become even worse when you consider that the majority of gang members are men 18-25 years old. And bandit recruits begin recruiting among schoolchildren. According to the report “Combating Youth Violence,” prepared for the US Congress, schools rank fourth among “recruiting centers” for criminal gangs. One in five American schoolchildren receives an offer to join a gang.
“It’s enough to offer a colored guy to deliver a package to the right address and promise $100 for it,” Joshua Washington shares his experience. - The next day he comes to get the money. And when you get a hundred in your hands, it’s almost impossible to refuse another offer. You get used to free money quickly.”
This is what the gangs take advantage of. The most common age for newly converted group members is 10-12 years old. Moreover, cases have become more frequent when gang recruiters “carry out work” among first-graders (in the USA they go to school from the age of 5-6).
“Gangs are worse than terrorists,” says psychologist Mary Jo Rapini. - They take advantage of children's naivety and low self-esteem. Children consider themselves small, defenseless, unable to do anything, and joining a gang gives them a feeling of self-worth, care and security.”
However, experts also see primarily macroeconomic reasons for the intensification of gangs in schools. If in 2000 more than half of American teenagers had a job and, accordingly, could earn pocket money, then in 2011 this figure decreased to 29.6%. In addition, educational optimization was carried out in many states - due to funding cuts, some schools in cities were closed, and students were transferred to neighboring institutions. The gangs could only take advantage of the natural confrontation between the new guys and the old-timers.
How did the FBI respond to this? Prepared a brochure for teachers to help them recognize gang symbols in the drawings with which students decorate their notebooks and backpacks.
No money - no police
There is nothing to say about the police - they simply do not have enough funds to adequately respond to rampant crime. “If the number of gangs in Chicago over the past two years has increased from 500 to 600, then during the same time police funding has decreased by $67 million, which led to a reduction in personnel by 1,300 people,” Michael Snyder pours out numbers.
“And this despite the fact that in a city of 3 million, gangs consist, according to various sources, from 70,000 to 100,000 people, and the anti-criminal gang unit consists of only 200 police officers. That is, for one cop there are up to 500 bandits. It’s no surprise that Chicago ranks among the world leaders in the number of murders, surpassing even Mexico City and Sao Paulo.”
Although in neighboring Detroit the situation is even worse. The bankrupt “capital of the auto industry” is so short of money that in January this year The mayor decided to completely eliminate the unit for combating organized crime.
If 10 years ago there were 5,000 police officers in the city, now only half remain. Due to budget cuts, most stations are closed 16 hours a day, and less than 10% of crimes are investigated.
The result is corresponding - last year the number of murders in the city increased by 13%, and the unemployment rate exceeded 18%. Is it any wonder that Detroit ranks second in the country in the number of violent crimes and consistently holds the lead in Forbes list the most miserable cities in the US?
Not better situation and in the richest state in the country - California. The local leader in violent crime, Oakland, fired a quarter of its police officers due to budget cuts, leading to a 43% increase in thefts last year. Neighboring cities are selling off police equipment and helicopters, and Los Angeles doesn't have enough money to house prisoners. As a result, criminals who have served 40% of their sentence will be released from prison. Moreover, the program includes, among other things, rapists and murderers.
Showdown or war?
A holy place is never empty, streets freed from police take control criminal groups. Moreover, they often do their “job” better than the state. “For residents of ethnic neighborhoods, gang control is even preferable,” says Mary Jo Rapini.
Gang members speak the same language with them, act according to the usual “laws”, give them a feeling of security, and, if necessary, provide work. The problem is that teenagers who grow up in such an environment see only one path for social growth - joining a gang.”
However, in a gang, as in any hierarchical system, “achievements” are needed to move up the “career ladder.” And they are most often committed on territory controlled by a rival group. Hence the incessant skirmishes, thousands of wounded and hundreds of dead.
“This is more like a clan war,” says Matt Little, a sergeant in the Chicago organized crime unit who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. - The boys are running through the streets and firing indiscriminately in all directions. Those over 30 are no longer visible on the streets - they either lead or are in prison. The level of cruelty here is such that only a few survive to this age.”
However, the level of professionalism in gangs is growing. In the last two years alone, the FBI has recorded 53 cases of gangs sending gang members into active army. There they study combat tactics, modern views weapons and equipment. It’s scary to even imagine what will happen on the streets when professionally trained killers pour in.
Although, it seems that Washington has already thought through this development of events. Back in 2006, the National Security Strategy, in the event of large-scale disasters, allowed for the partial transfer of functions of local authorities to the military.
Two years later, it became clear that the US authorities were preparing not only for natural disasters- in the Strategy for the Modernization of the Armed Forces, the list of threats to national security was supplemented by organizations with radical anti-government ideology.
In 2010, the Pentagon conducted exercises that tested how the military would respond to civil unrest in the event of an economic collapse. And from May 13, 2013, after amendments were made to the Federal normative act 32, the US military received formal authority "under extraordinary circumstances to temporarily assume responsibilities for the suppression of large-scale disturbances."
True, if the government puts up armed bandits against 1.4 million army units and heavy equipment, then this will no longer be suppression of unrest, but a real civil war.
We present to your attention a list of the most dangerous gangs on the planet that you would hardly want to cross paths with in a dark alley. 
Jamaican Posse. The gang, armed with machine guns, is known for its links to the Jamaican government and for the brutality with which they kill their victims, sometimes even using irons and axes. 
Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC). This gang settled in Brazil, in all the prisons of Sao Paolo and the slums. Known for kidnapping, extortion and blackmail. In May 2006, they managed to keep the whole of Sao Paolo under siege for a week, killing police officers and setting fire to government buildings. 
Crips. This gang originated from a gang of 16-year-old boys who scared passersby. It is currently one of the largest criminal organizations in the world. Its members dress in blue and are incredibly brutal, so much so that most of their deaths are the result of internal strife. 
Aryan Brotherhood. The gang is responsible for more than a quarter of prison murders in the United States. To enter here you need to kill any cellmate. 
La Nuestra Familia. This is one of the largest Chicano gangs in the world and one of the most bitter rivals of the Mexican mafia. The gang is known for its demands for loyalty, and the initiation process takes several years. For everyone who entered here, there is no turning back. 
Latin Kings. This gang is one of the most well-organized Latin American gangs in the world. They have their own Constitution, which includes traces of Marxism, Confucianism and Christianity. Although they are not particularly violent, their activities include contract killings. 
James-Younger Gang. Unlike other gangs, Jesse James and his associates are no longer alive. This gang became famous not for its cruelty, but for its art of stealing money from people. 
Mexican Mafia (La eMe). This gang is an ally of the Aryan Brotherhood from the south coast of the United States. Known for her active involvement in the drug trade. Gang members are easily identified by a special tattoo in the form of a black hand located on the chest. 
Wah Ching. Although the history of this gang is controversial, one thing is well known - they are great at making money. Although they often resort to extreme cruelty, they only use it as a means to an end. The bulk of their activities center around money laundering and financial crimes in Los Angeles and East Asia. 
Black Guerrilla Family. This gang was founded in 1966 with the goal of overthrowing the US government. Their allies include a huge number of gangs on both coasts. 
Area Boys (Agberos). A group of loosely organized teenagers roam the streets of Lagos, Nigeria. The group is known for its extortion and drug addiction. Despite their poor organization, they are still dangerous thanks to unprovoked attacks on peaceful passers-by and their peers. 
Almighty Black P. Stone Nation. A street gang from Chicago with a strong Islamic leaning. Its leader is Abdullah-Malik, who is associated with Muammar Gaddafi. Despite the fact that they were not known to be particularly violent, they were often pursued by FBI agents. 
Yakuza. Members of this Japanese gang, upon joining, are required to cut off all ties with their family as proof of their complete loyalty to the boss. It is widely believed in Western media that gang members cut off one of their fingers as a form of regret. 
Hell's Angels. A biker gang widely known for its brutality. It should also be noted that while most mafia groups or criminal organizations engage in illegal activities for profit, this gang considers violence a part of life. 
Cosa Nostra. This crime syndicate, better known as the American Mafia, is an offshoot of the famous Sicilian Mafia. Its roots go back to the East Side of New York during the beginning of Italian immigration to the United States. This group is known for its brutality and merciless punishment in case of violation of the code. 
Irish Republican Army (IRA). This is not your typical gang. The Irish Republican Army operates similarly to many of the gangs on this list, with violence being their forte. The IRA paramilitary group is responsible for numerous deaths and terrorist attacks. Its goal is the eradication of Northern Ireland and a unified Irish government. 
Bloods. This gang is known for its red bands and rivalry with the Crips gang. Initially, the Bloods were an offshoot of this gang, but after the conflict they were forced to resort to extreme violence. 
Texas Syndicate. This is one of the small gangs allied with Los Zetas. They are known for a number of contract killings committed in the United States. 
Triads. This is a major Chinese crime syndicate with more than 2.5 million members worldwide. Known for their clearly organized structure and bloody rituals. 
Mongols. Like the Hells Angels, this group uses a philosophy of violence to live its life. Among other things, these two gangs are at enmity with each other. 
18th Street Gang. According to statistics, every day in the Los Angeles area someone becomes a victim of this gang. Over the past ten years, this gang has committed 3 times more murders than anyone on this list. 
Los Zetas. This is one of the most powerful drug cartels in the world. Los Zetas are responsible for so much death and destruction that words cannot express them. Their base is located in Mexico, but their influence extends far beyond the Mexican borders. 
Russian Mafia. Widely known for its practice of not only killing rivals, but also all members of their families, the Russian mafia brings new meaning to the word "cold-blooded." Their influence is spread throughout the world. 
Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). One of the most violent gangs in the world, MS-13 makes most other gangs look like high school kids smoking marijuana. It was founded in California in the 1980s. Since then it has grown to 70,000 people throughout Central and North America. 
The Mungiki. This gang operates in the slums of Nairobi and numbers more than 100,000 people. In the past, its members were known for wearing dreadlocks and bathing in blood. Their symbolism is a severed human head on a stick.
