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{{Infobox Criminal organization
{{Infobox Criminal organization
| name = Zoe Pound
| name = Zoe Pound
| image =
| image =
| caption =
| caption =
| founded =
| founded =
| founding location = [[Miami]], [[Florida]], U.S.<ref name=FBI/>
| founding location = [[Miami]], [[Florida]], U.S.<ref name=FBI/>
| years active =
| years active =
| territory = Miami , New york ,<ref name=FBI/> [[Key West, Florida|Key West]],<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Hispanically Speaking News |date=25 February 2011 |url=http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/ice-operation-in-south-florida-net-24-criminal-aliens/5606/ |title=ICE Operation in South Florida Net 24 Criminal Aliens |access-date=26 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302142106/http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/ice-operation-in-south-florida-net-24-criminal-aliens/5606/ |archive-date=2 March 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Evansville, Indiana]] and [[Fort Pierce, Florida]]<ref name=ftpierce/>
| territory = Miami, [[Key West, Florida|Key West]],<ref>{{cite news |work=Hispanically Speaking News |date=25 February 2011 |url=http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/ice-operation-in-south-florida-net-24-criminal-aliens/5606/ |title=ICE Operation in South Florida Net 24 Criminal Aliens |access-date=26 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302142106/http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/ice-operation-in-south-florida-net-24-criminal-aliens/5606/ |archive-date=2 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Fort Pierce, Florida]],<ref name=ftpierce/> [[Evansville, Indiana]],<ref name=FBI/> and the [[Bahamas]]<ref name=canada>{{Cite web |date=27 September 2018 |title=Bahamas: The Zoe Pound gang, including activities, areas of operation, key members and state response (2013-September 2018) [BHS106154.E] |url=https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/2006655.html |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |via=ecoi.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith-Cartwright |first=Tanya |date=15 February 2021 |title=INSIGHT: ‘We’re living in a cowboy town and there’s nothing anyone can do about it’ |url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/feb/15/insight-were-living-cowboy-town-and-theres-nothing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215140454/http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/feb/15/insight-were-living-cowboy-town-and-theres-nothing/ |archive-date=15 February 2021 |access-date=20 April 2024 |work=The Tribune}}</ref>
| ethnicity = [[Haitian Americans|Haitian]]<ref name=FBI/>
| ethnicity = [[Haitian Americans|Haitian]]<ref name=FBI/>
| membership est = 225,000
| membership est = 225,000{{citation_needed}}
| criminal activities = Drug trafficking, robbery, murder, prostitution<ref name=FBI/> and racketeering<ref name= ftpierce/>
| criminal activities = [[Drug trafficking]], [[robbery]], [[murder]], [[prostitution]]<ref name=FBI/> and [[racketeering]]<ref name= ftpierce/>
| allies = [[Black Mafia Family]]<ref name=canada/> and [[Shower Posse]]{{citation_needed}}
| allies = Top-6 Sydnicate Familia, African Americans Organized Crime, Jamaica Mafia, Trinidad Mafia
| rivals = }}
| rivals =
}}


'''Zoe Pound''' is a criminal [[street gang]] based in [[Miami|Miami, Florida]] founded by [[Haitian Americans|Haitian]] immigrants in the mid-1990s.<ref name=FBI>{{cite web |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |location=Indianapolis |date=4 February 2010 |url=http://indianapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ip020410.htm |title=Twenty-Two Charged Federally in Evansville Drug Trafficking Case |access-date=20 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817115452/http://indianapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ip020410.htm |archive-date=17 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''Zoe Pound''' is a criminal [[street gang]] based in [[Miami|Miami, Florida]] founded by [[Haitian Americans|Haitian]] immigrants in the mid-1990s.<ref name="FBI">{{cite web |date=4 February 2010 |title=Twenty-Two Charged Federally in Evansville Drug Trafficking Case |url=http://indianapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ip020410.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817115452/http://indianapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ip020410.htm |archive-date=17 August 2010 |access-date=20 February 2011 |website=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite episode |title=All Hell Breaks Loose |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqdObNwHyFI&rco=1 |series=Gangland |series-link=Gangland (TV series) |network=History Channel |date=4 December 2008 |season=3 |number=12}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
"Zoe'" is the anglicized variant of the word ''[[wikt:zo#Haitian Creole|zo]]'', [[Haitian Creole]] for "bone", as members were known to be "hard to the bone." When conflicts against Haitians arose, the ''pound'' would be sought out to retaliate; thus, the street gang name, "Zoe Pound", was born.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/magiccitytrialso0000tric |url-access=registration |quote=zoe pound means. |title=Magic City: Trials of a Native Son |year=2010 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |author1=Daddy, Trick |author2=Bailey, Peter |page=[https://archive.org/details/magiccitytrialso0000tric/page/169 169] |isbn=978-1-4391-4852-5}}</ref> "Pound" may also stand for "Power Of (the) Unified Negroes (in) Divinity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Miami's Most Violent Gang The Zoe Pounds Gang |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqdObNwHyFI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/KqdObNwHyFI |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|website=Gangland (TV Series): S3E12, All Hell Breaks Loose}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
"Zoe" is the anglicized variant of the word ''[[wikt:zo#Haitian Creole|zo]]'', [[Haitian Creole]] for "bone", as members were known to be "hard to the bone." When conflicts against Haitians arose, the ''pound'' would be sought out to retaliate; thus, the street gang name, "Zoe Pound", was born.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Daddy, Trick |url=https://archive.org/details/magiccitytrialso0000tric |title=Magic City: Trials of a Native Son |author2=Bailey, Peter |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-4391-4852-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/magiccitytrialso0000tric/page/169 169] |url-access=registration}}</ref>

An alternate theory states that "Pound" acts as an acronym for "Power Of (the) Unified Negroes (in) Divinity".<ref name=":0" />


==History==
==History==
Having being founded in the mid-1990s, Zoe Pound first gained the attention of the media in the spring of 1997, when gang members robbed ships docking along the [[Miami River (Florida)|Miami River]], kidnapping and torturing crew members.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 March 2010 |title=Zoe Pound Gang: Learn More About Haitian Group Featured On History Channel |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zoe-pound-gang-learn-more_n_387606 |access-date=20 April 2024 |work=HuffPost |quote=In April 1997, the group looted ships docked along the Miami River and tortured their crew members.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Royse |first=David |date=16 May 1997 |title=The Land Pirates In Miami, Pirates In Pickup Trucks Board Freighters At Boat Yards, Robbing, Torturing And Kidnapping Sailors For Drugs And Money |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/16/the-land-pirates-in-miami-pirates-in-pickup/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420053134/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/16/the-land-pirates-in-miami-pirates-in-pickup/ |archive-date=20 April 2024 |access-date=20 April 2024 |work=The Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
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Having branched out from Miami in the two decades leading up to 2010, they are known to be involved in drug trafficking and robbery and related violent crimes in support of their drug trafficking activities in [[Evansville, Indiana]].<ref name=FBI/>

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Having branched out from Miami in the two decades leading up to 2010, they are known to be involved in drug trafficking and robbery and related violent crimes in support of their drug trafficking activities in [[Evansville, Indiana]].<ref name="FBI" />


In 2004, six Zoe Pound leaders were arrested on [[racketeering]] and conspiracy charges in [[Fort Pierce, Florida]] after [[Florida Department of Law Enforcement]] offices convinced several gang members to [[Turn state's evidence|give testimony for the prosecution]].<ref name=ftpierce>{{cite web |last=Greenlee |first=Will |date=18 June 2009 |publisher=TCPalm |url=http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/jun/18/six-alleged-leaders-of-fort-pierce-gang-facing/ |title=Six alleged leaders of Fort Pierce gang facing charges |access-date=26 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716194638/http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/jun/18/six-alleged-leaders-of-fort-pierce-gang-facing/ |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2004, six Zoe Pound leaders were arrested on [[racketeering]] and conspiracy charges in [[Fort Pierce, Florida]] after [[Florida Department of Law Enforcement]] offices convinced several gang members to [[Turn state's evidence|give testimony for the prosecution]].<ref name="ftpierce">{{cite web |last=Greenlee |first=Will |date=18 June 2009 |title=Six alleged leaders of Fort Pierce gang facing charges |url=http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/jun/18/six-alleged-leaders-of-fort-pierce-gang-facing/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716194638/http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/jun/18/six-alleged-leaders-of-fort-pierce-gang-facing/ |archive-date=16 July 2011 |access-date=26 February 2011 |website=TCPalm}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 06:27, 20 April 2024

Zoe Pound
Founding locationMiami, Florida, U.S.[1]
TerritoryMiami, Key West,[2] Fort Pierce, Florida,[3] Evansville, Indiana,[1] and the Bahamas[4][5]
EthnicityHaitian[1]
Membership (est.)225,000[citation needed]
Criminal activitiesDrug trafficking, robbery, murder, prostitution[1] and racketeering[3]
AlliesBlack Mafia Family[4] and Shower Posse[citation needed]

Zoe Pound is a criminal street gang based in Miami, Florida founded by Haitian immigrants in the mid-1990s.[1][6]

Etymology

"Zoe" is the anglicized variant of the word zo, Haitian Creole for "bone", as members were known to be "hard to the bone." When conflicts against Haitians arose, the pound would be sought out to retaliate; thus, the street gang name, "Zoe Pound", was born.[7]

An alternate theory states that "Pound" acts as an acronym for "Power Of (the) Unified Negroes (in) Divinity".[6]

History

Having being founded in the mid-1990s, Zoe Pound first gained the attention of the media in the spring of 1997, when gang members robbed ships docking along the Miami River, kidnapping and torturing crew members.[8][9]

Having branched out from Miami in the two decades leading up to 2010, they are known to be involved in drug trafficking and robbery and related violent crimes in support of their drug trafficking activities in Evansville, Indiana.[1]

In 2004, six Zoe Pound leaders were arrested on racketeering and conspiracy charges in Fort Pierce, Florida after Florida Department of Law Enforcement offices convinced several gang members to give testimony for the prosecution.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Twenty-Two Charged Federally in Evansville Drug Trafficking Case". Federal Bureau of Investigation. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 17 August 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  2. ^ "ICE Operation in South Florida Net 24 Criminal Aliens". Hispanically Speaking News. 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Greenlee, Will (18 June 2009). "Six alleged leaders of Fort Pierce gang facing charges". TCPalm. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Bahamas: The Zoe Pound gang, including activities, areas of operation, key members and state response (2013-September 2018) [BHS106154.E]". Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via ecoi.net.
  5. ^ Smith-Cartwright, Tanya (15 February 2021). "INSIGHT: 'We're living in a cowboy town and there's nothing anyone can do about it'". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b "All Hell Breaks Loose". Gangland. Season 3. Episode 12. 4 December 2008. History Channel.
  7. ^ Daddy, Trick; Bailey, Peter (2010). Magic City: Trials of a Native Son. Simon and Schuster. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-4391-4852-5.
  8. ^ "Zoe Pound Gang: Learn More About Haitian Group Featured On History Channel". HuffPost. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2024. In April 1997, the group looted ships docked along the Miami River and tortured their crew members.
  9. ^ Royse, David (16 May 1997). "The Land Pirates In Miami, Pirates In Pickup Trucks Board Freighters At Boat Yards, Robbing, Torturing And Kidnapping Sailors For Drugs And Money". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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