List of gangs in the United States
Appearance
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation website in 2014 stated that there were some 33,000 gangs in the United States which they classified as street gangs, motorcycle gangs or prison gangs.[4]
Notable criminal gangs having Wikipedia articles include:
List
African-American
- Almighty Black P. Stone Nation
- Almighty Vice Lord Nation
- Black Disciples
- Black Guerrilla Family
- Black Mafia
- Black Mafia Family
- Black Spades
- Bloods
- Chambers Brothers
- Columbia Point Dawgs
- The Council
- Crips
- D.C. Blacks
- Decepticons
- Errol Flynns
- The Family
- Folk Nation
- Gangster Disciples
- Hidden Valley Kings
- KUMI 415
- Lucerne Street Doggz
- Miami Boys
- Mickey Cobras
- Orchard Park Trailblazers
- People Nation
- Savage Nomads
- Savage Skulls
- Somali Outlaws
- Supreme Team
- Westmob
- Young Boys Inc.
Caribbean
Caucasian and white supremacist
- 311 Boyz
- American Front (white supremacist)
- Aryan Nations (white supremacist)
- Aryan Republican Army (white supremacist)
- Chicago Gaylords
- Combat 18 (white supremacist)
- Cornbread Mafia
- Dead Man Incorporated
- Dixie Mafia
- Friends Stand United
- Hammerskins (white supremacist)
- Imperial Klans of America (white supremacist)
- Keystone State Skinheads (white nationalist)
- Ku Klux Klan (white supremacist)
- The Order (white supremacist)
- Peckerwood
- 211 Crew (white supremacist)
- Aryan Brotherhood (white supremacist)
- Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (white supremacist)
- Aryan Circle (white supremacist)
- European Kindred (white supremacist)
- Nazi Lowriders (white supremacist)
- Public Enemy No.1 (white supremacist)
- People Nation
- Popes
- Simon City Royals
- State Line Mob
- Volksfront (European nationalist)
- White Aryan Resistance (white supremacist)
East Asian
- Chung Ching Yee, Chinese
- Fullerton Boys, Korean
- Kkangpae, Korean
- Snakehead, Chinese
- Tong, Chinese
- Triad
- 14K Triad, Chinese
- Bamboo Union, Taiwanese
- Big Circle Gang, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Cambodian
- Black Dragons, Chinese and Vietnamese
- Flying Dragons, Chinese and Vietnamese
- Four Seas Gang, Taiwanese
- Ghost Shadows, Chinese and Vietnamese
- Jackson Street Boys, Cantonese
- Ping On, Chinese
- Sun Yee On, Chinese
- Wah Ching, Chinese
- Wo Hop To, Hong Kong
- Wo Shing Wo, Hong Kong
- Wah Kee, Chinese and Malaysian
- Yakuza, Japanese
Eastern European
Hispanic
- 18th Street gang
- Almighty Saints
- Barrio Azteca
- Cali Cartel
- Dominicans Don't Play
- Folk Nation
- Fresno Bulldogs
- Ghetto Brothers
- Gulf Cartel
- Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos
- Jalisco New Generation Cartel
- Jheri Curls
- Juárez Cartel
- La Familia Michoacana
- La Línea
- La Raza Nation
- Latin Counts
- Latin Eagles
- Latin Kings
- Los Mexicles
- Los Solidos
- Los Zetas
- Maniac Latin Disciples
- Marielitos
- Medellín Cartel
- Mexican Mafia
- Mexikanemi
- MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha)
- Ñetas
- Norteños
- Nuestra Familia
- People Nation
- Puro Tango Blast
- Savage Nomads
- Savage Skulls
- Sinaloa Cartel
- Spanish Cobras
- Spanish Gangster Disciples
- Sureños
- Texas Syndicate
- Tijuana Cartel
- Trinitario
- Vatos Locos
Irish-American
Italian-American
- 10th and Oregon Crew
- American Mafia
- The Commission
- Five Families
- Bufalino crime family
- Buffalo crime family
- Chicago Outfit
- Cleveland crime family
- Dallas crime family
- DeCavalcante crime family
- Denver crime family
- Detroit Partnership
- East Harlem Purple Gang
- Genna crime family
- Houston crime family
- Kansas City crime family
- Los Angeles crime family
- Magaddino crime family
- Milwaukee crime family
- Morello crime family
- Murder, Inc.
- New Orleans crime family
- Patriarca crime family
- Philadelphia crime family
- Pittsburgh crime family
- Rochester crime family
- San Francisco crime family
- San Jose crime family
- Seattle crime family
- St. Louis crime family
- Trafficante crime family
- Camorra
- The Combined
- Corsican mafia
- Forty-Two Gang
- Jousters
- National Crime Syndicate
- 'Ndrangheta
- Sacra Corona Unita
- Sicilian Mafia
- South Brooklyn Boys
Jewish
North American
Outlaw motorcycle clubs
- Bandidos
- Boozefighters
- Breed
- Brother Speed
- Chosen Few
- Coffin Cheaters
- Devils Diciples
- Diablos
- El Forastero
- Free Souls
- Galloping Goose
- Gypsy Jokers
- Hells Angels
- Hell's Lovers
- Highwaymen
- Iron Horsemen
- Market Street Commandos
- Mongols
- No Surrender
- Outlaws
- Pagans
- Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington
- Rock Machine
- Sons of Satan
- Sons of Silence
- Vagos
- Warlocks (Florida)
- Warlocks (Pennsylvania)
Pacific Islander
South Asian & Middle Eastern
Southeast Asian
- Asian Boyz, Southeast Asian (mostly Cambodian)
- Bahala Na Gang, Filipino
- Born to Kill, Vietnamese
- Menace of Destruction, Hmong
- Satanas, Filipino
- Tiny Rascal Gang, Cambodian
West Asian
Prison
Membership in this group may overlap other groups above.
- 211 Crew
- Almighty Vice Lord Nation
- Aryan Brotherhood
- Aryan Brotherhood of Texas
- Aryan Circle
- Asian Boyz
- Barrio Azteca
- Black Guerrilla Family
- Bloods
- Crips
- D.C. Blacks
- Dead Man Incorporated
- European Kindred
- Folk Nation
- Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos
- KUMI 415
- Latin Kings
- Mexican Mafia
- Mexikanemi
- MS-13
- Nazi Lowriders
- Ñetas
- New Mexican Mafia
- Nuestra Familia
- People Nation
- Public Enemy No. 1
- Puro Tango Blast
- Texas Syndicate
- Trinitario
- United Blood Nation
- Wah Ching
- Zoe Pound
See also
General:
References
- ^ Asbury, Herbert (2008-07-01). The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld. Vintage Books. ISBN 9780307388988. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ Capeci, Jerry (2005-01-04). The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Alpha Books. pp. 84–. ISBN 9781592573059. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ Holmes, Ronald M.; Tewksbury, Richard; Higgins, George (2011-12-02). Introduction to Gangs in America. CRC Press. pp. 91–. ISBN 9781439869475. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ "Gangs". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 5 December 2014.