List of gangs in the United States
Appearance
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
- Supreme Team
- Westmob
- Young Boys Inc.
Caribbean
Caucasian/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)
- Juggalo gangs
- 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
- Asian Boyz, Southeast Asian (mostly Cambodian)
- Bahala Na Gang, Filipino
- Born to Kill, Vietnamese
- Chung Ching Yee, Chinese
- Fullerton Boys, Korean
- Kkangpae, Korean
- Menace of Destruction, Hmong
- Satanas, Filipino
- Snakehead, Chinese
- Tiny Rascal Gang, Cambodian
- 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 Eagles
- Latin Kings
- Latin Syndicate
- Los Mexicles
- Los Santos
- 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
- 38th Street gang
- The Avenues
- Azusa 13
- Culver City Boys 13
- East Side Longos
- Eastside Bolen Parque 13
- El Monte Flores 13
- Florencia 13
- Logan Heights Gang
- Northside Bolen Parque 13
- OVS
- Playboys
- Pomona 12th Street Sharkies
- Puente 13
- Santa Monica 13
- Temple Street
- Toonerville Rifa 13
- Varrio Nuevo Estrada
- Venice 13
- Westside Locos 13
- White Fence
- Texas Syndicate
- Tijuana Cartel
- Trinitario
- Vatos Locos
Irish-American
Italian-American
- 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
- 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 Motorcycle Club
- Black Sabbath Motorcycle Club
- Boozefighters
- The Breed Motorcycle Club
- Brother Speed
- Chosen Few MC
- Coffin Cheaters
- Devils Diciples
- Diablos Motorcycle Club
- El Forastero Motorcycle Club
- Free Souls Motorcycle Club
- Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club
- Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club
- Hells Angels
- Hell's Lovers
- Highwaymen Motorcycle Club
- Iron Horsemen
- Market Street Commandos
- Mongols Motorcycle Club
- Moonshiners Motorcycle Club
- No Surrender
- Outlaws Motorcycle Club
- Pagan's Motorcycle Club
- Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington
- Rock Machine
- Sin City Deciples
- Sons of Satan MC
- Sons of Silence
- Vagos Motorcycle Club
- Warlocks Motorcycle Club (Florida)
- Warlocks Motorcycle Club (Pennsylvania)
- Zulus MC
Pacific Islander
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
- Mexican Mafia
- Mexikanemi
- MS-13
- Nazi Lowriders
- Ñetas
- Nuestra Familia
- People Nation
- Public Enemy No. 1
- Puro Tango Blast
- Texas Syndicate
- Trinitario
- United Blood Nation
- Wah Ching
- Zoe Pound
See also
- List of criminal gangs in Los Angeles
- List of California street gangs
- List of Crips subsets
- List of gangs outside the United States
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.