Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips

Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips

Founded	1974
Founding location	Compton, California
Years active	1974–present
Territory	39th & Broandale
Ethnicity	Primarily African Americans
Membership (est.)	Between 900 and 3000
Criminal activities	Drug trafficking, weapon trafficking, extortion, prostitution, robbery and murder
Allies	Colombian cartels
Rivals	Several Bloods sets, rival Crips sets

The Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips is a Black street gang which originated from Los Angeles. It's known for being one of the most powerful and organized sets within the larger Crips gang.

History

South Los Angeles was already home to street gangs like the Crips and the Bloods. Overcome by poverty and not only in part thanks to the common cultures of African Americans and Belizean Creole people, some Belizeans became members of the larger gangs. Following a wave of gang violence, ethnic Belizean gang members were deported back to their country of origin. Deported Belizean gang members quickly spread the culture of Bloods and Crips in Belize City. The name comes from the gang being located on the eastside of Crenshaw and Harlem being a part of New york City a city on the east coast.

Activities

While every Crips street gang has members that are more likely to be involved in street crime, a disproportionate amount of the Harlem Crips members are known for being more businesslike and ambitious making the gang an overwhelmingly organized crime group. The opportunities for organized crime were and still are a direct result of the situation in Belize. Colombian cartels use Belize as one of their major routes to move cocaine and heroin to the USA. Colombian narcotraffickers do business with gang bosses in Belize who in turn use their connections with expatriate Belizean gang members in cities like New York and Los Angeles. The Rollin 30's Harlem Crips being an overwhelmingly Belizean gang, they are able to being involved in drug trafficking on a higher level. NASCAR Racer Flash was once a member but now speaks to the youth to live the path. Other criminal activities include weapon trafficking, prostitution, murder and robbery.