List of gangs in the United States

The Five Points, Manhattan is a location that was associated with gang activities from the early 19th century.[1]


The Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle club was founded in 1948 and is considered a criminal gang by American law enforcement agencies, particularly for their involvement in drug-related activities and violent crimes.[3]
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 include:
List
- 116th Street Crew
- 14K
- 18th Street gang
- 211 Crew
- Albanian Boys
- Albanian Mafia
- Almighty Black P. Stone Nation
- Almighty Saints
- Almighty Vice Lord Nation
- American Front
- American Mafia
- Armenian Power
- Aryan Brotherhood of Texas
- Aryan Brotherhood
- Aryan Circle
- Aryan Nation
- Aryan Republican Army
- Asian Boyz
- Association Ñeta
- Assyrian/Chaldean Mafia
- Barrio Azteca
- Black Disciples
- Black Guerrilla Family
- Black Mafia
- Black Mafia Family
- Bloods
- Born to Kill
- Brothers' Circle
- Cali Cartel
- Combat 18
- Crips
- D.C. Blacks
- Dead Man Inc.
- Dixie mafia
- Dominicans Don't Play
- European Kindred
- Flying Dragons
- Folk Nation
- Four Seas Gang
- Fresno Bulldogs
- Fullerton Boys
- Gangster Disciples
- Ghetto Brothers
- Ghost Shadows
- Gulf Cartel
- Hammerskins
- Hells Angels
- Hidden Valley Kings
- Indian Mafia
- Indian Posse
- Irish Mob
- Israeli mafia
- Jackson Street Boys
- Jewish Mafia
- Jheri Curls
- Juggalo
- Juárez Cartel
- K&A Gang
- KUMI 415
- Keystone State Skinheads
- King Cobras
- Kkangpae
- Ku Klux Klan
- La Raza Nation
- Latin Eagles
- Latin Kings
- Los Angeles crime family
- Los Zetas
- MS-13
- Mara Salvatrucha
- Maniac Latin Disciples
- Mara Salvatrucha
- Marielitos
- Medellín Cartel
- Menace of Destruction
- Mexican Mafia
- Mexikanemi
- Mickey Cobras
- Native Mob
- Nazi Lowriders
- Ñetas
- Norteños
- Nuestra Familia
- On Leong Chinese Merchants Association
- Outlaws Motorcycle Club
- People Nation
- Playboyz
- Polish mob
- Public Enemy No. 1
- Puro Tango Blast
- Rudaj Organization
- Russian Mafia
- Satanas
- Simon City Royals
- Sinaloa Cartel
- Snakehead
- South Side Popes
- Spanish Gangster Disciples
- Sun Yee On
- Sureños
- TAP Boyz
- Texas Syndicate
- The Jersey Crew
- Tijuana Cartel
- Tiny Rascal gang
- Triad
- Trinitarios
- United Blood Nation
- Volksfront
- Wah Ching
- Wah Kee
- Westies
- White Aryan Resistance
- White power skinhead
- Winter Hill Gang
- Wo Hop To
- Wo Shing Wo
- Yakuza
- Yamaguchi-gumi
- Yoshitomi Group
- Zoe Pound Gang
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.
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