10 most notorious gangs in the world

(Baonghean.vn) - These criminal gangs are notorious around the world for their brutal purge methods and illegal acts such as robbery, murder, drug trafficking, and human trafficking.

1. Cosa Nostra - Italy

Cosa Nostra is a criminal organization founded in the second half of the 19th century in Italy and quickly became a world-famous and dangerous criminal organization after expanding its operations to the United States. The organization's activities include protection, arms trafficking, and drug trafficking. The number of members in this gang is up to 3,500 to 4,000. During the initiation ceremony, new members must kill someone to show their loyalty. Members of Cosa Nostra must follow a code of silence.

2. Crips- African American gang

The Crips are an African-American gang. The gang was founded in Los Angeles, California in 1969, led by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams. The Crips are one of the largest and most dangerous street gangs in the United States, with a total of 30,000 to 35,000 members. The group often conducts robberies, murders, illegal drug trafficking, and other criminal activities. Crips members are typically dressed in navy blue. The gang has deep conflicts with the Bloods. Crips also has members in other countries around the world.

3. Triads - Hong Kong

The Triads originated from Shaolin Temple monks who owed the royal family their gratitude, intending to "resist the Qing and restore the Ming", similar to the Heaven and Earth Society. The Triads then gradually lost control, fell into the hands of many political factions and gradually drifted to Hong Kong. Here, the Triads became the most notorious gang. The Triads gathered many small gangs, operating in all kinds of illegal fields: drug trafficking, prostitution, gambling, protection, loan sharking, murder for hire...

4. Yakuza - Japan

The Yakuza is a nationalistic mafia gang, very powerful in Japan. Yakuza members come from all walks of life, from reckless thugs to directors of large economic groups in Japan. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the Yakuza became a force of political factions, making the Yakuza bosses become powerful, including the boss Inagawa. The Yakuza has many strict rules, the most notable of which is the rule that members must completely obey their superiors, as well as the rule that the gang will protect its members if anything happens in society.

5. Bratva - Russia

Bratva is a notorious Russian mafia organization, commonly known by its English name "Brotherhood". The predecessor of Bratva appeared during the Tsarist period. During World War II, Bratva had the opportunity to gather separate gangs into a powerful organization, contributing to hiding and helping the Soviet Red Army. During the Cold War, Bratva was considered the "iron fist" of the government to control the civilian population, but with the collapse of the Soviet Union, Bratva officially lost control and went into the mafia. It is estimated that Bratva gathered more than 6,000 small groups operating throughout Russia and Eastern Europe; some of its branches have spread to Western Europe, the United States and China.

6. Wah Ching- Chinese in America

The Wah Ching is a Chinese street gang that was founded in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1960s. Its members were young Hong Kongers who immigrated to the United States, hence the name Wh Ching. From a street gang, the Wah Ching has developed into a transnational criminal organization. The Wah Ching criminal organization also has special ties with the Sun Yee On gang and the Hong Kong Triads. Currently, the Wah Ching's membership is estimated to be as high as 3,000.

7. Los Zetas- Mexico

Los Zetas, also known as the “Black Legends”, is a Mexican criminal organization that specializes in long-distance drug trafficking, primarily targeting the US market and recently expanding into the Italian market with the help of an Italian mafia organization. The organization is also involved in arms smuggling. With such a large number of members, the “Black Legends” have led to many political problems in this Central American country. In some aspects, the Los Zetas gang actually has political influence in 11 states of Mexico.

8. Latin Kings - Hispanic gang in America

Founded in Chicago in the 1940s, the Latin Kings are a closely knit group that even has its own religion called “Kingism.” The Latin Kings are considered the largest Hispanic street gang in the United States, with approximately 18,000 members. Notably, the Latin Kings also recruited female members into a branch called the Latin Queens.

9. Aryan Brotherhood (AB) - USA

This gang was founded by the most dangerous gangsters, imprisoned with life sentences or death sentences. AB has become a terrifying name in every prison in the US, gathering 20,000 powerful members both in prisons and those who have served their sentences. AB created a murder-for-hire network, protected and provided everything that criminals in prison requested, as long as they paid them in full. The condition to join AB is to commit a murder in the prison that they requested.

10. MS13 - USA

The Mara Salvatrucha gang, abbreviated as MS-13, was founded in 1980 and quickly expanded its operations from Los Angeles to Central American countries. Not only notorious for its tattoo culture and brutal murder rituals, MS-13 is also known for drug trafficking, human trafficking and illegal immigration into the United States. MS-13 is the most dangerous gang that the FBI worries about in the United States.

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