Organized crime
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Organized crime refers to groups of centralized enterprises that engage in, and aim to profit from, illegal activities. Some forms of organized crime exist simply to meet demand for illegal goods or t
American Mafia mobster Sam Giancana
Jamaican gang leader Christopher Coke
Tattooed yakuza gangsters
From the 1950s to the 1970s, the Kowloon Walled City in British Hong Kong was controlled by local Chinese triads.
American Mafia
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The American Mafia, commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian American criminal society and organized crime group. The t
Organized crime
…up to 38,000 people operating in 6,000 various groups. Historically, the largest organized crime force in the United States has been Cosa Nostra (Italian-American Mafia), but other transnational criminal organizations have also risen in prominence in recent decades. A 2012 article in a U.S. Department of Justice journal…
Paolo Antonio Vaccarelli (also known as Paul Kelly), founder of the Five Points Gang
Al Capone's culturally publicized violent rise to power in Chicago made him an everlasting criminal figure of the Prohibition era.
Charles "Lucky" Luciano in 1948
Carlo Gambino, head of the Gambino crime family