Organized Crime

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Basic Information

Organized Crime represents large groups of criminals who cooperate during criminal activities for profit and other benefits.

List of Criminal Organizations

• DarkMarket
• Drug Cartels
  • Mexican Cartels
  • Columbian Cartels
• Gangs of Old New York
• Mafia
  • Neopolitan Camorra
  • Calabrian Ndrangheta
  • Apulian Sacra Corona Unita
  • Sicilian / American La Cosa Nostra
    • The five families:
      • Bonanno Crime Family
      • Gambino Crime Family
      • Colombo Crime Family
      • Genovese Crime Family
      • Lucchese Crime Family
• Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
• Piracy in Somalia
• Primeiro Comando da Capital
• Russian Business Network
• Gang
  • Surenos
  • Nortenos
  • Latin Kings
  • Bloods
  • Crips
• Thief in law (Vory v zakone)
• Triads
  • Tongs
• Yakuza
• Yardies

See Also:

• El Rey
• Crime and Punishment Tropes
• Crimes

Sources

Bibliography

1. McMafia by Misha Glenny - a book on the changes of global organized crime after the collapse of the Soviet Union

2. Wikipedia on Organized Crime

3. Wikipedia on Five Families of the Mafia

Game and Story Use

• Criminal organizations can be some of the most dangerous foes of the player characters. They don't care much about the law and the authorities, they have vast resources, little reluctance to use violence, and they often cannot be stopped by killing a single leader.