The cartel appears to still have major methamphetamine operations in cities throughout the U.S., such as in San Diego and Atlanta . The CDS as well as other large Mexican cartels have set up major cannabis (marijuana) growing operations in the remote forests and deserts of California .
On 11 March 2020, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrested 600 people and seized more than a ton and a half of narcotics. This is the DEA's largest-ever strike against CJNG.
The Gulf Cartel has important cells operating inside the United States—in Mission , Roma , and Rio Grande City —for example, and their presence is expanding.
The Suraci family from Reggio Calabria has moved some of its operations to the U.S.
Al-Qaeda's September 11 attacks (9/11) on America killed 2,996 people...
By the 20th century, wide-scale emigration from Sicily led to the formation of mafiosi-style gangs in other countries, in particular in the United States, where its offshoot, the American Mafia, was created.
The Camorra operated in the United States, primarily in New York City... Camorra members have established a presence in Los Angeles, New York City, and Springfield, Massachusetts
shared routes for drug trafficking to Europe and the United States with the Clan del Golfo
United States : , North Carolina , California , Nevada , Arizona , New Mexico , Texas , Michigan , Oregon , Washington , Kentucky , Illinois , Ohio , Indiana
Telemundo, citing multiple criminal cases against suspected members of the gang, wrote in March 2024 that the group evidently 'also has an increasingly widespread presence in the United States'.
North America : United States and Mexico .
the Barrio Azteca street gang operates in Mexico and in Texan cities such as El Paso, Dallas, and Houston, as well as in New Mexico and Arizona.
Territory: Colombia ( Antioquia ), Panama , California , New York City , Florida , Norman's Cay
The Tijuana Cartel has infiltrated the Mexican law enforcement and judicial systems and is directly involved in street-level trafficking within the United States.
Operations in Mexico City, Chiapas, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Mexico State, Morelos, Nuevo León, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Tamaulipas, as well as in the United States and Canada;
Territory: Primarily based in Kobe but has territory all over Japan, including in Nagoya, Tokyo and Hawaii, United States
Group America has roots in New York and Belgrade... YACS ... based in the Bronx and southern Westchester County areas of New York.
In the early 1980s, the cartel sent Hélmer Herrera to New York City to establish a distribution center
negli Stati Uniti
Satan's Choice gained access to a larger support network of clubs throughout the United States and beyond
They are said to have an operational presence in the United States, Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia.
It also has nine chapters in the United States
Active regions: Worldwide, predominantly in the Indian subcontinent Pakistan , India , Afghanistan , Australia , United States , Bangladesh , Nepal
Battles and wars: ... Attacks on US bases during the Gaza war ...
Territory: Mexico: , Chihuahua and Sonora , United States: , New Mexico and Texas
the Commisso 'ndrina maintains a stable and structured presence in the United States, particularly in the State of New York.
the term 'Albanian Mafia' may include or refer specifically to various Albanian-American organized crime groups, such as the Rudaj Organization and the Albanian Boys, both based in New York City.
alcune in Spagna , nei Paesi Bassi e negli Stati Uniti
The US FBI say: 'Very few members of the Sacra Corona Unita have been identified in the United States, although some individuals in Illinois, Florida and New York would have ties with the organization.'
It has seventeen chapters in Canada, eleven chapters in Italy , eleven in the United States , and several chapters in other countries.
Murillo fue extraditado a Estados Unidos junto con otros líderes paramilitares por delitos de narcotráfico
which is a bridge for cocaine moving towards Europe and northwards into the US on aircraft and go-fast boats.
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood supporters 'make up the U.S. Islamic community's most organized force' by running hundreds of mosques and business ventures... In 1963, the U.S. chapter of Muslim Brotherhood was started by activists involved with the Muslim Students Association (MSA).
In 1992, it was agreed that Vyacheslav 'Yaponchik' Ivankov would be sent to Brighton Beach, U.S., allegedly because he was killing too many people in Russia and also to take control of Russian organized crime in North America.
Territory: Canada , United States
conspiring to import cocaine to the United States
Territory: Mexico : Guerrero , Oaxaca , Estado de México , Morelos , Quintana Roo , United States : New York State, Miami, Chicago
the attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in 2009
a cocaine shipment from Venezuela to the United States
In 2011, the House Committee on Homeland Security reported that more than 40 Muslim Americans and 20 Canadians had fought with Al-Shabaab, and that at least 15 of those volunteers had been killed in Somalia.
with some members working out of Florida.
relocated to Hong Kong, Taiwan , Southeast Asia , and overseas countries (particularly the United States )
Irish Americans (both Irish immigrants and natives of Irish descent) also donated weapons and money.
the 14K triad resurfaced in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago in the United States
Los Chapitos “pioneros” en la fabricación y distribución de fentanilo fueron responsables de inundar Estados Unidos con esa sustancia...
Megateo estaba acompañado por unos 50 rebeldes del EPL que llevan fusiles israelies nuevos, de los denominados IMI Galil
Los Choneros work with groups in Colombia, Peru, and Mexico, in order to traffic drugs like cocaine into the United States.
in order to ship cocaine and marijuana to the United States.
Founding location: Tennessee Colony , Texas , United States (formation) ... Territory: Texas and North Mexico
bringing cocaine via secret compartments in trucks into and from the United States
In the 1950s, the Cotroni family formed a strong connection to the New York -based Bonanno crime family... Galante planned to make Montreal a pivotal location in the importation of heroin from overseas for distribution in New York and across the United States via the French Connection.
They gave out loans to people around the island and New York, to lawyers, business owners and ordinary people.
spread to the United States mainland
Territory: Hong Kong , Guangzhou , Malaysia , United States , Canada , Australia
they organized the French Connection, a massive heroin trafficking operation based in Marseille that sold to the American Mafia.
ETA performed their first car bomb assassination in Madrid in September 1985, resulting in one death (American citizen Eugene Kent Brown...)
he is responsible for importing thousands of kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine to the US every year
for the control of the smuggling routes to the United States.
Territory: Canada , United States
United States : California , Oregon , Texas , Illinois , North Carolina , Maryland
The hijacking of TWA Flight 840 from Los Angeles to Damascus on 29 August 1969 by a PFLP cell led by Leila Khaled
Territory: Turkey , Azerbaijan , Iraq , Germany , Sweden , United Kingdom , Russia , Italy , Bulgaria , Albania , Spain , Kazakhstan , Israel , Balkans , Turkmenistan , France , Netherlands , Belgium , United States , Switzerland , Norway , Romania
The presence of individuals affiliated with the yakuza in the United States has increased tremendously since the 1960s, and although much of their activity is concentrated in Hawaii , they have made their presence known in other parts of the country, especially in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area , as well as Seattle , Las Vegas , Arizona , Virginia , Chicago , and New York City .
United States : Texas , New Mexico , North Carolina , Georgia , Washington, D.C.
All'estero invece sarebbero presenti in 4 continenti e più di una decina di nazioni, di cui: Belgio , Canada , Bolivia , Francia , Stati Uniti d'America , Germania , Svizzera , Marocco , Libia e Siria .
In the United States, the term 'Greek mafia' may include or refer specifically to various Greek–American organized crime groups. Notable ethnic Greek or Greek–American organized crime groups in the United States include the Philadelphia Greek Mob in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Velentzas crime family in New York City.
Region served: New South Wales , Victoria , Auckland , Tonga , Bosnia , Spain , USA , Thailand
Artistas Asesinos ... trabajaban como ala armada del Cartel de Sinaloa en Ciudad Juárez y el Área metropolitana de El Paso.
Los Ciclones had as their area of influence the US-Mexico border crossing between Matamoros and Brownsville, Texas .
Two rival Lebanese crime families, the Michaels family and the Leisure family, emerged in St. Louis, Missouri
The Siderno crime group operates throughout Canada, the United States, Australia and Europe
the Solntsevskaya dispatched Vyacheslav Ivankov to Brighton Beach, New York City, and Mikhail Odenussa to Atlanta, Georgia, to take control of the Russian mob activities there.
El corredor El Paso-Juárez es una ruta lucrativa para los narcotraficantes ya que la DEA estima que alrededor del 70% de la cocaína que ingresa a Estados Unidos fluye por esa zona.
A charter emerged the following year in the United States in Massachusetts.
It is also believed to be active in the UK, the United States, France, and Belgium.
la organización juega un papel importante en el trasiego de fentanilo hacía los Estados Unidos.
they first landed in the US in 1956, settling in Cherry Hill.
tenían contactos en México y Estados Unidos para traficar narcóticos
By the early 1960s, he earned his reputation from the French Connection , a smuggling operation that supplied over 80 percent of America's heroin market between the 1960s and 1970s—developing strong connections with the Buffalo family.
Chong came to the U.S. from Hong Kong in 1982... was accused in court documents of becoming the boss of the Wo Hop To crime syndicate in northern California
Allies: ... Devil's Disciples MC (Boston, USA)
The gang operates in expatriate Jamaican communities in the US states of New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , and the city of Miami, Florida .
perdieron un cargamento de 100 kilos de cocaína que iba con destino al estado de Massachusetts
In Nashville, Tennessee, during the 1990s and 2000s, Kurdish organised criminals began operating in the city.
Territory: Mostly active in Romania, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and North America
Territory: Hermosillo , Agua Prieta , Guadalajara , Culiacán , Durango , Nayarit , Arizona , Texas , California , Nevada
Territory: Mainly Tel Aviv , but also throughout Israel , the United States and other countries.
The Bahala Na Gang spread into Filipino immigrant communities in the United States, especially California . Bahala Na Gang sets emerged throughout the San Diego area, Los Angeles area, San Jose , San Francisco Bay area, Stockton, and Sacramento as well as the Las Vegas area in Nevada .
Israeli crime organizations such as the Abergil crime family and Zeev Rosenstein were heavily involved in ecstasy trafficking in the United States.
MQM had several chapters across the world in the United States, Canada, South Africa, several European countries, and Japan.
They have access to a variety of illegal weapons, mostly from the United States
flooding the American market with Marseille-produced heroin from the 1950s to early 1970s
Edwards and Nájera wrote that Alkhalil and Amero were in charge of a smuggling operation to bring in cocaine from via secret compartments in trucks from the United States.
On March 5, 2002, the Satan's Syndicate biker club in Columbus, Ohio 'patched over' to become the first Black Pistons chapter in the United States. Additional U.S. chapters were formed in Ocala, Florida and Shelbyville, Kentucky the same year.
Drug trafficking organizations run by Bulgarian nationals have been investigated in across US, especially in Los Angeles and Tampa. These groups deal with the import of cocaine and multi-thousand doses of ecstasy into the United States.
The at first locally active Odesa mafia ... became well known when it first branched out to New York City and later to Israel
leader Chang An-lo , nicknamed "White Wolf," moved to Las Vegas in 1968 to study and keep order of the Bamboo Union's expanding empire, particularly in the Chinatowns of California and the gambling halls of Las Vegas.
who continued to smuggle drugs into the United States and began a major drug-trafficking operation in Southern California until his arrest in 1990.
2014 attack on Sony Pictures
Dal punto di vista geografico, sono presenti perlopiù in Italia e, in America , negli Stati di New York , del Nevada e dell' Arizona .
members reported in countries such as Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Turkey and the United States.
ONU helped transport shipments from Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and other Latin American countries to the United States.
Founding location: Moscow , Saint-Peterburg , Munich , Boston , New York , Los Angeles , Italy
with cells in the broader US and other nations.
smuggling into the United States
mugging United States military servicemen
In 1966, Totò Minore emigrated to the United States and linked up to the Gambino family , opening up a series of pizzerias that were used as a front for narcotics trafficking.
con collegamenti nel Lazio in Lombardia , Germania e Stati Uniti (in particolare a New York , nel quartiere di Brooklyn ) con le famiglie Colombo e Gambino .
Regiones activas: ... Estados Unidos
El grupo además contaba con una importante participación en el trasiego de droga hacía los Estados Unidos.
During the 19th century, branches of the Hongmen were formed by members of the Chinese diaspora in the United States, Canada and Australia, where they became known as "Chinese Freemasons."
Territory: Pakistan , United States , Afghanistan , Australia , Canada , Denmark , Greece , Iran , Nepal , Norway , Oman , Saudi Arabia , United Kingdom
Japan , United Kingdom , Denmark , Monaco , France , Switzerland , the United Arab Emirates and the United States have all been targeted by the gang
con ramificazioni al nord, come a Milano e all'estero, negli Stati Uniti
con destino a Estados Unidos y Europa
bound for the United States and Europe.
El grupo controla una ruta estratégica crítica para el tránsito de cocaína, metanfetaminas y heroína desde Centroamérica hacia Estados Unidos
The group also has an important participation in drug trafficking to the United States .
The French Connection was a scheme through which heroin was smuggled from Indochina through Turkey to France and then to the United States and Canada.
She admitted responsibility for sending to the United States some 30 shipments of cocaine and marijuana between 1976 and 1994, totaling over a million of tonnes of drugs in that country.
Since 2012, new chapters have been formed in Thailand , Netherlands and the United States .
the United States (New York City)
its involvement in a wave of extortions and shootings targeting the South Asian diaspora in the United States and Canada.
U.S. Department of the Treasury officials suggest that it operates in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and the United States
En Estados Unidos es acusado por narcotráfico y lavado de activos desde 1999 por el Distrito Sur de Florida.
Controlled Territory: ... Washington , Alaska Areas of Influence: ... California , Oregon , Minnesota , New Jersey , New York , Texas , Florida , Illinois , Michigan , Arizona
The first Jamaican posses in the U.S. were first identified in Brooklyn, New York in the 1970s... Posses later expanded to other cities throughout the country...
FRAPH extended its reach far outside that of the Haitian state and had offices present in New York City , Montreal , and Miami until its disarmament and disbandment in 1994.
Its members have extended their influence to cities in the southern region of California. Its American constituents are a branch off of the original Taiwan society.
Indian organized crime is also prevalent outside of India, mainly in western countries such as Canada , the United States and the United Kingdom .
robbing banks in the United States and Canada