Jamaican posses are organized crime gangs originating in Jamaica, based in Kingston, Spanish Town, and Montego Bay, with diaspora branches in the US, Canada, and UK. They emerged in the 1970s as political enforcers for the Jamaica Labour Party and People's National Party, later evolving into drug and arms trafficking organizations. Known for their involvement in cocaine distribution and violence, they have ties to Colombian cartels and other criminal groups.
CRIMENET has extracted 2 linkages for this organization, including 2 other connections and footprints in 3 countries.
Members of the Shower Posse took up residence in Canada in the 1970s... The Shower Posse became heavily involved in the drug trade in Toronto...
In the United Kingdom, Jamaican organized crime gangs are known as 'yardies'... After taking control of the crack cocaine trade in London, yardie gangs spread throughout the south of England...
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...