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Crips
The Crips are a primarily African-American alliance of street gangs that are based in the coastal regions of Southern California. Founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1969, mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams, the Crips began as an alliance between two autonomous gangs, and developed into a loosely connected network of individual "sets", often engaged in open warfare with one another. Its members have traditionally worn blue clothing since around 1973.
Bloods
Bōsōzoku
thumb|upright=1.3|A group of in 2013 is a Japanese youth subculture associated with customized motorcycles. The first appearance of these types of biker gangs was in the 1950s. Popularity peaked at an estimated 42,510 members in 1982. Their numbers dropped dramatically in the 2000s, with fewer than 7,297 members in 2012. Later, in 2020, a rally that used to attract thousands of members only had 53 members, with police stating that it was a long time since they had to round up that many people.
Apaches
Parisian Belle Époque underworld subculture
Kazan phenomenon
youth street gangs in Kazan, Soviet Union, in the 1970s and 1980s
Comando Vermelho
Brazilian criminal organization engaged primarily in arms and drug trafficking
Gangster Disciples
organization which was formed on the South-side of Chicago
Folk Nation
alliance of street gangs originating from the Chicago area
Rochdale sex trafficking gang
21st-century criminal gang in Greater Manchester, England
Muscadin
thumb|Two Muscadins, or Incroyables and Merveilleuses|Incroyables, in 1795, carrying their "constitutions" thumb|right|The Jacobin [[Jacques-Louis David; self-portrait in jail in 1794]]
Nazi Lowriders
criminal organization primarily based in southern California and Texas, United States
36 Boys
gang from Berlin-Kreuzberg
Baltagiya
thumb|Baltagy Baltagiya or Baltageya ( ) is an Egyptian slang word that generally means "goons", "thugs", "gangsters" or "criminals", who are hired to attack the political opposition or civic protesters. Meanwhile, "Baltaga" ( ), that etymologically derives from the Turkish word "baltacı" signifying an axeman, means doing harm or participating in collusion against someone or some people. Nonpolitical Baltagiya gangs appeared in Egypt in the 1980s; in the 1990s the Egyptian police decided to hire them, "outsourcing coercion to these Baltagiya, paying them well and training them to use sexualize
Armenian Power
Armenian-American criminal organization and street gang located in Los Angeles County, California
Black Disciples
street gang based in Chicago, USA
Tcharmil
Tcharmil (sometimes Tcharmile or mesharmil in French or Spanish) is an expression in Moroccan dialect traditionally indicating a range of marinaded spicy food flavours for meat dishes which includes garlic, olive oil and parsley. It is also a kind of youth subculture, which has gained momentum in recent years among disaffected Moroccan youth.
Muslim patrol incidents in London
East London Vigilantes
Telford child sexual exploitation scandal
Ongoing sexual exploitation scandal in Telford, England
Bakassi Boys
vigilante group
Oxford sex gang
Child sex abuse ring in Oxford, England
Asian Boyz
street gang in Southern California
Almighty Vice Lord Nation
african-American street gang
Fresno Bulldogs
street gang in Fresno, California
Artistas Asesinos
Mexican street gang and armed branch of the Sinaloa Cartel
CLH
Mexican-American gang originally based in El Paso, Texas
Rugby boy
gangs of street children in the Philippines
AK81
AK81 are a Danish street gang involved in drug and gun trafficking as well as proxenetism They are a "support gang" (also referred to as "puppet clubs" by law enforcement) of the Hells Angels MC although members are not required to own a motorcycle or wear a patched kutte-style club vests. Because of this, along with high-running racial tensions, they are recruiting much faster than the Hells Angels in Denmark, which makes them one of the most influential and powerful crime groups in Europe. AK stands for "Altid Klar", which is Danish for Always Ready, and 81 is synonymous with the letters HA