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Crazy Butch Gang (1890s- early 1900s) Daybreak Boys (1840s-1859) Dead Rabbits (1830s-1860s) Dutch Mob (1870s-1880s) East Harlem Purple Gang (1970s-1980s) Eastman Gang (1890s-1910s) Five Points Gang (1890s-1920s) Flying Dragons (1967-1994) Forty Thieves (1825-1860s) - Considered the first known street gang in New York City; Gas House Gang (1880s ...
The number of gang members and affiliates jump in years of economic strain, as in the economic slump of 2009, when officials saw a 60% increase in new gang formations and activities. [4] In 2011, police initiated a crackdown on gangs and affiliated members, rounding up 127 individuals within the first week of the "war against organized crime".
The Velentzas Organization, also known as the Velentzas crime family, or the Greek crew is a Greek-American criminal organization operating in the New York City area. [1] During the 1980s and into the early 1990s, the Greek organization controlled a number of illegal gambling operations in and around the New York City area.
Two men who federal authorities say “incentivized” South American theft groups targeting the homes of U.S. professional athletes were arrested in New York City on Tuesday following an FBI raid ...
The Flying Dragons (traditional Chinese: 飛龍幫; simplified Chinese: 飞龙帮; Jyutping: Fei1lung4bong1), also known as FDS, was a Chinese American street gang that was prominent in New York City's Chinatown from the 1970s to the early 1990s.
The Rudaj Organization was an Albanian mafia gang in the New York City metro area, named for the man accused of being its kingpin, Alex Rudaj of Yorktown, New York.The Rudaj Organization, called "The Corporation" [citation needed] by its members, was started in 1990s in The Bronx and spread to Westchester county and Queens.
They were busted through a series of buys from undercover officers totaling $26,000 between June 2023 and April 2024, prosecutors alleged. Two separate search warrants in July and October also led ...
Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman told the L-E that his office has identified 2,074 gang members belonging to 40 different gangs. ‘No better than terrorists.’ How Columbus’ 2,000 gang ...