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According to New Orleans Police Department, gang related homicides spiked in 2007, which drove the city's homicide rate to a record high. [2] Some of the most vicious cliques, like the Dooney Boys and the 9th ward G-Strip Gang, moved to other cities and clashed with each other in violent gun battles.
39ers gang. The " 39ers gang, " is a “hybrid” force of the Upper 9th Ward's G-Strip (Gallier Street) gang and 3-N-G, a notorious Central City drug gang named for its stronghold around Third and Galvez streets. Several of the alleged members also hailed from the Florida housing development. The gangs combined forces in early 2010 to press ...
Dixie Mafia. The Dixie Mafia, or the Dixie Mob, is an American criminal organization composed mainly of White Southerners and based in Biloxi, Mississippi, operating primarily throughout the Southern United States since at least the late 1960s. The groups' activities include movement of stolen merchandise, illegal alcohol, and illegal drugs.
The New Orleans crime family, also known as the Marcello crime family or the New Orleans Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The family had a history of criminal activity dating back to the late nineteenth century. [6][7] These activities included racketeering, extortion, gambling, prostitution ...
The gang was founded by Puerto Ricans in Chicago, Illinois, in 1954. [24][25] The Latin Kings are one of the largest Hispanic and Latino street and prison gangs worldwide. [26][27][28] In the United States, the Latin Kings operate under two umbrella factions—the King Motherland Chicago (KMC) faction headquartered in Chicago, and the Bloodline ...
The Byrd Gang also known as the Piff Gang or “M3”, is a criminal organization located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Detectives with New Orleans Police Department 's Multi-Agency Gang unit previously described the Byrd Gang as "one of the most murderous gangs in town." The gang has a long history of violence which has made them gain notoriety ...
The Yellow Henry Gang was a 19th-century New Orleans street gang during the early 1870s and late 1880s. A particularly violent gang in the underworld of New Orleans, the gang was largely made up of thieves and murderers. Originally led by a man known only as Turpo, the gang was taken over by "Yellow" Henry Stewart following Turpo's arrest in ...
Ride or Die Gang, Young Melph Mafia, 39ers gang. The " 110ers Gang," is a criminal organization located in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are one of the most violent gangs operating out of the 11th and 10th Wards which is located in the Uptown area. Some of the original members grew up in the old St. Thomas Projects which was torn down in 1998.