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Italian-American Mafia criminal organizations in the city are nicknamed the Miami Mafia. In the 20th century, Mafia bosses agreed to share South Florida as a territory open to all crime families, with the exception of the pornography racket, over which the Gambino family held a monopoly. [1] Criminal organizations known to operate in Miami include:
Zoe Pound was founded in 1990 in response to growing attacks on Haitian Americans, initially acting as a vigilante self-defense group before morphing into a gang by the mid-1990s. [9] [10] Throughout its early years, members engaged in piracy, targeting Haitian trawlers throughout the Miami River. Any crew who resisted were often tortured and ...
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Garcia and Magbanua received life sentences and Rivera, a former gang leader of the Latin Kings in North Miami who cooperated with authorities, is serving 19 years.
A 24-year-old Miami gang member has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of fatally shooting someone who drove by his house and of firing shots at an undercover FBI agent during ...
The Five Points, Manhattan is a location that was associated with gang activities from the early 19th century. [1] In the late 1920s, Al Capone was the leader of the Chicago Outfit [2] The Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle club was founded in 1948 and is considered a criminal gang by American law enforcement agencies, particularly for their involvement in drug-related activities and violent crimes.
Three Miami residents are facing federal charges after allegedly conspiring with purported Latin King gang members to bring a slew of drugs and guns to South Florida and deal them in the streets ...
The Miami drug war was a series of armed conflicts in the 1970s and 1980s, centered in the city of Miami, Florida, between the United States government and multiple drug cartels, primarily the Medellín Cartel.