List of fictional gangs

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Fictional gangs, of varying types, appear commonly in novels, comics, films, television series and video games. This is an alphabetical list of them.

Crime syndicates

African-American organized crime

• Barksdale Organization, The Wire
• Cash Money Brothers, New Jack City
• East Holland Drug Crew, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Golden Lords, Meteor Man
• Gramercy Riffs, The Warriors
• Hot Boyz, Gang Law
• New Day Co-Op, The Wire
• Redding Organization, Oz
• The Six-Mile Syndicate, Warpath
• Stanfield Organization, The Wire
• One-Niners, Sons of Anarchy

Albanian Mafia

• Hoxha Gang, Taken
• Petrela Gang, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Vulaj Gang, Gangs of London

Armenian Mafia

• Armenian Might, The Shield
• Malachian clan, Inside Ring

Dixie Mafia

• Gator Gang, Hitman: Blood Money
• The Rednecks, Grand Theft Auto 2
• Wynn Duffy is the head of the "Dixie Mafia" on the FX series, Justified
• O'Neil Brothers, Grand Theft Auto V
• Trailer Park Mafia, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
• Trevor Philips Enterprises, Grand Theft Auto V

English organized crime

• Bethnal Green Mob, The Getaway
• Cartwright Crew, Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969
• Collins Crew, The Getaway
• Crisp Firm, Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969
• The Firm, EastEnders
• Globe Road Gang, Gangs of London
• Kane Firm, Gangs of London
• Parkinson Mob, Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969
• The Wild Bunch, RocknRolla

Georgian Mafia

• Ashvilli Gang, Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
• Rostavili Cartel, Red Heat

Hungarian Mafia

• Hungarian gang, The Usual Suspects
• Gogollak family, The Whole Nine Yards

Irish Mob

• Bridge Street Gang, Oz
• Chicago South Club, Watch Dogs
• Costello Gang, The Departed
• Donnelly crime family, The Black Donnellys
• Flannery crime family, State of Grace
• Irish American Killers, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
• McReary crime family, Grand Theft Auto IV
• O'Neill Gang, Mafia II
• Riley crime family, DC Comics
• Sullivan crime family, The Darkness
• True IRA, Sons of Anarchy
• Wilder crime family, CSI:NY

Korean Mafia

• Kim Gang, Dark Blue
• Lee Syndicate, Dark Blue
• Kim Organization, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Jang Syndicate Lucy
• Kim Syndicate, Street Kings
• Lee Gang, Oldboy
• Lim Gang, Collateral

Mafia

• Ancelotti crime family, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Angelone crime family, Marvel Comics
• Barzini crime family, The Godfather
• Bonasera crime family, She Hate Me
• Bonelli Mob, Grand Theft Auto V
• Cacuzza crime family, Sons of Anarchy
• Calabresi crime family, The Simpsons
• Castellaneta crime family, The Simpsons
• Castiglione Family The Executioner
• Cesare crime family, Marvel Comics
• Clemente crime family, Mafia II
• Clericuzio crime family, The Last Don
• Corleone crime family, The Godfather
• Costa crime family, Marvel Comics
• Cuneo crime family, The Godfather
• Damiano crime family, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
• D'Amico crime family, The Simpsons
• DeBenedetto crime family, The Sopranos
• DiGeorge crime family, The Executioner
• DiMeo crime family, The Sopranos
  • Altieri/Gervasi Crew, The Sopranos
  • Aprile/Cifaretto/Spatafore Crew, The Sopranos
  • Barese Crew, The Sopranos
  • Moltisanti Crew, The Sopranos
  • Junior Soprano/Baccalieri Crew, The Sopranos
  • Soprano/Gualtieri Crew, The Sopranos
• Falcone crime family, DC Comics
• Falcone crime family, Mafia II
• Forelli crime family, Grand Theft Auto III
• Forlenza crime family, The Godfather
• Franchetti crime family, The Darkness
• Frenchi crime family, The Executioner
• Galante crime family, DC Comics
• Gambetti crime family, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Gnucci crime family, Marvel Comics
• Guilliano crime family, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
• Leone crime family, Grand Theft Auto III
• Lakeville Road Boys, The Godfather
• Lupertazzi crime family, The Sopranos
• Lupisella crime family, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Magliozzi crime family, Sin City
• Mangano crime family, The Sopranos
• Maroni crime family, DC Comics
• Marino crime family, NYPD Blue
• Masucci crime family, Law & Order
• Messina crime family, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Millefiore crime family, Reborn!
• Paglieri crime family, The Sopranos
• Palermo crime family, True Crime: New York City
• Pavano crime family, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Pazzo crime family, Marvel Comics
• Pegorino crime family, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Perello crime family, Running Scared
• Pozzi crime family, Gangs of London
• Punchinello crime family, Max Payne
• Roman crime family, Marvel Comics
• Rulanti crime family, Blue Bloods
• Russo crime family, Law & Order
• Sabatino crime family, DC Comics
• Salieri crime family, Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
• Sanfino crime family, Blue Bloods
• Santadio crime family, The Last Don
• Scarpelli crime family, NYPD Blue
• Sciolda crime family, The Stone Killer
• Sindacco crime family, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Sonetti crime family, Grand Theft Auto
• Spolano crime family' Castle (TV series)
• Spolarno crime family, Blue Bloods
• Stracci crime family, The Godfather
• Tarese crime family, The Sopranos
• Tattaglia crime family, The Godfather
• Vercetti crime family, Grand Theft Auto
• Vinci crime family, Mafia II
• Vittorio/Zucca crime family, The Sopranos
• Vongola crime family, Reborn!
• Yakavetta crime family, The Boondock Saints

Romanian Mafia

• Negrea Gang, Wheelman
• Ciupanezu's gang, Băieţi buni

Russian Mafia

• Bulat crime family, Marvel Comics
• Bulgarin Gang, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Faustin/Rascalov Crew, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Hotel Moscow, Black Lagoon
• Jerkov Gang, Grand Theft Auto 2
• Nezhinski crime family, We Own the Night
• Petrovic Crew, Grand Theft Auto IV
• San Andreas Bratva, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Stetchkov Syndicate, SWAT 4
• The Volk, Crackdown
• Voronov Gang, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
• Zakharov Organization, Gangs of London
• Zavorotko Gang, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

South African organized crime

• Van Hardenburg Syndicate, Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
• Vorstedt Gang, Lethal Weapon 2

Triads and Tongs

• 18K, Sleeping Dogs
• Axe Gang, Kung Fu Hustle
• Blood Feather Triad, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Blue Lotus Triad, Hitman: Codename 47
• Chang Sing Tong, Big Trouble in Little China
• Dragon Claw Triad, Stranglehold
• Empire Bay Triads, Mafia II
• Fu Cang Long Triad, Rush Hour 2
• Fukienese Dragons, The Corruptor
• Golden Kane Triad, Stranglehold
• Hun San Tong, Year of the Dragon
• Hung Pang Triad, Year of the Dragon
• Hung Hing Triad, Young and the Dangerous (series)
• Imperial Nines Triad, Stranglehold
• Jaoming Triad, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Lee Triad, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Liberty City Triad, Grand Theft Auto III
• Lin Triad, Sons of Anarchy
• Mountain Cloud Boys, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Ming Triad, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Nam Soong Triad, Year of the Dragon
• Red Dragon Triad, Hitman: Codename 47
• Red Gecko Tong, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Shadow Tong, True Crime: New York City
• Shai-Gen Corporation, Crackdown
• Shinjuku Triad, Shinjuku Triad Society
• Snake Flower Triad, Yakuza
• Sons of the Dragons, Crying Freeman
• Stilwater Triad, Saints Row
• Sun On Yee, Sleeping Dogs
  • Water Street Gang, Sleeping Dogs
• Triple Threat Triad, Avatar: The Legend Of Korra (TV Series)
• Tsun Hing Triad, E.U.
• Tung Fung Tong, The Corruptor
• Tung Sing, Young and the Dangerous (series)
• Vice City Triad, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Wah Feng Triad, Police Story
• Water Dragon Triad, Gangs of London
• White Lotus Tong, DC Comics
• White Lotus Society, Necropolis
• Wing Kong Tong, Big Trouble in Little China

Turkish Mafia

• Söze Gang, The Usual Suspects
• Vadideki Kurt, Waking the Dead

Ukrainian Mafia

• Odessa crime family, DC Comics
• Zakarov Syndicate, Stranglehold
• Koshka Brotherhood, Dexter

Vietnamese Mafia

• Butterfly Children, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Da Nang Boys, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Flaming Dragon, Tropic Thunder
• Shining Razors, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Yardies and Posses

• Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love, Grand Theft Auto
• Clerkenwell Yardies, The Getaway
• EC2 Crew, Gangs of London
• Hillside Posse, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Splash Posse, The Shield
• Uptown Yardies, Grand Theft Auto III
• Voodoo Posse, Predator 2
• Screwface's woodoo gang, Marked for Death

Yakuza

• Crazy 88s, Kill Bill
• Dojima Family, Yakuza
• Eternal Sun, Marvel Comics
• Fuma Family, Yakuza
• Go-Ryu Clan, Yakuza
• Hakuho Clan, Yakuza
• Hakushin Society, Crying Freeman
• Hamazaki Family, Yakuza
• Hanada Clan, Crying Freeman
• Hatsushiba Clan, Yakuza
• Hisamatsu Family, Brother
• Ichinose Clan, Nyan Koi!
• Kanesaka Clan, Gangs of London
• Kasanoda Syndicate, Ouran High School Host Club
• Kizakura Clan, Code:Breaker
• Liberty City Yakuza, Grand Theft Auto III
• Nakamoto Yakuza, Rising Sun
• Nishiki Family, Yakuza
• Majima Family, Yakuza
• Retomoto Clan, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
• Ryudo Famaily, Yakuza
• The Ronin, Saints Row 2
• Sakamura Yakuza, Rising Sun
• Sasai Family, Yakuza
• Sengoku Family, Yakuza
• Seto Clan, My Bride is a Mermaid
• Shibata Family, Yakuza
• Shimano Family, Yakuza
• Shimazaki Clan, Crying Freeman
• Springfield Yakuza, The Simpsons
• Takashima Clan, Yakuza
• Tamashiro Family, Yakuza
• Tojo Clan, Yakuza
• Clan Yashida, Marvel Comics
• Omi Alliance, Yakuza
• Ueno Seiwa Clan, Yakuza

Other

• The 7, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
• Boddicker Gang, RoboCop
• The Breccia, Discworld
• Dutch's Gang, Red Dead Redemption
• The Greeks, The Wire
• Ha'la'tha, Caprica
• Tunnel Snakes, Fallout 3
• Liberty City Jewish Mob, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Midtown Gangsters, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Mr. Rhaman's Organization, Gangs of London
• Olsen Gang, various Scandinavian films
• The Bollard Twins' Gang, Red Dead Redemption
• Talwar Sword Brothers, Gangs of London
• Wallenquist Organization, Sin City
• Walton's Gang, Red Dead Redemption
• Zaibatsu Corporation, Grand Theft Auto
• Loco Syndicate, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Drug cartels

• Aquila Cartel, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Baja Diablo Cartel, The Shield
• Barbosa Cartel, NCIS: Los Angeles
• Barillo Cartel, Once Upon a Time in Mexico
• Brenasolo Cartel, NCIS: Los Angeles
• Cali Cartel, NCIS: Los Angeles
• Los Carnales, Saints Row
• The Cartel, Grand Theft Auto III
• Chulos Canallas, Wheelman
• Cortez Cartel, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Cortolo Cartel, NCIS: Los Angeles
• Culebra Cartel, Arrow
• Delgado Cartel, Hitman: Blood Money
• Diaz Cartel, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Elvez Cartel, Total Overdose
• Galindo Cartel, Sons of Anarchy
• Gonzalez Cartel, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
• Guerrero Cartel, The Shield
• La Hermandad, Man on Fire
• Imad Al-Din Alliance, Soldier of Fortune: Payback
• Juarez Cartel, NCIS: Los Angeles
• Lobo Sonora Cartel, Sons of Anarchy
• Los Lantos Cartel, Wheelman
• Loco Syndicate, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Lopez Cartel, Scarface
• Madrazo Cartel, Grand Theft Auto V
• Magdalena Cartel, True Crime: New York City
• Mala Noche, CSI: Miami, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Blue Bloods
• La Masa Cartel, NCIS: Los Angeles
• Mendez Cartel, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
• Menendez Cartel, Call of Duty Black Ops II
• Mendoza Cartel, Call of Juarez: The Cartel
• Metas Cartel, Gang Related (TV series)
• Molina Cartel, NCIS: Los Angeles
• Montana Cartel, Scarface
• Moralés Cartel, Total Overdose
• Morientes Cartel, Total Overdose
• Los Muertos, Crackdown
• Muerte Cartel, Total Overdose
• Northwood Dominican Drug Cartel, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Ochoa Cartel, Hitman: Codename 47
• Orajuela Cartel, Saints Row
• Peña Cartel, NCIS: Los Angeles
• Putumayo Cartel, NCIS
• Reynosa Cartel, NCIS
• Shan United Army, Year of the Dragon
• Sons of Samedi, Saints Row 2
• Sosa Cartel, Scarface
• Torres Cartel, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Velez Cartel, Law & Order SVU
• Vercetti Cartel, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Vice City Costa Ricans, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Virgillo Cartel, Total Overdose

Motorcycle gangs

• 666ers, Hell Ride
• The Angels, Grand Theft Auto
• Angels of Death, Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned
• Black Rebels, The Wild One
• Black Widows, Every Which Way but Loose and Any Which Way You Can
• Born Losers, The Born Losers
• Brigands, Brigands MC
• The Brotherhood, Stone Cold
• Crucifiers, The Cannonball Run
• Dark Souls, Hochelaga
• Death Knights, Law & Order: SVU
• Del Fuegos, Wild Hogs
• Devil's Advocates, Nam's Angels
• Devil's Hand, Ride to Hell
• Devil's Tribe, Sons of Anarchy
• Dogs of Hell, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Dreadnoks - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
• The Flaming, Hitman: Contracts
• Gonads, Hardbodies
• Grave Diggers, Stone
• Grim Creepers, Eastbound and Down
• Gunthugs, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Heaven's Helpers, Saints Row 2
• Hell's Satans, The Simpsons
• The Horde, The Shield
• Iron Bloods, Underbelly
• Iron Chains, Lost Girl
• Jackals, Beyond the Law
• Jesters, Starsky & Hutch
• Los Lobos, NYPD Blue
• The Lost, Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned, Grand Theft Auto V
• Madcaps, Angels From Hell
• Mayans, Sons of Anarchy
• Order of Odin, Silent Scream
• The One-eyed Snakes, Bob's Burgers
• One Percenters, 21 Jump Street
• Pacific Coast Highway, Veronica Mars
• Pistoleros, Hell Ride
• Pythons, Beyond the Law
• Renegades, Silent Scream
• Satan's Disciples, My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York
• Satan's Helpers, Pee-wee's Big Adventure
• Satan's Messengers, A Bronx Tale
• Satan's Mothers, The Warriors
• Satan's Saints, Marvel Comics
• Satan's Sinners, True Justice
• Sons of Anarchy, Sons of Anarchy
• Toecutter's Gang, Mad Max
• Triple Sixers, The Last Chapter
• Uptown Riders, Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto V
• Vegas Blasters, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Vipers, The Sopranos
• Wizards, Justified
• Yankee Rebels, Law & Order
• Yellow Dragons, The Golden Child

Paramilitary organizations

• True Irish Republican Army (TIRA), Sons of Anarchy
• Ulster Liberation Army (ULA), Patriot Games
• Volksfrei, Die Hard

Prison gangs

• Aryan Vanguard, Blood in Blood Out
• Big House Crew, Sons of Anarchy
• The Bikers, Oz
• Black Guerrilla Army, Blood in Blood Out
• El Faziz Assassins, Undisputed
• The Executioners, Wedlock
• The Homeboys, Oz
• The Muslims, Oz
• El Norte, Oz
• La Onda, Blood in Blood Out
• Powder Gangers, Fallout: New Vegas
• ROTC, The Simpsons
• Shriners, The Simpsons
• Sunday Funnies, The Simpsons
• SS Lowriders, Undisputed
• White Nation, Blue Bloods

Street gangs

Asian

• Avon Park Playboys The Mentalist
• Black Dragon Mafia, Today You Die
• Bushido, Need For Speed: Carbon
• Flying Dragons, Year of the Dragon
• Ghost Dragon, DC Comics
• Ghost Shadows, Year of the Dragon
• K-Town Killers, The Shield
• Lords of Death, Big Trouble in Little China
• Savage Huns, The Warriors
• Westside Rollerz, Saints Row
• The Wongs, The Wanderers

Black

• Ace Double Treys, Blue Bloods
• Ballas, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • Front Yard Ballas, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • Kilo Tray Ballas, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • Rollin' Heights Ballas, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • Temple Drive Ballas, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Ballas, Grand Theft Auto V
  • East Side Ballas, Grand Theft Auto V
  • Original Covenant Ballas, Grand Theft Auto V
• Black Viceroys, Watch Dogs
• The Bombers, Mafia II
• The Boppers, The Warriors
• The Dragons, Family Matters
• E-Park Johnnie's, The Shield
• The Families, Grand Theft Auto V
  • Carson Avenue Families, Grand Theft Auto V
  • Chamberlain Gangster Families, Grand Theft Auto V
  • Davis Neighborhoods Families Gang, Grand Theft Auto V
  • Forum Gangsters, Grand Theft Auto V
  • Grove Street Families, Grand Theft Auto V
• Farmtown 12, The Shield
• Fayette Street Mafia, The Wire
• Grove Street Families, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • Seville Boulevard Families, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • Temple Drive Families, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Hoover Street Deuces, South Central
• K2K, Saw
• Money Over Bitches, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Money Street Kings (MSK), Blue Bloods
• The Moonrunners, The Warriors
• North Holland Hustlers, Grand Theft Auto IV
• One-Niners, The Shield, Sons Of Anarchy
• The Panzers, The Warriors
• Rolling 50's, Call of Juarez: The Cartel
• Southside Hoods, Grand Theft Auto III
  • Purple Nines, Grand Theft Auto III
  • Red Jacks, Grand Theft Auto III
• Spookstreet Souljahs, The Shield
• Uptown Riders, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
• Van Cortlandt Rangers, The Warriors
• The Haitian Gangsters, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Vice Kings, Saints Row
• Del Bombers, The Wanderers
• Satan's Knights, Good Times
• Sken Man Massive, The Bill
• The 32nd Street Blades, The Judge

Hispanic

• Amigos, Adam-12
• Araña, Call of Juarez: The Cartel
• Byzantine Latinos, The Shield, Sons of Anarchy
• Los Cabrones, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Cazadores, Castle (TV series)
• Cholos, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
• Curbside Gang, End of Watch
• Diablos, Grand Theft Auto III
• Eagle Rocks, Adam-12
• Hillside Trece, Training Day
• Hurricanes, The Warriors
• Kappin' Off Suckers, One Eight Seven
• Locotes Doces (L-12) Law & Order
• Los Angelicos Gang Related (TV series)
• Los Diablos, Hill Street Blues
• Los Diablos, Oz (TV Series)
• Los Locos, Short Circuit 2
• Los Lordes, Blue Bloods
• Los Magnificos, The Shield
• Marabunta Grande, Grand Theft Auto V
• Los Profetas, The Shield
• San Fierro Rifa, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• El Salvadorans, The Shield
• Sharks, West Side Story
• Spanish Lords, Grand Theft Auto IV
• Los Toros, The Shield
• Tres Puntos, Blood in Blood Out
• Vagos, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Varrios Los Aztecas, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Vatos Locos, Blood in Blood Out
• Vatos Locos, Call of Juarez: The Cartel
• Webster Avenue Boys, Blue Bloods

White

• Baker Street Irregulars, Sherlock Holmes series
• Baseball Furies, The Warriors
• Brotherhood, Saints Row 2
• Disciples of Christ, American History X
• Ducky Boys, The Wanderers
• Electric Eliminators, The Warriors
• Fordham Baldies, The Wanderers
• The Hi-Hats, The Warriors
• Jets, West Side Story
• Jones Street Boys, The Warriors
• Liberty Republic, Martial Law
• Nordics, Sons of Anarchy
• The Punks, The Warriors
• The Rogues, The Warriors
• The Shamrocks, Hill Street Blues
• Van Buren Boys, Seinfeld
• The Wanderers, The Wanderers
• The Falcons, Happy Days
• The Bad Pennies, Batman
• The Lords, Happy Days
• The Kings, Fallout: New Vegas
• Todd's Gang, Beavis and Butthead

Mixed

• 3rd Street Saints, Saints Row
• Dale Sken Crew, Waterloo Road
• The Destroyers, The Warriors
• Ghetto Ghouls, The Exterminator
• Knot Tops, Watchmen, Watchmen (film)
• The Lizzies, The Warriors
• Mad Gear Gang, Final Fight
• Murray Set Boyz, Waterloo Road
• Purple Dragons, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• The Orphans, The Warriors
• The Saracens, The Warriors
• Stacked Deck, Need For Speed: Carbon
• Street Thunder, Assault On Precinct 13
• Streetwannabe's, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• T.F.K., Need For Speed: Carbon
• Turnbull AC's, The Warriors
• The Warriors, The Warriors
• The Tough Brets, Flight of the Conchords
• The Tarantulas, Diff'rent Strokes
• The Tunnel Snakes, Fallout 3
• Yancy Street Gang, Marvel Comics

See also

• List of fictional crime bosses
• List of fictional institutions
• List of criminal enterprises, gangs and syndicates

References