List of criminal gangs in Los Angeles
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Armenian Power graffiti in Little Armenia, Los Angeles
MS-13 graffiti
This is a list of notable criminal gangs in Los Angeles, California.
The County and the City of Los Angeles has been nicknamed the "Gang Capital of America," with an estimated 450 active gangs with a combined membership of more than 45,000.[1]
Gangs
- Armenian mafia
- Asian Boyz
- Bahala Na Gang
- Biker gangs
- Black Vanguard
- Bloods
- Crips
- Deputy gangs
- Hoover Criminals
- Jamaican posse
- Juggalos
- Peckerwood
- Israeli mafia
- Italian-American Mafia
- Kkangpae
- Menace of Destruction
- Mexican Mafia
- Russian mafia
- Satanas
- Sinaloa Cartel
- Pirus
- Sureños
- 18th Street gang
- 38th Street gang
- Avenues
- Azusa 13
- Barriox13
- Culver City Boys
- El Monte Flores
- Florencia 13
- Logan Heights Gang
- MS-13
- Ontario Varrio Sur
- Playboys
- Puente 13
- Santa Monica 13
- Temple Street
- Toonerville Rifa 13
- Varrio Nuevo Estrada
- Venice 13
- Vineland Boys
- Westside Locos
- White Fence
- Wilmas 13
- Lopers 13
- Tiny Rascal Gang
- Triad
- Xã Hội Đen
- Yakuza
See also
References
- ^ "Gangs - Los Angeles Police Department". Los Angeles Police Department. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
Further reading
- Chang, Cindy. "Crips make peace on the softball field." Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2017, https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-crips-softball-20171231-htmlstory.html. Accessed 11 Apr. 2019.