List of gangs in Los Angeles, California
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Los Angeles
has been nicknamed the Gang capital of America with an estimated 120,000 gang members as of 2007. According to a May 2001 Drug Threat Assessment by the National Drug Intelligence Center, Los Angeles
is home to 1,350 gangs.
Notable criminally-active gang
s in Los Angeles, California
include:
Varrio Norwalk 1ways Lokotes
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has been nicknamed the Gang capital of America with an estimated 120,000 gang members as of 2007. According to a May 2001 Drug Threat Assessment by the National Drug Intelligence Center, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
is home to 1,350 gangs.
Notable criminally-active gang
Gang
A gang is a group of people who, through the organization, formation, and establishment of an assemblage, share a common identity. In current usage it typically denotes a criminal organization or else a criminal affiliation. In early usage, the word gang referred to a group of workmen...
s in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
include:
Asian
- Asian BoyzAsian Boyz (gang)The Asian Boyz, or ABZ, are an Asian American street gang. Some sets are formed with Crips, earning the name ABZ Crips. The gang was formed in 1985 by Cambodian youths. They represent by displaying the color blue, similar to the Crips...
- Black DragonsBlack Dragons (gang)The Black Dragons The Black Dragons The Black Dragons (traditional Chinese: 黑龍） is a Chinese/American Triad(secret society) and street gang that was formed in 1980 by Chinese immigrants in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California. It was started by a group of young men who bounded together to...
- Kkangpae
- Luzon Visayan MobstersLVM GangLVM Gang sometimes known as Luzon Visayan Mindanao was a predominantly Filipino gang located around the San Gabriel Valley and Orange County areas. The gang was in existence in the early 1980s to late 1990s...
- Tropang Hudas Thugs Group (officially Tropang Hudas Superpowers)
Bikers
- Mongols MCMongols (motorcycle club)The Mongols Motorcycle Club, sometimes called the Mongol Nation or Mongol Brotherhood, is a "one-percenter" motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate. The club is headquartered in southern California and was originally formed in Montebello, California in 1969 by Hispanic Vietnam War veterans...
- Hells Angels MCHells AngelsThe Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is a worldwide one-percenter motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation. Their primary motto...
- Vagos MCVagos Motorcycle ClubThe Vagos Motorcycle Club, also known as the Green Nation, is a one-percenter motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate that was formed in the 1960s in the small unincorporated community of Temescal Valley, which is south of Corona, California. The gang originally was called "the Psychos"...
Hispanic
- 18th Street Gang18th Street gang18th Street gang is considered to be the largest transnational criminal gang in Los Angeles, California. It is estimated that there are thousands of members in Los Angeles County alone...
- MS-13
- SureñosSureñosSureños are a group of Mexican American street gangs with origins in the oldest barrios of Southern California. Although they are based in California, the influence of the Sureños has spread to many parts of the US and other countries as well such as Germany and Japan...
- The AvenuesThe Avenues (gang)The Avenues, also known as Avenidas or AVE's, is a Mexican-American street gang. The Avenues, like most Mexican gangs in Los Angeles, are under the direct control of the Mexican Mafia when sent to State, County, or Federal prisons.- History :...
- White FenceWhite FenceWhite Fence, also known by the acronym WF, is the oldest East Los Angeles gang. They also sometimes use the name Cerco Blanco which is Spanish for White Fence. In East L.A. they were also known as "Pachucos".- History :...
- Azusa 13Azusa 13Azusa 13 is a street gang based in Azusa in the eastern San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles. Started in the 1960's, it is now one of the most aggressive Sureño street gang.- Criminal activities :...
- Varrio Nuevo EstradaVarrio Nuevo EstradaVarrio Nuevo Estrada, also known as "VNE" is a Chicano gang founded in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California in the Estrada Courts housing projects. Through time, VNE has expanded to occupy other local cities such as East Los Angeles, Montebello, and Lancaster. VNE is known to be a notorious gang...
- 38th Street gang38th street gangThe 38th Street gang is a Chicano street gang from South Central, Los Angeles. The 38th Street gang is one of the oldest street gangs in Los Angeles.- History :...
- Clanton 14th Street gangClanton 14Clanton 14 St., also known as C14th St, is a Chicano street gang in Los Angeles and is also the oldest Chicano gang and one of the oldest gangs in Los Angeles.- History :...
- Mid-City Stoners Gang
Varrio Norwalk 1ways Lokotes
- West Side Varrio Tepa Gang
See also
- List of gangs in the United States
- Criminal tattoos
- Gang colorsGang colorsGang colors are the types or color of clothing, or insignia that are worn by gang members to identify each other. Tattoos may also come under the category of gang colors....
- Prison gangPrison gangPrison gang is a term used to denote any type of gang activity in prisons and correctional facilities. Prison officials and others in law enforcement use the term security threat group or STG...
- Gang signalGang signalA gang signal is a visual or verbal way gang members identify their affiliation. This can take many forms including slogans, tattoos or hand signs...
- Organized crimeOrganized crimeOrganized crime or criminal organizations are transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist organizations, are...
- Contract killingContract killingContract killing is a form of murder, in which one party hires another party to kill a target individual or group of people. It involves an illegal agreement between two parties in which one party agrees to kill the target in exchange for consideration, monetary, or otherwise. The hiring party may...