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The Los Angeles crime family, also known as the Dragna crime family, the Southern California crime family [7] or the L.A. Mafia, and dubbed "the Mickey Mouse Mafia" by former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, [8] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Los Angeles, California as part of the larger Italian-American Mafia.
The San Jose crime family, also known as the Cerrito crime family or the San Jose Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in San Jose, California.The San Jose family was one of the two families that controlled organized crime in San Jose, within the nationwide criminal organization known as the American Mafia (or "La Cosa Nostra"); the other family that ran organized crime in ...
The Mexican Mafia is the controlling organization for almost every Hispanic gang in Southern California, and some gangs located in Central and Northern California, with their vassal gangs being called Sureños. Members of almost all Hispanic gangs in Southern California are obliged under the threat of death to carry out any and all orders from ...
About two-thirds of the Mexican Mafia's 140 members are held in California prisons, which are inundated with illegal cellphones. They use the phones to traffic in drugs, collect money and order ...
California parole officials have approved the release of a notorious former Mexican Mafia prison gang leader who has been cooperating with law enforcement for nearly 20 years. Two consecutive ...
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The American Mafia, [24] [25] [26] commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, [24] [25] [26] is a highly organized Italian-American criminal society and organized crime group.
This is a list of notable criminally-active street gangs operating or formerly operating in California. To be included in this list, the gang must have a Wikipedia article with references showing it is a California street gang.