List of gangs in Italy
The following article is a list of notable gangs, crime families, criminal enterprises and related syndicates located in the Italian Republic.
Criminal organizations composed of individuals with Italian ancestry or that were founded by Italian immigrants (e.g. the Five Families) are not to be included if the group does not have a physical presence within Italy.
Mafia crime families (unspecific)
[edit]- Capriati clan[1][2][3]
- Nuova Mala del Brenta, a.k.a. the Venetian Mafia[4][5][6]
- Parisi-Palermiti clan[7]
- Sacra Corona Unita, a.k.a. the Forth Mafia[8][9][10]
- Società foggiana, a.k.a. the Fifth Mafia[11][12]
- Strisciuglio clan
- Aprea-Cuccaro clan
- Casalesi clan
- Casamonica clan[13]
- Cesarano clan[14][15][16]
- Giuliano clan
- Mallardo clan[17][18][19][20]
- Mazzarella clan[21][22][23]
- Moccia clan[24][25][26]
- Polverino clan[27][28][29]
- Vollaro clan[30][31][32][33]
'Ndrine ('Ndrangheta clans)
[edit]- Barbaro 'ndrina
- Bellocco 'ndrina[34]
- Bonavota 'ndrina
- Cataldo 'ndrina, a.k.a. Clan Cataldo[35]
- Commisso 'ndrina
- Cordì 'ndrina, a.k.a. Clan Cordì[36]
- De Stefano 'ndrina, a.k.a. the De Stefano-Tegano family
- La Rosa 'ndrina
- Latella 'ndrina
- Lo Presti 'ndrina
- Mammoliti 'ndrina
- Mancuso 'ndrina
- Mazzaferro 'ndrina
- Musitano crime family, a.k.a. Musitano 'ndrina
- Papalia crime family, a.k.a. Papalia 'ndrina
- Pelle 'ndrina, a.k.a. Pelle-Vottari
- Pesce 'ndrina
- Piromalli 'ndrina
- Piserà 'ndrina
- Serraino 'ndrina
Sicilian Mafia clans
[edit]Other criminal groups
[edit]- Albanian mafia, a.k.a. Mafia shqiptare[37][38][39]
- Azerbaijani mafia
- Bandidos Motorcycle Club[40]
- Bulgarian mafia, a.k.a. Mutri
- Greek mafia
- Hells Angels Motorcycle Club[41]
- Latin Kings
- Loners Motorcycle Club
- Lowlanders Motorcycle Club
- Nigerian mafia[42][43][44]
- Black Axe (confraternity), a.k.a. Black Axe mafia[45][46]
- No Surrender Motorcycle Club
- Outlaws Motorcycle Club[47]
- Pakistani mafia
- Rebels Motorcycle Club
- Romanian mafia, a.k.a. Clanuri Interlope
- Turkish mafia, a.k.a. Türk mafyası[48]
- Ukrainian mafia
Inactive criminal organizations
[edit]- Alfieri clan
- Anonima sarda[50]
- Banda della Comasina[51][52]
- Basilischi
- Corleonesi Mafia clan[53][54]
- Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan
- Demon Eyes MC[55][40]
- Galatolo Mafia clan
- Gang de la Brise de Mer[56][57]
- Greco Mafia clan
- Kanisters MC[55][40]
- Mafia Capitale[58]
- Minore Mafia clan
- Nuvoletta clan
- Old Pistons MC[55][40]
- White Uno Gang, a.k.a. Banda della Uno bianca
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Puglia braces for bloody resurgence of mafia clan war". 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Droga, condanne per il clan Capriati: 20 anni a Filippo, 16 a Sabino. Lo spaccio a Bari e provincia". 15 April 2025.
- ^ ""Alcuni referenti del clan Capriati opererebbero a Corato"". 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Smantellata la "nuova" Mala del Brenta". 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Aggressione in aula bunker a Mestre: Ferito un membro della "Nuova Mala del Brenta"". 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Nuova Mala del Brenta in Veneto, 39 arresti e 80 avvisi di garanzia". 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Operazione CODICE INTERNO Clan Parisi/Palermiti: Arrestati esponenti di spicco, faccendieri e politici".
- ^ "Sacra Corona Unita: Italy's Underworld Syndicate".
- ^ "In Italy's Puglia region, women take the lead in challenging the local mafia at great personal risk". Associated Press News. 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Sacra Corona Unita".
- ^ "Foggia. The Dia Seizes Assts Worth 400,000 Euros from a Boss of the "Società Foggiana"". 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Decapitata la "Società" foggiana - video - Rai24".
- ^ "Crime family leaves coffin in front of activist's house, Rome police say". CNN. 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Crackdown on the New Clan Targeting Businesses Including 'La Sonrisa'". 16 April 2024.
- ^ "4. Women and the Camorra's Cultural Value System". Women of the Mafia. 2024. pp. 88–118. doi:10.1515/9781501774805-009. ISBN 978-1-5017-7480-5.
- ^ "2000 Camorra Murder Solved After 24 Years: Two Arrests". 16 September 2024.
- ^ "The Direzione Investigativa Antimafia Seized Assets Worth About Eur 1 Million from a Person Suspected of Being a High-Ranking Member of the Mallardo Clan". 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Operation Against the Mallardo Clan". 3 February 2025.
- ^ "Lands and villas of the Mallardo Camorra clan in the province of Rome". 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Treasury Sanctions Members of the Camorra". 8 February 2025.
- ^ "The Mazzarella Camorra Family - a new generation of bosses". 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Mazzarella - Operation Silk Road".
- ^ "Naples, anti-Camorra blitz: 22 arrests of the Mazzarella clan". 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Nearly 100 Arrested and $160 Million Seized in Crackdown on Camorra".
- ^ France-Presse, Agence (10 February 2016). "Italian authorities round up 'Black Widow' mafia clan". The Guardian.
- ^ "Dissecting the Mafia: Campania's Camorra". 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Police seize one billion euros in mafia assets". 5 May 2011.
- ^ "Morocco says it nabbed fugitive Italian mobster". 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Rome, supported a Camorra clan: Assets worth 20 million seized from an entrepreneur". 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Italy: Naples Arrests 72 Suspected Mafiosi for Drug Dealing".
- ^ https://en.cronachedellacampania.it/2020/05/il-clan-vollaro-ha-chiesto-il-pizzo-anche-durante-il-lockdown-18-misure-cautelari/
- ^ https://www.sansalvo.net/notizie/attualita/13831/operazione-adriatico-il-vastese-in-mano-ai-clan-vollaro-cimmino-e-di-lauro
- ^ "Camorra: Sgominato clan Vollaro, Portici città sotto giogo". 10 June 2009.
- ^ Nova, Redazione Agenzia (December 13, 2022). "The Spada of Ostia and the Bellocco clan of Rosarno "twin" in prison".
- ^ "'Ndrangheta, le "mangiate" per sancire la pace tra Cataldo e Cordì". 9 July 2022.
- ^ "'Ndrangheta, le "mangiate" per sancire la pace tra Cataldo e Cordì". 9 July 2022.
- ^ "The unknown history of the Sacra Corona Unita criminal organization and its connections with the Albanian mafia". 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Albanian organized crime groups have become key players in Italy's criminal landscape, prompting targeted operations from authorities". riskbulletins.globalinitiative.net.
- ^ "Eurojust supports major operation against Albanian drug-trafficking ring in Italy: 66 arrests | Eurojust | European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation". www.eurojust.europa.eu.
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- ^ "BIG RED MACHINE ITALY – ALWAYS US".
- ^ "'You can't tell people a place like this exists in Italy. No-one would believe it'". ABC News. March 16, 2020 – via www.abc.net.au.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/a-foreign-mafia-has-come-to-italy-and-further-polarized-the-migration-debate/2019/06/25/377cf978-8235-11e9-b585-e36b16a531aa_story.html
- ^ "Italy Arrests Dozens of Suspected Nigerian Mafia Members | OCCRP".
- ^ Tondo, Lorenzo (January 19, 2022). "Italian police arrest alleged Black Axe Nigerian mafia members over trafficking". The Guardian.
- ^ "Black Axe mafia: Italian police arrest 30 Nigerian suspected gang members". April 26, 2021 – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ "AOA - OUTLAWS MC EUROPE ***************************************". www.outlawsmceurope.com.
- ^ Minute, Turkish (August 13, 2024). "Investigation by Italian authorities offers insight into Turkish mafia clan wars".
- ^ a b "Italian prosecutor reveals dark plans of Turkish mafia boss - Türkiye Today".
- ^ "Anonima Sequestri Sarda: Il rapimento… | l'Italia siamo Noi".
- ^ "Renato Vallanzasca esce dopo 50 anni, «trasferito in una casa cura»". 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Vallanzasca esce dal carcere dopo 52 anni: Sarà trasferito in una Rsa". 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Matteo Messina: The fall of Italy's most-wanted mafia boss". 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Luciano Leggio and the Rise of Corleone Crime Family".
- ^ a b c "History – BIG RED MACHINE ITALY".
- ^ "Corse : Un fondateur présumé du gang de la «Brise de mer» assassiné en pleine rue". 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Gang de la Brise de mer : Aux origines de la haine". 6 May 2024.
- ^ https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/major-organized-crime-bust-explodes-no-mob-in-rome-myth
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