The other organized crime group in the Far East is the Japanese Yakuza, and their practices are very similar. Then there are the Triads, a Chinese organized crime group. (I don’t think they’re as good as the American Mafia, though!) Far East Gangs
(The Mafia are BIG on nicknames!) And I nearly forgot the granddaddy of them all – Al ‘Scarface’ Capone! Solntsevskaya Bratva Mafiaįirst of all, the oldest and baddest, The Mafia, or La Cosa Nostra, (Our Thing) made glamorous by ‘The Godfather’ and movies of that ilk, and colorful criminals like Al Capone, Bugsy Segal, Sam Giancana and Jimmy Hoffa (whose body has never been found!) Mafia Nicknames Now, let’s take a look at the biggest gangs around the world and the nicknames for gang members associated with these groups. It’s not a funny subject, but just so we don’t all start crying about it – can you IMAGINE how many nicknames there are for gangsters? Different Types of Gangsters Of course, if you think about it, there are as many different kinds of gangsters as there are stars in the sky, and when I say they are not nice people it’s the understatement of the millennium!ĭid you know that there are 1.4 million gangsters in the US, 33,000 gangs and these gangs commit 48% of violent crime?
Synonyms – hoodlum, gang member, racketeer, robber, ruffian, thug, tough, villain, lawbreaker, criminal.” “Gangster: – a member of a gang of violent criminals. The dictionary definition is a catch-all description for all of them, though.