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Head of the Moran Crime Family. The Moran Family were drug traffickers that were feared by the entire organized crime world. Her husband, both her sons, and her brother-in-law were all killed while she was the matriarch, and, eventually she was…

Thelma took over her husband’s business as one of the biggest families in the Philadelphia Drug Game after her husband was murdered. After being caught in a gun fight, Wright turned away from crime and became a motivational speaker.

Perhaps the most notorious Triad gangster in the 1990s. He earned his nickname from spending all of his money on lavish items. Before becoming a gangster, he made his name as a professional gambler. He worked in robberies, drug smuggling, and…

Zhang Jun lead a gang that killed more than 30 people and committed almost 17 robberies between 1994 and 2000. He copied many method of Triad gangster films.

Leader of the 14k Triad and was, for a time, the most well known gangster in Hong Kong. He wore similar dress to those of Italian and Jewish gangsters. He made most of his money through gambling and keeping control of casinos. He was arrested in 1998…

Frank Lucas was a gangster who took over the heroin trade from the Italian Mafia in Harlem, NY in the 1960s-1970s. His story was portrayed in the movie "American Gangster."

Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson is known to be one of the most notorious members of organized crime in American history. He was known for helping run crime in Harlem in the 1930s. There was an event called the "New York Numbers War" which had various gangs…

Leroy "Nicky" Barnes holds the reputation as one of New York City's biggest drug dealers in the 1970s. He also helped find "The Council," a crime organization that handled NYC's heroin trade. His gangster days began at an early age as he dealt drugs…

Virginia Hill, also known as “The Flamingo” and “Queen of the Gangster Molls,” was famously Brooklyn mobster Bugsy Siegel’s girlfriend. She was born in Alabama, yet moved to Chicago with the dream of finding fortune and acclaim, where she worked as…

Arizona Donnie Barker, also known as Kate Barker, was a member of the famous Barker “crime” family along with husband George and their four sons. The family began performing highway robberies in 1910, which resulted in murder and caused them to…