History Main / GenericEthnicCrimeGang

* RuralGangsters: Varies; in US settings they are most often poor rednecks in other countries they usually default to local ethnicity. Their defining category is that they're based within the country rather than the city.

* ''TabletopGame/TranshumanSpace'' has the Maple Syndicate, which as the name suggests is [[CanadaEh Canadian]].

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' has the Da Nang Boys (Vietnamese gangsters), and Korean mobs (North Korean, Room 39-expies, in ''IV'', standard, South Korean Kkangpae in ''V'') in addition to the [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad]].

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' has the Da Nang Boys (Vietnamese gangsters), and Korean mobs (the one in ''IV'' are North Korean, Room 39-expy, mobsters, while the South Korean variants in ''V'' are simply called Kkangpae [Korean for gangster]) in addition to the [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad]].

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' has the Da Nang Boys (Vietnamese gangsters), and Korean mobs, in addition to the [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad]].

* [[TheClan Family oriented]], and headed by [[TheDon a patriarch]] (or a [[TheQueenPin matriarch]]).

Essentially the more sophisticated upscale version of stereotypical black gangbangers. However, they're actually much older than their bandana-wearing counterparts, having first emerged in the wake of the Great Migration when millions of African Americans moved out of the South and up into urban centers. In portrayals set in the early 20th century, they're often somewhat subordinate to the Italian and Jewish mobs as a result of the racial politics of the time but they grow more powerful after the 1960s. Stereotypically, they deal mostly in drug trafficking, money laundering, and prostitution, but may also run gambling rackets or have connections to the profitable Hip Hop and R&B industries. Black mobsters are a mainstay in {{Blaxploitation}} flicks and [[HoodFilm urban dramas]], usually portrayed as either roguish anti-heroes or as despicable drug-peddling villains. They're generally a bit more likely to be given the NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters treatment than other kinds of gangs, especially when placed in opposition to other non-black gangs, but this is not always the case. Compare this trope with TheYardies, who are British/West Indian gangsters who fulfill a similar archetype although, in real life, these groups often feud with each other.

* ''Film/AmericanGangster'': Real-life drug lord Frank Lucas models his empire on the Italians' to create an African-American mafia, with him as the patriarch. Along the way, [[DeliberateValuesDissonance he is constantly underestimated because of his race]], both by his Italian counterparts and by law enforcement.

* ''VideoGame/Watchdogs'' provides the Black Viceroys, a highly disciplined outfit of black gangsters led by U.S army veteran turned mobster Delford 'Iraq' Wade.

* Mireille Bouquet of ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' is the sole survivor of a powerful Corsican crime family that was wiped out by brutal mobsters.

Koreans, Vietnamese, Laotians, and other East and Southeast Asian nationalities. They'll often be involved in the heroin trade or street racing. Since Southeast Asians tend to be refugees from communist governments or descended from them, expect them to be strongly anti-communist.

* Korean gangsters appear in several installments of the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}''-franchise, and are always portrayed as [[RuthlessForeignGangsters ruthless and efficient, even in comparison to their Japanese counterparts.]]

* Played for laughs in ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding'', where Toula's brother and cousin jokingly (probably) claim to be this as part of the classic IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer routine.

* In the second season of ''Series/TheWire'', the primary antagonist is only known as "The Greek", and his gang informally as "the Greeks". [[spoiler: He's not Greek (but definitely foreign), and his gang is multinational, with Israelis, Russians, and at least one genuine Greek as TheDragon.]]

* Mr. Big in the literary version of ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie'' is a Haitian-American whose organization consists mostly of black {{gangbangers}} (the films gave him a fictional but barely-disguised ethnicity).

Essentially the more sophisticated up-scale version of stereotypical black gangbangers. However, they're actually much older than their bandana-wearing counterparts, having first emerged in the wake of the Great Migration when millions of Black Americans moved out of the South and up into urban centers. In portrayals set in the early 20th century, they're often somewhat subordinate to the Italian Mafia and Kosher Nostra as a result of the racial politics of the time but they grow more powerful after the 1960s. Stereotypically, they deal mostly in drug trafficking, money laundering, and prostitution, but may also run gambling rackets or have connections to the profitable Hip Hop and R&B industry. Black mobsters are a mainstay in {{Blaxploitation}} flicks and [[HoodFilm urban dramas]], usually portrayed as either roguish anti-heroes or as despicable drug-peddling villains. They're generally a bit more likely to be given the NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters treatment than other kinds of gangs, especially when placed in opposition to other non-black gangs, but this is not always the case. Compare this trope with TheYardies, who are British/West Indian gangsters who fulfill a similar archetype although, in real life, these groups often feud with each other.

* MGM+'s ''Series/GodfatherOfHarlem'' tells a similar story, relaying a fictionalized account of the life of Harlem mobster Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson. Throughout the series, Bumpy feuds with the Italian Mafia for control of Harlem's underworld and even (ahistorically) allies with civil rights leader Malcolm X.

* The Black Mafia Family or BMF, a powerful criminal organization that was active between the late 1980s to the mid-2000s and had intimate ties to the rap industry, was a real-life example of this trope.

* In Marvel's ''Series/LukeCage2016'', the titular hero spends most of his time feuding with sinister Black Mobsters like Cottonmouth, Diamondback, and Black Mariah, only to seemingly become one himself at the end of the series.

* ''VideoGame/MafiaIII'', meanwhile, stars Lincoln Clay, the [[SoleSurvivor sole surviving]] member of the Black Mob of New Bordeaux, which was slaughtered by the Italian
* One could argue that CJ and Big Smoke from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' elevated from their classic gang-banger status into this over the course of the game. They both grew up in the Grove Street Families, a traditional neighborhood-based gang with implied Black Panther origins but their gang has been facing pressure from their rivals the Ballas, who have started dealing in crack. CJ spends years away from home, working for Joey Leone, the mechanic son of an Italian Don and after coming back home ends up allying the Grove Street Families with the other neighborhood "Families" gangs, a Chinese Triad boss, a government agent, and a local Mexican gang, along with forging ties with people in the music industry and getting involved in the real estate business, where his significantly less "Street" sister runs things pretty smoothly. Big Smoke, on the other hand, betrays the GSF and starts selling crack for the Ballas, forming a syndicate with a Mexican gang and a high-profile pimp from a different city, all with the help of a CorruptCop. s in a power play for the city. Lincoln's own organization is a bit more EqualOpportunityEvil than the usual rendition of the trope, although still majority black. Lincoln is also [[EnemyMine assisted by Cassandra]], the mysterious leader of the local Haitian gang, who holds a grudge against the former Black Mob.

Basically, they are The Mafia [[RecycledInSpace but Corsican!]]. The organization is also a major part of Le Milieu otherwise known as the French Mob.

* Both the [[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService book]] and [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService movie]] versions of ''On Her Majesty's Service'' are set in Corsica so naturally the mob is going to show up. Both Tracy di Vicenzo and Marc-Ange Draco are part of the Corsican Mafia.

* ''Film/AmericanGangster'' has the Corsican mob attempt to kill Frank Lucas after putting them out of business in New York.

Where the ethnicity is white, Southern, and rural. May overlap with BanditClan or [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain hate groups]] like TheKlan in some cases.

These gangs take advantage of the [[UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars instability in the Balkans]] and flourished after the fall of communism. Stereotypically linked to human trafficking and heroin. Often overlaps with BalkanBastard.

* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' gave us the Sons of Samedi, an [[TheYardies Afro-Caribbean]]-led gang controlling Stillwater's drug trade, particularly, that of the fictional [[UsefulNotes/{{Voudoun}} Loa]] [[FantasticDrug Dust]]. That said, because the Stillwater University campus is one of their primary selling and recruiting grounds, plenty of WhiteGangBangers fill out their lowest rungs.

* ''Film/Predator2'' features Jamaican gangsters who use voodoo rituals in their dealings and are in the middle of a war with [[TheCartel Colombians]]. Voodoo is traditionally a Haitian religion and [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the gangsters were originally planned to be Rastafarians]], but [[ViewersAreMorons executives were worried audiences wouldn't know what Rastafarians are.]]

** In ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition'' the Dwarven Inquisitor is a [[DarkAndTroubledPast former member]], partly due to Castless status. This will occasionally come up in conversation and most {{Non Player Character}}s [[ReformedCriminal don't seem to mind]]. You can also form an alliance with the Carta and they will provide you with War Table missions.