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* Discussed by Moe Mortelli in ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'' when describing his early days as a cop. He infiltrated a Russian crime ring hidden inside a ''chess club''.
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* Discussed by Moe Mortelli in ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'' when describing his early days as a cop. He infiltrated a Russian crime ring hidden inside a ''chess club''.
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** The Shelbys once again take this role on in the second season as they try to expand into London, although in this case it's more because they're from OopNorth rather than for any reasons of nationality, since the other two gangs are the Sabini Organization (Italians) and Alfie Solomons' [[KosherNostra Jewish gang]] that controls Camden Town. Both the first two seasons also occasionally feature the [[FightingIrish IRA]] as another important faction - they're treated unsympathetically, but come across as emphatically no worse][[TheHorseshoeEffect than their British imperialist enemies]]. However, the real villain at this point in the series isn't Sabini, Solomons, or anyone in the IRA, but the bitter, bigoted CrookedCop Inspector Cambpell.
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** The Shelbys once again take this role on in the second season as they try to expand into London, although in this case it's more because they're from OopNorth rather than for any reasons of nationality, since the other two gangs are the Sabini Organization (Italians) and Alfie Solomons' [[KosherNostra Jewish gang]] that controls Camden Town. Both the first two seasons also occasionally feature the [[FightingIrish IRA]] as another important faction - they're treated unsympathetically, but come across as emphatically no worse][[TheHorseshoeEffect worse [[TheHorseshoeEffect than their British imperialist enemies]]. However, the real villain at this point in the series isn't Sabini, Solomons, or anyone in the IRA, but the bitter, bigoted CrookedCop DirtyCop Inspector Cambpell.
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Dewicking per TRS.
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** The Shelbys once again take this role on in the second season as they try to expand into London, although in this case it's more because they're from OopNorth rather than for any reasons of nationality, since the other two gangs are the Sabini Organization (Italians) and Alfie Solomons' [[KosherNostra Jewish gang]] that controls Camden Town. Both the first two seasons also occasionally feature the [[FightingIrish IRA]] as another important faction - they're treated unsympathetically, but come across as emphatically [[NotSoDifferent no worse]] worse][[TheHorseshoeEffect than their British imperialist enemies.enemies]]. However, the real villain at this point in the series isn't Sabini, Solomons, or anyone in the IRA, but the bitter, bigoted CrookedCop Inspector Cambpell.
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* ''Film/TheItalianJob2003'': The Ukrainian mob is so ruthless, even the Korean mob won't mess with it. The sub-plot that starts when [[SmugSnake Steve]] blows away a black-market fencer that turns out to be family of the local Ukrainian Don is tinged with '''everybody''' [[TheDreaded crapping their pants]] as a result.
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* ''Film/TheItalianJob2003'': The Ukrainian mob is so ruthless, even the Korean mob won't mess with it. The sub-plot that starts when [[SmugSnake Steve]] blows away a black-market fencer that turns out to be family of the local Ukrainian Don is tinged with '''everybody''' [[TheDreaded crapping their pants]] as a result. There's also a Samoan gang, whose leader wisely advises "Never mess with Mother Nature, mother-in-laws, or mother-freakin' Ukrainians."
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** The fourth season features a ViolentGlaswegian gang called the Billy Boys, but the real thing that makes them so dangerous is that they serve as muscle for the newly-emergent Fascist party. This is where the show's thesis - that the criminal gangs were small potatoes next to the atrocities committed within the systems of law and government - really comes through. The Shelbys also briefly skirmish with an Irish [[FromCamouflageToCriminal ex-military]] faction called the Titanic Gang and make deals with the Chinese opium baron Brilliant Chang, who is depicted as not much worse than they are.
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** The fourth fifth season features a ViolentGlaswegian gang called the Billy Boys, but the real thing that makes them so dangerous is that they serve as muscle for the newly-emergent Fascist party.party, lead by [[AristocratsAreEvil posh]] English SmugSnake Oswald Mosley. This is where the show's thesis - that the criminal gangs were small potatoes next to the atrocities committed within the systems of law and government - really comes through. The Shelbys also briefly skirmish with an Irish [[FromCamouflageToCriminal ex-military]] faction called the Titanic Gang and make deals with the Chinese opium baron Brilliant Chang, who is depicted as not much worse than they are.
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* Inverted on British crime drama ''Series/PeakyBlinders'', where the various ethnic syndicates - the [[RoguishRomani Romani-blooded]] Shelby Family, the Italian Sabini and Changretta families, the Camden Town [[KosherNostra Jewish gang]], and [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Chinese opium magnates]] - are ultimately nowhere near as evil or dangerous as the homegrown {{WASP}} factions and political organizations working ''within'' the law. The one exception is the ViolentGlaswegian Billy Boys gang introduced in the fifth series, but what makes them so dangerous is that they work as muscle for the emerging Union of British Fascists.
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** The Shelbys once again take this role on in the second season as they try to expand into London, although in this case it's more because they're from OopNorth rather than for any reasons of nationality, since the other two gangs are the Sabini Organization (Italians) and the [[KosherNostra Jewish gang]] that controls Camden Town. Both the first two seasons also occasionally feature the [[FightingIrish IRA]] as another important faction - they're treated unsympathetically, but come across as emphatically [[NotSoDifferent no worse]] than their British imperialist enemies.
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** The fourth season features a ViolentGlaswegian gang called the Billy Boys, but the real thing that makes them so dangerous is that they serve as muscle for the [[BlackShirt Union of British Fascists]], an emergent political party. This is where the show's thesis - that the criminal gangs were small potatoes next to the atrocities committed within the systems of law and government - really comes through. The Shelbys also briefly skirmish with an Irish [[FromCamouflageToCriminal ex-military]] faction called the Titanic Gang and make deals with the Chinese opium baron Brilliant Chang, who is depicted as not much worse than they are.
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** The fourth season features a ViolentGlaswegian gang called the Billy Boys, but the real thing that makes them so dangerous is that they serve as muscle for the [[BlackShirt Union of British Fascists]], an emergent political newly-emergent Fascist party. This is where the show's thesis - that the criminal gangs were small potatoes next to the atrocities committed within the systems of law and government - really comes through. The Shelbys also briefly skirmish with an Irish [[FromCamouflageToCriminal ex-military]] faction called the Titanic Gang and make deals with the Chinese opium baron Brilliant Chang, who is depicted as not much worse than they are.
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* ''Series/TwinPeaks'' surprisingly does this with a French Canadian crime family, the Renault Brothers, who have a hand in most of the underhanded dealings in town.
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* ''Series/TwinPeaks'' surprisingly does this with a French Canadian ''French Canadian'' crime family, the Renault Brothers, who have a hand in most of the underhanded crooked dealings in town.town.
* Inverted on British crime drama ''Series/PeakyBlinders'', where the various ethnic syndicates - the [[RoguishRomani Romani-blooded]] Shelby Family, the Italian Sabini and Changretta families, the Camden Town [[KosherNostra Jewish gang]], and [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Chinese opium magnates]] - are ultimately nowhere near as evil or dangerous as the homegrown {{WASP}} factions and political organizations working ''within'' the law. The one exception is the ViolentGlaswegian Billy Boys gang introduced in the fifth series, but what makes them so dangerous is that they work as muscle for the emerging Union of British Fascists.
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* Zigzagged on British historical crime drama ''Series/PeakyBlinders'', with early seasons playing it relatively straight, but as the show goes on, the real source of danger is increasingly associated with homegrown {{WASP}} factions and political organizations working ''within'' the law, particularly the emerging Union of British Fascists.
** Played relatively in the first series, where the Shelby Family (who are [[RoguishRomani of partial Roma descent]]) are trying to horn in on the business of the generically-English (read: less foreign than the Shelbys) gang lead by Billy Kimber. The Italian Changretta family and [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs an unnamed Chinese gang]] also feature as players the Shelbys need to be wary of, and Thomas speaks specifically of the Italian gang's "barbarity". There's also the Lee Family, a pure-blooded Romani clan of whom the Shelbys run afoul, and who are shown to be truly ruthless in wartime, although Thomas is able to patch things up with a bit of AltarDiplomacy, and in later seasons the Lees appear as key allies and enforcers for the Shelbys.
** The Shelbys once again take this role on in the second season as they try to expand into London, although in this case it's more because they're from OopNorth rather than for any reasons of nationality, since the other two gangs are the Sabini Organization (Italians) and the [[KosherNostra Jewish gang]] that controls Camden Town. Both the first two seasons also occasionally feature the [[FightingIrish IRA]] as another important faction - they're treated unsympathetically, but come across as emphatically [[NotSoDifferent no worse]] than their British imperialist enemies.
** The third series' villains aren't even gangsters, and come across as the most vile antagonists the show had yet featured, although some of them - a family of exiled Russian [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocrats]] - are indeed foreign. The Shelbys also finally go to war against the Changrettas, who are depicted as nowhere near able to compete in terms of barbarity, to the point where you feel kind of bad for them.
** In the fourth series, Luca Changretta (who is not only Italian but also [[EagleLand American]]) specifically establishes that his vendetta against the Shelbys ''will'' have rules - for example, he promises [[WouldntHurtAChild never to target or threaten the Shelby children.]] Especially in contrast to the politically-connected PedophilePriest villain of the third season, a straightforward [[YouKilledMyFather vengeful]] gangster like Luca comes across as a comparatively honest WorthyOpponent.
** The fourth season features a ViolentGlaswegian gang called the Billy Boys, but the real thing that makes them so dangerous is that they serve as muscle for the [[BlackShirt Union of British Fascists]], an emergent political party. This is where the show's thesis - that the criminal gangs were small potatoes next to the atrocities committed within the systems of law and government - really comes through. The Shelbys also briefly skirmish with an Irish [[FromCamouflageToCriminal ex-military]] faction called the Titanic Gang and make deals with the Chinese opium baron Brilliant Chang, who is depicted as not much worse than they are.
* ''Series/{{Barry}}'' features a mob war between the Chechen and Bolivian gangs, though they eventually work things out. The second season complicates this peace with the introduction of the Burmese mafia.
* Inverted on British crime drama ''Series/PeakyBlinders'', where the various ethnic syndicates - the [[RoguishRomani Romani-blooded]] Shelby Family, the Italian Sabini and Changretta families, the Camden Town [[KosherNostra Jewish gang]], and [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Chinese opium magnates]] - are ultimately nowhere near as evil or dangerous as the homegrown {{WASP}} factions and political organizations working ''within'' the law. The one exception is the ViolentGlaswegian Billy Boys gang introduced in the fifth series, but what makes them so dangerous is that they work as muscle for the emerging Union of British Fascists.
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* Zigzagged on British historical crime drama ''Series/PeakyBlinders'', with early seasons playing it relatively straight, but as the show goes on, the real source of danger is increasingly associated with homegrown {{WASP}} factions and political organizations working ''within'' the law, particularly the emerging Union of British Fascists.
** Played relatively in the first series, where the Shelby Family (who are [[RoguishRomani of partial Roma descent]]) are trying to horn in on the business of the generically-English (read: less foreign than the Shelbys) gang lead by Billy Kimber. The Italian Changretta family and [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs an unnamed Chinese gang]] also feature as players the Shelbys need to be wary of, and Thomas speaks specifically of the Italian gang's "barbarity". There's also the Lee Family, a pure-blooded Romani clan of whom the Shelbys run afoul, and who are shown to be truly ruthless in wartime, although Thomas is able to patch things up with a bit of AltarDiplomacy, and in later seasons the Lees appear as key allies and enforcers for the Shelbys.
** The Shelbys once again take this role on in the second season as they try to expand into London, although in this case it's more because they're from OopNorth rather than for any reasons of nationality, since the other two gangs are the Sabini Organization (Italians) and the [[KosherNostra Jewish gang]] that controls Camden Town. Both the first two seasons also occasionally feature the [[FightingIrish IRA]] as another important faction - they're treated unsympathetically, but come across as emphatically [[NotSoDifferent no worse]] than their British imperialist enemies.
** The third series' villains aren't even gangsters, and come across as the most vile antagonists the show had yet featured, although some of them - a family of exiled Russian [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocrats]] - are indeed foreign. The Shelbys also finally go to war against the Changrettas, who are depicted as nowhere near able to compete in terms of barbarity, to the point where you feel kind of bad for them.
** In the fourth series, Luca Changretta (who is not only Italian but also [[EagleLand American]]) specifically establishes that his vendetta against the Shelbys ''will'' have rules - for example, he promises [[WouldntHurtAChild never to target or threaten the Shelby children.]] Especially in contrast to the politically-connected PedophilePriest villain of the third season, a straightforward [[YouKilledMyFather vengeful]] gangster like Luca comes across as a comparatively honest WorthyOpponent.
** The fourth season features a ViolentGlaswegian gang called the Billy Boys, but the real thing that makes them so dangerous is that they serve as muscle for the [[BlackShirt Union of British Fascists]], an emergent political party. This is where the show's thesis - that the criminal gangs were small potatoes next to the atrocities committed within the systems of law and government - really comes through. The Shelbys also briefly skirmish with an Irish [[FromCamouflageToCriminal ex-military]] faction called the Titanic Gang and make deals with the Chinese opium baron Brilliant Chang, who is depicted as not much worse than they are.
* ''Series/{{Barry}}'' features a mob war between the Chechen and Bolivian gangs, though they eventually work things out. The second season complicates this peace with the introduction of the Burmese mafia.
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* Common plot in the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series since ''Grand Theft Auto III''. In ''San Andreas'', the Da Nang Boys are a ruthless Vietnamese gang stepping on the [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Mountain Cloud Boys]]' toes. Later, The Triad plays this role against TheMafia families in [[UsefulNotes/LasVegas Las Venturas]]. Although the protagonist is helping the Triads, and they get pictured slightly nicer than the regular Mafia.
** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' you arguably play ''as'' one of these characters. But you also do deals and missions for "traditional" biker gangs and Italian mobsters as well.
** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' you arguably play ''as'' one of these characters. But you also do deals and missions for "traditional" biker gangs and Italian mobsters as well.
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* Common plot in the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series since ''Grand Theft Auto III''.
** In''San Andreas'', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', the Da Nang Boys are a ruthless highly aggressive and proactive Vietnamese gang stepping on the [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Mountain Cloud Boys]]' toes. Later, The Triad plays this role against TheMafia families in [[UsefulNotes/LasVegas Las Venturas]]. Although the protagonist is helping the Triads, and they get pictured slightly nicer than the regular Mafia.
** In''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', you arguably play ''as'' one a ruthless foreign criminal in the form of these characters. But you also do Niko, though he's more of a freelance hired gun not reluctant to make deals and missions for "traditional" biker gangs and Italian mobsters as well.mobsters.
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* According to the man Makima was bargaining with, this is why the {{Yakuza}} groups of ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' don't infight too much: Groups from [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs China]] or [[TheMafiya Russia]] are supposedly much worse.
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* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', thanks to the PlayerCharacter taking out the three main gangs in Stilwater, new gangs took their place. One is a Yakuza branch and another is run by Haitian ex-pats who practice HollywoodVoodoo mutilate people with machetes.
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* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', thanks to the PlayerCharacter taking out the three main gangs in Stilwater, new gangs took their place. One is a Yakuza branch and another is run by Haitian ex-pats who practice HollywoodVoodoo and mutilate people with machetes.
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* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', thanks to the PlayerCharacter taking out the three main gangs in Steelport new gangs took their place. One is a Yakuza branch and another is run by an AmoralAfrikaner who mutilates people with machetes.
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* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', thanks to the PlayerCharacter taking out the three main gangs in Steelport Stilwater, new gangs took their place. One is a Yakuza branch and another is run by an AmoralAfrikaner Haitian ex-pats who mutilates practice HollywoodVoodoo mutilate people with machetes.
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** ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' has a three-way cold war between the local Seiryu Clan, the Yokohama chapter of the Liumang from China, and a shadowy Korean gang known as the Geomijul. [[spoiler:{{Downplayed}} as the story progresses, as the three factions keep each other in check and otherwise cooperate for the sake of their continued survival.]]
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* ''Comicbook/ThePunisherMAX'' - One of the most horrifically brutal versions pops up here, naturally, in "The Slavers" story arc. The titular criminals are a group of ex-military from East Europe who bring a human trafficking ring into New York, and fall under Frank Castle's personal attention. Notably, this gang is so vicious and horrible that they earn a dubious distinction:
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* ''Comicbook/ThePunisherMAX'' - One of the most horrifically brutal versions pops up here, naturally, in "The Slavers" story arc. The titular criminals are a group of ex-military from East Europe the Eastern European country of Romania who bring a human trafficking ring into New York, and fall under Frank Castle's personal attention. Notably, this gang is so vicious and horrible that they earn a dubious distinction:
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* ''Film/TheJackal'': TheMafiya, in this specific occasion: in retaliation for the accidental death of his brother (a death that happened because the idiot tried to threaten and then tried to kill a bunch of agents of a joint FBI/FSB task force while being taken into custody), [[GreaterScopeVillain Murad]] not only declares open season on those cops but orders ''the assassination of the First Lady of the United States'' (and he pays millions to the Jackal to make damn sure that it's done [[ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination in public and in the most violent way the Jackal can devise]]) as a "[[MakeAnExampleOfThem this is what happens when you fuck with me]]".
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* ''Film/TheJackal'': TheMafiya, in this specific occasion: in retaliation for the accidental death of his brother (a death that happened because the idiot tried to threaten and then tried to kill a bunch of agents of a joint FBI/FSB task force while being taken into custody), [[GreaterScopeVillain Murad]] not only declares open season on those cops but orders ''the assassination of the First Lady of the United States'' (and he pays millions to the Jackal to make damn sure that it's done [[ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination in public and in the most violent way the Jackal can devise]]) as a "[[MakeAnExampleOfThem this is what happens when you fuck with me]]".me]]" message.
* ''Film/{{Ondine}}'': Ondine/Joanna's drug baron attacks in the third act along with his thugs. They're Romanians, as is she (she's actually his wife) and come into Ireland to get back their drug shipment with brutal efficiency (though they're stopped).
* ''Film/{{Ondine}}'': Ondine/Joanna's drug baron attacks in the third act along with his thugs. They're Romanians, as is she (she's actually his wife) and come into Ireland to get back their drug shipment with brutal efficiency (though they're stopped).
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* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' is Hoyt Volker, a [[AmoralAfrikaner South African syndicate leader]] responsible for running a massive drugs-and-slaves ring operating from the [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou Rook Islands]]. Hoyt, a BadBoss and no slouch in a KnifeFight himself, hires other unsavory types, like [[MascotVillain Vaas Montenegro]], the [[RuthlessModernPirates deranged Latino pirate]], and Bambi "Buck Hughes", a [[TheBogan crude and vindictive Australian]] [[PsychoForHire mercenary]] who's also a DepravedHomosexual.
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An occasional subversion of this trope is establishing the "local gangs" as so absurdly ruthless even within their home turf (or make it ''especially'' [[WretchedHive in their home turf]]) that the foreign gangsters are either comparatively harmless or the only true difference is that they are... well, ''foreign''.
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An occasional subversion of this trope is establishing the "local gangs" as so absurdly ruthless even within their home turf (or make it ''especially'' [[WretchedHive [[TotalitarianGangsterism in their home turf]]) that the foreign gangsters are either comparatively harmless or the only true difference is that they are... well, ''foreign''.
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Magnificent Bitch should never be potholed (even though Bala definitely qualities).
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** In a series full of ruthless organized crime groups, [[TheMafiya Hotel Moscow]] stands head and shoulders above the rest, mainly because the core of the Thai branch of the organization is [[FormerRegimePersonnel former Soviet Spetsnaz and paratroopers]] led by a burn-scarred woman named Balalaika who served in Afghanistan in TheEighties. Dutch speaks in hushed tones of the carnage they wrought when they first moved in, and in one arc Hotel Moscow calls Balalaika in to consolidate a foothold in Japan through an alliance with a local Yakuza clan. Like the [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch]] she is, she does just that... after essentially declaring war on said Yakuza ([[BloodKnight because it was more glorious that way]]) and going on a campaign of military-precise terror so brutal that neither the Yakuza ''nor'' the police can think of how to react.
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** In a series full of ruthless organized crime groups, [[TheMafiya Hotel Moscow]] stands head and shoulders above the rest, mainly because the core of the Thai branch of the organization is [[FormerRegimePersonnel former Soviet Spetsnaz and paratroopers]] led by a burn-scarred woman named Balalaika who served in Afghanistan in TheEighties. Dutch speaks in hushed tones of the carnage they wrought when they first moved in, and in one arc Hotel Moscow calls Balalaika in to consolidate a foothold in Japan through an alliance with a local Yakuza clan. Like the [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch]] TheChessmaster she is, she does just that... after essentially declaring war on said Yakuza ([[BloodKnight because it was more glorious that way]]) and going on a campaign of military-precise terror so brutal that neither the Yakuza ''nor'' the police can think of how to react.
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** The hometown of the cast, Roanapur, is usually an inversion of this trope -- the town is such a WretchedHive that it's hard to find anyone ''more'' ruthless than its normal citizenry moving in. When the Florida cartel tries to make a move within the city, they're mostly treated like {{Naive Newcomer}}s and considered [[HarmlessVillain endearing and cute]] by the resident gangster community.
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** The hometown of the cast, Roanapur, is usually an inversion of this trope -- the town is such a WretchedHive that it's hard to find anyone ''more'' ruthless than its normal citizenry moving in. When the Florida cartel tries to make a move within the city, they're mostly treated like {{Naive Newcomer}}s and considered [[HarmlessVillain endearing and cute]] by the resident gangster community.community, even by other Americans (such as Dutch, Revy, and Benny) who've been living in the city for years before they came along.
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* Inverted in Creator/TamoraPierce's second ''Literature/ProvostsDog'' novel, where Beka spends most of her time taking out the Ruthless Local Gangsters, while dealing with (relatively) Family Friendly Foreign Gangsters (Rosto the Piper and his friends).
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* Inverted in Creator/TamoraPierce's second ''Literature/ProvostsDog'' ''Literature/BekaCooper'' novel, where Beka spends most of her time taking out the Ruthless Local Gangsters, while dealing with (relatively) Family Friendly Foreign Gangsters (Rosto the Piper and his friends).
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* ''Film/TheJackal'': TheMafiya, in this specific occasion: in retaliation for the accidental death of his brother (a death that happened because the idiot tried to threaten and then tried to kill a bunch of agents of a joint FBI/FSB task force while being taken into custody), [[GreaterScopeVillain Murad]] not only declares open season on those cops but orders ''the assassination of the First Lady of the United States'' as a "[[MakeAnExampleOfThem this is what happens when you fuck with me]]".
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* ''Film/TheJackal'': TheMafiya, in this specific occasion: in retaliation for the accidental death of his brother (a death that happened because the idiot tried to threaten and then tried to kill a bunch of agents of a joint FBI/FSB task force while being taken into custody), [[GreaterScopeVillain Murad]] not only declares open season on those cops but orders ''the assassination of the First Lady of the United States'' (and he pays millions to the Jackal to make damn sure that it's done [[ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination in public and in the most violent way the Jackal can devise]]) as a "[[MakeAnExampleOfThem this is what happens when you fuck with me]]".
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* In ''Film/InOrderOfDisappearance'', the Count is convinced that the attacks on his gang are coming from the ruthless Serbian gang that has been muscling their way into Norwegian organized crime. As a result, Nils Dickman's actions spark a MobWar between the Norwegians and the Serbs.
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* In ''VideoGame/SaintRow2'', thanks to the PlayerCharacter taking out the three main gangs in Steelport new gangs took their place. One is a Yakuza branch and another is run by an AmoralAfrikaner who mutilates people with machetes.
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* In ''VideoGame/SaintRow2'', ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', thanks to the PlayerCharacter taking out the three main gangs in Steelport new gangs took their place. One is a Yakuza branch and another is run by an AmoralAfrikaner who mutilates people with machetes.
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** The hometown of the cast, Roanapur, is usually an inversion of this trope -- the town is such a WretchedHive that it's hard to find anyone ''more'' ruthless than its normal citizenry moving in. When the Florida cartel tries to make a move within the city they're mostly treated like {{Naive Newcomer}}s and considered [[HarmlessVillain endearing and cute]] by the resident gangster community.
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** The hometown of the cast, Roanapur, is usually an inversion of this trope -- the town is such a WretchedHive that it's hard to find anyone ''more'' ruthless than its normal citizenry moving in. When the Florida cartel tries to make a move within the city city, they're mostly treated like {{Naive Newcomer}}s and considered [[HarmlessVillain endearing and cute]] by the resident gangster community.
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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' - Subverted with Black Tarantula, a crime lord from Argentina trying to expand his empire to the States, starting with New York. He's almost a saint compared to other marvel villains however. In later Daredevil comics he convinces people he's reformed [[spoiler:and even after turning on Daredevil, uses his powers to heal him after getting his money. Oh and he leaves Daredevil some of the money saying help somebody with it!]]
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' - Subverted with Black Tarantula, a crime lord from Argentina trying to expand his empire to the States, starting with New York. He's almost a saint compared to other marvel villains however. In later Daredevil comics he convinces people he's reformed [[spoiler:and even after turning on Daredevil, uses his powers to heal him after getting his money. Oh and he leaves Daredevil some of the money saying help somebody with it!]]
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** In ''Yakuza 1'', this role is filled by the Snake Flower Triad.
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An occasional subversion of this trope is establishing the "local gangs" as so absurdly ruthless even within their home turf (or make it ''especially'' [[WretchedHive in their home turf]]) that the foreign gangsters are either comparatively harmless or the only true difference is that they are... well, ''foreign''.
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* ''Film/TheItalianJob2003'': The Ukrainian mob is so ruthless, even the Korean mob won't mess with it.
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* ''Film/TheItalianJob2003'': The Ukrainian mob is so ruthless, even the Korean mob won't mess with it. The sub-plot that starts when [[SmugSnake Steve]] blows away a black-market fencer that turns out to be family of the local Ukrainian Don is tinged with '''everybody''' [[TheDreaded crapping their pants]] as a result.
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* ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' has the Gerhardts, a ruthless family of German immigrants who've carved a trucking empire out of the upper mid-west of America.
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* ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' ''Series/{{Fargo}}'':
**''Series/FargoSeasonTwo'' has the Gerhardts, a ruthless family of German immigrants who've carved a trucking empire out of the upper mid-west ofAmerica.America.
**''Series/FargoSeasonThree'' gives us [[EvilBrit VM Varga]], who runs a mysterious syndicate in the Midwest and forcibly takes over Emmit Stussy's parking lot company to launder illegal money. This also extends to his two main enforcers, the Russian brute Yuri Gurka, and the Japanese-rooted Meemo.
**''Series/FargoSeasonTwo'' has the Gerhardts, a ruthless family of German immigrants who've carved a trucking empire out of the upper mid-west of
**''Series/FargoSeasonThree'' gives us [[EvilBrit VM Varga]], who runs a mysterious syndicate in the Midwest and forcibly takes over Emmit Stussy's parking lot company to launder illegal money. This also extends to his two main enforcers, the Russian brute Yuri Gurka, and the Japanese-rooted Meemo.
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A common reason for a MobWar is an outsider faction, usually a {{T|heTriadsAndTheTongs}}riad, the {{Yakuza}} or TheMafiya attempting to gain foothold on new ground, stepping on the foot of a local gang. In these cases, the invading new criminals are generally seen as more ruthless and prone to break the local's code of honour.
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A common reason for a MobWar is an outsider faction, usually a {{T|heTriadsAndTheTongs}}riad, faction -- often TheCartel, TheMafiya, TheTriadsAndTheTongs, or the {{Yakuza}} or TheMafiya -- attempting to gain foothold on new ground, stepping on the foot of a local gang. In these cases, the invading new criminals are generally seen as more ruthless and prone to break the local's code of honour.
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*** Inverted for the ThievesGuild when they expanded operations into Morrowind where the native [[TheSyndicate Camonna Tong]] already filled a similar role. The Camonna Tong is much more brutal, ruthless, and [[TheMafia Mafia-esque]]. They're active in Morrowind's [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slave]] and [[FantasticDrug Moon Sugar/Skooma]] trades, and are much more willing to eliminate opposition by force. This is compared to the Thieves Guild who tends to practice more [[KarmicThief Karmic Thievery]] with some [[JustLikeRobinhood Robinhood-like]] elements and who has a [[ThouShallNotKill "No Kill" policy]] save as a last resort.
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*** Inverted for the ThievesGuild when they expanded operations into Morrowind where the native [[TheSyndicate Camonna Tong]] already filled a similar role. The Camonna Tong is much more brutal, ruthless, and [[TheMafia Mafia-esque]]. They're Mafia-esque]] (with elements of TheKlan, [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain for good measure]]), are active in Morrowind's [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slave]] slavery]] and [[FantasticDrug Moon Sugar/Skooma]] trades, and are much more willing to eliminate opposition by force. This is compared to the Thieves Guild who tends to practice more [[KarmicThief Karmic Thievery]] with some [[JustLikeRobinhood Robinhood-like]] elements and who has a [[ThouShallNotKill "No Kill" policy]] save as a last resort.
