History Main / GenericEthnicCrimeGang

* The parents of Alex Wilder from Marvel's ''ComicBook/Runaways'' are a clear example, running L.A.'s criminal underworld with an iron fist as the only two {{BadassNormal}} members of the Pride.

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. It should be noted that at times, the barrier between a black mobster and a gangbanger can be somewhat thin, as some street gangs can be highly organized, but the main difference has to do with scale and presentation. 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.

* Gambol from ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.

* 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.

* Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson, a real-life gangster portrayed in MGM+'s fictionalized ''Series/GodfatherOfHarlem'' is a classic example of this archetype. Throughout the series, he feuds with the Italian Mafia for control of the eponymous neighborhood and (ahistorically) allies with civil rights leader Malcolm X along the way.

* During the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, Harlem's underworld was ruled by several prominent mobsters such as Casper Holstein and Stephanie St. Clair, who were beloved local celebrities that made their money on relatively harmless gambling rackets.

* ''VideoGame/MafiaIII'', meanwhile, stars Lincoln Clay, the [[SoleSurvivor sole surviving]] member of the Black Mob of New Bordeaux, which was slaughtered by the Italians 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.

* 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.

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}}, 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. Compare this with TheYardies, who are British/West Indian gangsters who fulfill a similar archetype, although in real life, these groups often feud with each other.

* 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 rival 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.

* 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 in the series {[Cliffhanger Cliffhanger ending}}.

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 RnB industry. Black mobsters are a mainstay in {{Blaxploitation}} flicks and {{ urban dramas HoodFilm}}, usually portrayed as either roguish anti-heroes or as despicable drug-peddling villains. They're also more likely to be given the {{FriendlyNeighborhoodGangsters}} treatment than other kinds of gangs, especially when placed in opposition to other non-black gangs. Compare this with TheYardies, who are British/West Indian gangsters with a similar background, in real life, these groups often feud with each other.

* ''VideoGame/MafiaII'' has The Bombers, African American gangsters who deal drugs. While they're the least encountered in the main story, ''The Betrayal of Jimmy'' [=DLC=] makes them an AscendedExtra via making them one of the BigBadEnsemble, alongside TheTriadsAndTheTongs.

[[folder:Black Mafia]]
Essentially the classier, scaled-up version of stereotypical black {{gangbangers}}. These mobsters tend to share a lot of traits with the Italian Mafia, with a preference for [[ManOfWealthAndTaste sharply tailored suits]] and highly structured hierarchies. However, due to deep-seated ethnic tensions, the two types of gangs rarely get along, and most settings involving both will portray them as bitter enemies. They might also be somewhat at odds with black gangbangers when they're not using them to do their dirty work since the more sophisticated Mafia blacks tend to see gangstas as [[StopBeingStereotypical living up to racist stereotypes]]. Stereotypically, they deal mostly in drugs like heroin and coke, sex work, and the music industry, but earlier portrayals tend to involve gambling rackets instead. Black mobsters are a mainstay in {{Blaxploitation}} flicks, either portrayed as roguish heroes or despicable drug-peddling villains. Compare this with TheYardies, who are British/West Indian; in real life, these groups often feud with each other.

* One could argue that CJ and Big Smoke from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' move on 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 neighbourhood-based gang with implied Black Panther origins but their gang has been facing pressure from their rival 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.

* Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson can be seen as, a real-life TropeCodifier for black mobsters in fiction.

* The Black Mafia Family or BMF, which 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.

* During the Harlem Renaissance, Harlem's underworld was ruled by several prominent mobsters such as Casper Holstein and Stephanie St. Clair, who were local celebrities that made their money on gambling rackets.

* ''VideoGame/MafiaIII'', meanwhile, stars Lincoln Clay, the [[SoleSurvivor sole surviving]] member of the Black Mob of New Bordeaux, which was slaughtered by the Italians in a power play for the city. Lincoln's own organization is a bit more EqualOpportunityEvil, although still weighted black. Lincoln is [[EnemyMine assisted by Cassandra]], the mysterious leader of the local Haitian gang, who holds a grudge against the former Black Mob.

Essentially the classier, scaled-up version of stereotypical black {{gangbangers}}. These mobsters tend to share a lot of traits with the Italian Mafia, with a preference for [[ManOfWealthAndTaste sharply tailored suits]] and highly structured hierarchies. However, due to deep-seated ethnic tensions, the two types of gangs rarely get along, and most settings involving both will portray them as bitter enemies. They might also be somewhat at odds with black gangbangers when they're not using them to do their dirty work since the more sophisticated Mafia blacks see gangstas as [[StopBeingStereotypical living up to racist stereotypes]]. Stereotypically they deal mostly in drugs like heroin and coke, sex work, and the music industry, but earlier portrayals tend to involve gambling rackets instead. Black mobsters are a mainstay in {{Blaxploitation}} flicks, either portrayed as roguish heroes or despicable drug-peddling villains. Compare this with TheYardies, who are British/West Indian; in real life, these groups often feud with each other.

* ''VideoGame/MafiaIII'', meanwhile, stars Lincoln Clay, the [[SoleSurvivor sole surviving]] member of the Black Mob of New Bordeaux, which was slaughtered by the Italians in a power play for the city. Lincoln's own organization is a bit more EqualOpportunityEvil, although still weighted black. Lincoln is assisted by Cassandra, the mysterious leader of the Haitian gang, who holds a grudge against the former Black Mob.

* The Ronin from ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' are a branch of the Japanese yakuza who took over the Vice Kings' businesses of gambling, prostitution, and pornography since their collapse in the first game. Also, in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1'', the Westside Rollerz are comprised about fifty-fifty of Asian and WhiteGangbangers, but their leadership is all-Caucasian and they don't have any ties to East Asian organized crime.

* ''Film/BadBoysII'' features some of these in a gang war with the South American variety.

* The Armenian Mafia (which bears some significance in RealLife UsefulNotes/LosAngeles) appears as an extremely minor gang in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. Simeon Yetarian is implied to be a member of the gang.

* Mr. Big in both 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).

* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' gave us the Sons of Samedi, an [[TheYardies Afro-Caribbean]]-led gang controlling 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.

* A throwaway line in Series/{{Leverage}} referring to a "New Zealand mafia" somewhere on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. Even the characters are surprised. New Zealand actually has the highest rate of gang membership per capita in the world. [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels Outlaw biker clubs]] are especially prevalent, some clubs are white-only while others are predominately Maori.

* ''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 the gangsters were originally planned to be Rastafarians, but [[ViewersAreMorons executives were worried audiences wouldn't know what Rastafarians are.]]

** Though they usually have multi-species organizations, the [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Blue Skinned Space Babe]] race of the Asari seems to run almost all major crime in the galaxy. The asari planet Illium is officially a "special economic zone", but in reality that means it's a primary hub for everything that is illegal to sell elsewhere.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' gives us the Hutts, of whom almost the entire species has crime lord as their [[PlanetOfHats Hat]]. However Jabba has members of [[EqualOpportunityEvil countless species]] under his employ and is the only Hutt seen in the original trilogy.

* The [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Bending Triads]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' are divided along the three major ethnicities. The Terra Triad is composed of [[DishingOutDirt earthbenders]], the Red Monsoons employ [[MakingASplash waterbenders]], and the Agni Kais are [[PlayingWithFire firebenders]]. There's also the Triple Threat Triad, so named because it [[EqualOpportunityEvil employs all three.]]
* The Giovanni Clan from TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade can be summed up as "vampire Mafia" (plus necrophilia and incest). Members do have real world ethnicities, however; the central family is from Venice (which makes them "vampire Mala de Brenta", technically), but have made business-based marriages into families in Mexico (Aztec necromancers), Scotland (CannibalClan werewolves), and the American East Coast (Rothschild {{Expy}}).

Essentially the classier, scaled-up version of stereotypical black {{gangbangers}}. These mobsters tend to share a lot of traits with the Mafia, with a preference for [[ManOfWealthAndTaste sharply tailored suits]] and highly structured hierarchies. However, due to deep-seated ethnic tensions, the two types of gangs rarely get along, and most settings involving both will portray them as bitter enemies. They might also be somewhat at odds with black gangbangers when they're not using them to do their dirty work, since the more sophisticated Mafia blacks seeing gangstas as [[StopBeingStereotypical living up to racist stereotypes]]. Stereotypically they deal mostly in drugs like heroin and coke, but earlier portrayals tend to deal in gambling rackets instead. Black mobsters are a mainstay in {{Blaxploitation}} flicks, either portrayed as roguish heroes or despicable drug-peddling villains. Compare with TheYardies, who are British/West Indian; in real life, these groups often feud with each other.

* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1'' features the Vice Kings, a predominantly African-American gang controlling gambling, prostitution, and pornography in Stilwater. Unlike other gangs in the game, their leader, Benjamin King, actually tries to go legit and to gradually exorcise the illegal aspects of his business, which is cut short by the Saints' intervention and his own dissatisfied underlings' treachery.

* Mr. Black ([[IncrediblyLamePun haha, get it?]]) from ''Film/{{Darkman}}'' appears to be one of these, from the way he dresses, but it's hard to tell because [[BlackDudeDiesFirst he is almost immediately killed]] by Durant.

* Played for laughs in ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding''.

* ''ComicBook/{{Kaijumax}}'': In the titular [[ExtranormalPrison prison]] the various {{Kaiju}} often form their own {{gang|Bangers}}s depending on what type of creature they are, examples include [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious the Cryps]] (based on the Aryan Brotherhood), the [[{{Yakuza}} Maketo]] (japanese kaiju) and the pacifistic group of [[RobotReligion religious]] HumongousMecha lead by [[RobotMe Mechazonn]].

-->'''Garrus:''' Don't be fooled. [[CrapsaccharineWorld Illium]] is just like [[WretchedHive Omega]], only with more [[NiceShoes expensive shoes]].

Essentially the classier, scaled-up version of stereotypical black {{gangbangers}}. These mobsters tend to share a lot of traits with the Mafia, with a preference for [[ManOfWealthAndTaste sharply tailored suits]] and highly structured hierarchies. However, due to deep-seated ethnic tensions, the two types of gangs rarely get along, and most settings involving both will portray them as bitter enemies. There may also be tensions with black gangbangers, with the Mafia blacks seeing gangstas as [[StopBeingStereotypical representing qualities they'd rather not be acknowledged]], while the "street" types see their more upscale counterparts as [[AtLeastIAdmitIt lying to themselves]] and [[WickedPretentious putting on airs]]. Stereotypically they deal mostly in drugs, but earlier portrayals tend to deal in gambling rackets. These characters are a mainstay in {{Blaxploitation}} flicks, either portrayed as roguish heroes or despicable drug-peddling villains. Compare with TheYardies, who are British/West Indian; in real life, these groups often feud with each other.

* Gambol from ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

* Nino Brown in ''Film/NewJackCity''.
* Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson can be seen as, like Frank Lucas a real-life TropeCodifier of sorts for black mobsters in fiction.

* In ''Film/{{Friday}}'', Craig and Smokey owe money to a black gang led by Big Perm.

* The Black Mafia Family or BMF, active between the late 1980s to the mid-2000s can be seen as a real-life version of this trope.

* During the Harlem Renaissance, Harlem's underworld was ruled by several prominent mobsters such as Casper Holstein and Stephanie St. Clair, both of whom based their income off lottery-rackets.

* While "Chalky" White's operation is distinctly a second-stringer to Nucky Thompson's at the beginning of ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', he rises in social status both legitimate and criminal over the course of the series.

* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1'' has the Vice Kings, a predominantly African-American gang controlling gambling, prostitution, and pornography in Stilwater. Unlike other gangs in the game, their leader, Benjamin King, actually tries to go legit and to gradually exorcise the illegal aspects of his business, which is cut short by the Saints' intervention and his own dissatisfied underlings' treachery.

Essentially the classier, scaled-up version of stereotypical black {{Gangbangers}}. These mobsters tend to share a lot of traits with the Mafia, with a preference for sharply tailored suits and highly structured hierarchies. However, due to deep-seated ethnic tensions, the two types of gangs rarely get along, and most settings involving both will portray them as bitter enemies. Stereotypically they deal mostly in drugs, but earlier portrayals tend to deal in gambling rackets. These characters are a mainstay in {{Blaxploitation}} flicks, either portrayed as roguish heroes or despicable drug-peddling villains. Compare with TheYardies, who are British/West Indian; 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, he is constantly under-estimated because of his race, both by his Italian counterparts and by law enforcement.

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

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

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and the spin-off ''Series/{{Angel}}'' had the occasional [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demonic]] mafiosi. For example, that loanshark who was [[SharkMan a literal humanoid shark]]. We never got a close look at the family dynamics, though.

-->'''Garrus:''' Don't be fooled. Illium is just like [[WretchedHive Omega]], only with more [[NiceShoes expensive shoes]].

[[folder:African American mobsters]]
The classier, more organized version of {{Gangbangers}} (who frequently despair at the latter and wish they'd StopBeingStereotypical). They also tend to share traits with the Mafia such as sharp suits and closely structured hierarchy. Stereotypically deal either in gambling rackets or in drugs. They show up often in {{Blaxploitation}} flicks. Compare with TheYardies, who are British/West Indian; 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.

* Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson can be seen as a TropeCodifier of sorts for the Black mob.

* GangBangers: Varies; at least in the United States, they're often either African-Americans and/or Mestizo Hispanics. In other countries, it's any local ethnic group that is mostly concentrated in poor urban ghettos.

* ''Series/TheIndianDetective'': Doug gets tangled up with a local organized crime gang in Mumbai led by Gopal Chandekar. Of course, they don't stand out as an ''ethnic'' gang, per se, because they're also Indian.

The classier, more organized version of GangBangers (who frequently despair at the latter and wish they'd StopBeingStereotypical). They also tend to share traits with the Mafia such as sharp suits and closely structured hierarchy. Stereotypically deal either in gambling rackets or in drugs. They show up often in {{Blaxploitation}} flicks. Compare with TheYardies, who are British/West Indian, in real life, these groups often feud with each other.

* One of the FeudingFamilies from ''Film/RomeoMustDie'' was this type of mob, the other being a {{Triad}}.

* During the Harlem Renaissance, Harlem's underworld was ruled by several prominent mobsters such as Casper Holstein and Stephanie St.Clair, both of whom based their income off lottery-rackets.

* ''Fanfic/TheHeadhunt'' has an offhand mention that the [[SpacePolice Ver Eshalakh]] (alien military police) have "had … encounters with the Milieu which did not end in their favor".

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

* 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.]]

* The Hmong GangBangers from ''Film/GranTorino''.

* The Azn Bad Boys of ''{{Literature/Worm}}'', with added superpowers.

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.

A more specialized variant of Yardies, and more likely to operate in the Americas, particularly the Southeastern United States. HollywoodVoodoo being the [[HollywoodGeography one thing everyone knows about Haiti]], expect them to practice it.

* Mr. Big in both 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).

* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' gave us the Sons of Samedi, an [[TheYardies Afro-Caribbean]]-led gang controlling drug trade, particularly, that of the fictional [[UsefulNotes/{{Voudoun}} Loa]] Dust. That said, because their primary selling and recruiting grounds are the Stilwater University campus, plenty of WhiteGangBangers fill out their lowest rungs.
* ''{{VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077}}'': The Voodoo Boyz are a predominantly Haitian Afro-Caribbean gang who control the south-west of Night City. They are notoriously insular and use plenty of voodoo imagery to frighten their enemies, but are in fact largely atheist. They also do very little drug-dealing, and confine most of their criminal activities to the Net.

* ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'': [[spoiler: Veronica's father Hiram]] is in the mob, and their family is [[RaceLift changed to Hispanic]] in this adaptation. It's never stated what country exactly they're from, however.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and the spin-off ''Series/{{Angel}}'' had the occasional demonic mafiosi. For example, that loanshark who was a literal humanoid shark. We never got a close look at the family dynamics, though.
* The Tauron Ha'la'tha from ''Series/{{Caprica}}'' fits all four points (family-oriented with an old patriarch--the Guatrau--honor and loyalty, very organized, and all Taurons), despite including some elements of TheCartel (tattoos and rap, plus Taurons are [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Space Mexicans]] even though they speak Ancient Greek--or at least [[TranslationConvention a language "translated" as Ancient Greek]]).

* Creator/BioWare also brought us the Carta, the dwarven mafia from ''Franchise/DragonAge''. Much of the reason they're so prevalent is that dwarven society has a population of casteless dwarves, who are considered the lowest of the low and banned from legitimate occupations; their only choices are crime, begging, prostitution (or something close), cleaning the streets, or emigration (the last often considered a FateWorseThanDeath). Even those who emigrate often end up part of the surface Carta; these tend to smuggle [[AppliedPhlebotinum lyrium]] to outcast ex-templars and apostate mages, among other things.

* The Breccia in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' are the [[OurTrollsAreDifferent Troll]] Mob. The name is something of a GeniusBonus, as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breccia breccia]] is a kind of rock made from fragments of smaller rocks cemented together.

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', the Camonna Tong are a native Dunmeri (Dark Elven) [[TheSyndicate crime syndicate]] fiercely opposed to any foreign presence in Morrowind. They're involved in all manner of [[TheMafia Mafia-esque]] illegal activities, including smuggling, [[FantasticDrug drug running]], "protection" rackets, bribery, and won't hesitate for a second to resort to violence if other methods fail. They're also one of the driving forces of Morrowind's (technically legal but frowned upon by the Empire) [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slave trade]]. They are led by Orvas Dren, [[CainAndAbel brother]] of Vedam Dren, the Imperial appointed and [[TheGoodKing quite upstanding]] Duke of Vvardenfell. Orvas has two [[TheClan Great House]] [[ProudMerchantRace Hlaalu]] councilors in his pocket, effectively giving him veto power over major House Hlaalu policy changes. The Camonna Tong are involved in a gang war with the ThievesGuild, and are the primary adversaries in that [[SidequestSidestory questline]]. Further, [[spoiler:due to what are implied to be gambling debts owed to Orvas by Sjoring Hard-Heart, the leader of the Vvardenfell branch of the [[AdventureGuild Fighters Guild]], the Fighters Guild are effectively the muscle for the Camonna Tong. Dealing with this corruption can be done as part of either the Thieves Guild questline or the Fighters guild questline itself]].

** The Boromar Clan is composed largely of halflings. Who are something of a ProudWarriorRace in this setting. The patriarch and his immediate family are pretty well respected, in fact his daughter is on the city council, but his cousins from the old country (who act as enforcers) are dinosaur riding barbarians.

** The Tyrants are shapeshifters, mostly changelings but some purebred doppelgangers and a few ofher races as well.

* The [[TriadsAndTongs Bending Triads]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' are divided along the three major ethnicities. The Terra Triad is composed of [[DishingOutDirt earthbenders]], the Red Monsoons employ [[MakingASplash waterbenders]], and the Agni Kais are [[PlayingWithFire firebenders]]. There's also the Triple Threat Triad, so named because it [[EqualOpportunityEvil employs all three.]]

* TheYardies: Afro-Caribbean (typically Jamaican) and/or Black British.

* TheYardies: Afro-Caribbean (typically Jamaican) and/or Black-British.

* TheYardies: Jamaicans (or Jamaican-British).

* TheMafiya: [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Various ex-Soviet nationalities]] (especially Russians).

''{{VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077}}'': The Voodoo Boyz are a predominantly Haitian Afro-Caribbean gang who control the south-west of Night City. They are notoriously insular and use plenty of voodoo imagery to frighten their enemies, but are in fact largely atheist. They also do very little drug-dealing, and confine most of their criminal activities to the Net.

* Kiryu Kazuma fights Korean gangsters in ''Videogame/{{Yakuza}} 2''.

* An organised crime outfit.
* Majority is one ethnicity, we get [[GratuitousForeignLanguage some of the language]] and customs for color--they may be referred to as "The [Ethnicity/Nationality] Mafia". Contrast with EqualOpportunityEvil.

* TheMafia: Italians/Sicilians (or Italian-Americans of Sicilian descent).