Greek mafia
The Greek mafia (Greek: Ελληνική μαφία Ellinikí mafía) is the colloquial term used to refer to various organized crime elements originating from Greece. Indigenous organized criminal groups are well-entrenched in the largest Greek urban centers, particularly in Athens.
Founding location | Greece |
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Territory | Greece, Albania, Netherlands, Italy, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom, Germany, Bulgaria, Argentina, United States, Australia, Canada, China, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, South Africa, and other parts of Africa |
Ethnicity | Greek |
Membership | Greeks, Maniots, Pontic Greeks, Greek Americans, Greek Canadians, Greek Cypriots, various other Greek islanders, Romani people |
Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, arms trafficking, assassination, assault, bank fraud, bankruptcy, blackmailing, bribery, bombing, cigarette smuggling, contract killing, extortion, fraud, entryism, human trafficking, illegal gambling, Insurance fraud, kidnapping, money laundering, murder, police corruption, political corruption, protection racket, racketeering, tax evasion, witness intimidation, witness tampering |
Allies | Sicilian Mafia Camorra Albanian mafia Serbian Mafia Armenian Mafia Philadelphia Greek Mob Velentzas crime family Greek Core (South Cartel) Greek North |
Large-scaled organized crime, such as the Greek mafia should not be confused with Greek street gangs, who take part in smaller street crime.
In addition to the domestic Greek criminal organizations, the Sicilian Mafia, Camorra, and Albanian, Romanian and Serbian mafia groups have been operating in Greece in collaboration with the domestic criminal syndicates.
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