Information about organized crime groups, their membership, and their activities today. The statistics about extortion and racketeering listed below are collected from government and security agencies, media articles and other public reports. More information about the crimes and business activities of the transnational crime groups can be seen by clicking on the data.
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Organized Crime Extortion and Racketeering Profits
- ‘Ndragheta Racketeering Profit$65 Billion per year
- Australia – Bikies Racketeering$9 Billion per year
- Australia – Effects of Organized Crime to Economy$15.8 Billion
- Brazil Prison Gang Racketeering Revenue$60 Million per year
- Bulgarian Racketeering Profit$2.2 Billion per year
- Canada Organized Crime Groups900 in 2008
- Chinese Organized Crime – Racketeering in Italy$3.3 Billion
- Extortion Cases in Mexico8,042 reported in 2013
- Extortion Money – Colombia$1 Billion per year
- Extortion Money – Honduras$62.6 Million per year
- Extortion Money – ISIS$1 Million per month in 2014
- Extortion Racket – Pakistan$2.5 Million per year
- Fraud and Online Theft Gangs in Europe1,300 across Europe
- Greece – Loan Shark Racket Profit$6.2 to $12.5 Billion per year
- Guatemala – Drug Trafficking Organizations$289 Million
- Indonesia – Racketeering Profit$1 Billion per year
- Iran – Racketeering Revenue$3 Billion from Heroin
- Italian Mafia – Farming Racketeering$19.2 Billion
- Italian Mafia -Waste Dumping Racket$1.2 Billion in 2012
- Italian Mafia Murders3,374 between 1992 and 2010
- Italian Mafia Revenue$204 Billion
- Italian Mafia Revenue – ‘Ndrangheta$4.6 Billion in 2012
- Italian Mafia Revenue – Camorra$5 Billion in 2012
- Italian Mafia Revenue – Cosa Nostra$2.5 Billion in 2012
- Italy – Witness Protection4,700 people in 2010
- Jamaica Gangs300
- Japanese Yakuza$242 Bilion
- Japanese Yakuza – Members$15 Billion in Football (Soccer) fixes per year
- Mexico – Children Involved in Drug Trade30,000
- Mexico Prison GangsControl 60% of prisons
- Mob Killings – Israel500 in 2013
- Mob Killings of Lawyers59 in Honduras
- Montenegro Organized Crime Groups35 in 2011
- MS-13 – Gang Members30,000
- Myanmar – Drug Trafficking Organizations50 trafficking meth
- New York City Mafia700 full-time, 7,000 associates in 20013
- Northern Ireland Organized Crime Groups180
- Organized Crime Groups in Europe3,600
- Organized Crime Impact in Central America$6.5 Billion per year
- Organized Crime Impact on World GDP15%
- Organized Crime Racketeering Worldwide$322 Billion
- Payment Card Racket – EU$1.9 Billion in Europe
- Peru Racketeering$6 Billion per year
- Romania Organized Crime Groups240 gangs in country
- Russia Cyber Crime Revenue$60 Million per year selling Spam
- Russian Gangs Membership300,000
- United Kingdom Gang Members37,000 in 5,500 gangs
- United Kingdom Racketeering$38.6 Billion per year
- Vietnam Human Trafficking Rings235
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