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All About History The History of Gangs Ed2 2025

The document explores the history and influence of various organized crime groups, including the Mafia, Yakuza, and MS-13, detailing their operations and notorious figures. It highlights the evolution of gangs in Britain, particularly the Peaky Blinders, and their impact on society and culture. The text also discusses the violent nature and unique characteristics of these criminal organizations throughout history.

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All About History The History of Gangs Ed2 2025

The document explores the history and influence of various organized crime groups, including the Mafia, Yakuza, and MS-13, detailing their operations and notorious figures. It highlights the evolution of gangs in Britain, particularly the Peaky Blinders, and their impact on society and culture. The text also discusses the violent nature and unique characteristics of these criminal organizations throughout history.

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THE HISTORY oF ONCE YOU'RE IN, aa YOU'RE IN FOR LIFE if Edition §@ " MAFIA | YAKUZA | MS-13 | HELLS ANGELS | THE KRAYS | Digital [2: y y y y ¥ y rr ; y y yr BRARBRE LARA RR ADA RED DRRRRRRLA RRL LARD » AS SESREDRRER SR SS SESSARREE aaaA hea hARARR RROD >bP Tr VV rrr TP VV VV rrr rFrVrrrrrrrry r| vy rrerry mer “Pm gonna make you an offer’ , you can't refuse...” ‘Now listen closely, ‘cause 'm only gonna soy his once. This in’ no negotiation. I's. @ one-time deal rm gonna do something those of us who live in the world of organised ime don't usually do and let you in. You'l se things you never even thaught were possible, and you better be ‘prepared to meet people you couldn't dream up in your ‘worst nightmares. Th ain't or the fain-hearie, al right? First up we got the likes of the Peal Blindars of Birmingham and the crooks who used to run the Big Apple, ‘You might even coll them pioneers, for they were some (ofthe first to form into what the cops ike to call gangs, Me, I don't ike the phrase. | don't run @ gang - I run an ‘organisation, and don’t you forge. Anyway, next we'll meet «few of my ld friands from the Mob and some of the most formidable dames you ever did see, Assuring you survive ll shat, we'll be heading out eas fo see what the youza have been up fo in Japan and find out why the Russian Maia seems to be doing so wll And if you think these guys ‘re scary, wait until you meet the real weirdos. 'm talking ‘people who wl cut your har off fora few bucks or steal your dinner plates. After them welll ioke a ride withthe Hells ‘Angels and the Mongols. No, not together! Are you crazy?! Now where was I? Oh yes, ast but certainly not lacs, we {90 the real ruthless types. Some of ‘em are inthe slammer, some ain't, but whether i's the Mexican Mafia, the Crips or [MS-13, | suggest you don't look ‘em inthe eye. Well finish with a rundown of the best mobster fcks, Don't breathe @ word of this fo anyone, We don’ like sniches. Capiche? Contents BRITAIN’S FIRST GANGS INTERVIEW WITH A MAFIA EXPERT wv aNer THE REAL PEAKY BLINDERS PROHIBITION AND THE MOB wv ae GANGS OF NEW YORK BOSS OF BOSSES Ne TOP DONS ser WOMEN OF THE UNDERWORLD aNer YAKUZA FAMILY x THE 14K TRIAD THE RUSSIAN MAFIA oS 76 = ‘THE WORLD’S WEIRDEST GANGS ‘THE HIGHWAY TO HELL ~ 38. MEET THE MONGOL HORDE OF AMERICA, —_~ 96 = THE ARYAN BROTHERHOOD ~102~ BANGED-UP BANDITS 108 SCOURGE OF 18TH STREET 114 THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES ~118— AMERICA’S MOST LETHAL GANG 124. MOBS AND THE MOVIES cery & Liquors Violence 8 BRITAIN’S FIRST GANGS 12 THE REAL PEAKY BLINDERS 16 GANGS OF NEW YORK Britain’s First Gangs BEFORE THE PEAKY BLINDERS, A ROGUES’ GALLERY OF LESSER-KNOWN CROOKS TERRORISED NUMEROUS CITIES AND TOWNS IN BRITAIN WORDS JAMES SEAGAL angs hove always bean amongst lawless hinterlands of history, exloting he the vin notion fsengihin chaos of te before cordinoed pong, umber ond might makes fight forerscs end wines protection From he aed cs cieaton isa But _smoke-bockened eroes of he urban inner tile many ltler-doy criminal ly tothe impoverished wilds of fhe deep crevsbecame mmodalzed by populer counts, ary backdrop could provide ‘autre ~ rom the Fecky Binders othe Key a ferile breeding ground for Btin's first ‘win inforous Fem some of Briin’smost gongs, ond haze were si of he mas! feared brutal but les-ored ous hailed fom the and respected vero rule her pach Scuttlers MANCHESTER AND SURROUNONG ARS tare 91a canon To walkthrough the skins of Manchester and ts satelite tm inthe dying dys of he 19h cetury wast bsg cought inthe crossfire between iva seting gongs. Evry area hod is ‘own mob of bored, angry, unerplored workng-closs youths, ll Finding on oul end a commit of ots among fei allow ‘exponents of see! violence and pet crime, From the Bengal Tigers andthe Meadow Lads te the Grey Mare Boye ond he Terrace Lods, he bate Enee were drawn in blood cross the Nor, but the rv scutes di shore some common philosophies, ically dressing in bl-botoms, scarves ond evel bros-capped gs fhe beter fr shtlerng ‘an opponents shin bones Fox weaponry, they favoured keives ‘onda makeshift whip created by removing the bel and lshing ‘odversovi with the buckle bul the more imaginative set fighter might ene the roy wth «cose, fre poker or bot ed vith sting, whist above he hood Ha a aso ‘lis poak in 1890, suiting wes an epic with 500-stong clashes between gangs not uncommon and StangewaysPison ‘trugling te contin those rounded up bythe police. And while hondfl of pot social advancements from the aden of youth club fo the ceorng of he slums defonged the movement inthe ‘atly 208 contr, the invence of his protoreet lence can till be fltin moder fetal hooliganism, ‘Woe bide the ost sou who verkred ino the Ook ‘end fy In in Heke, Tokng her nara ram ‘he unassuming Kent vlage from which the gong masterminded smuggling rocket across the South SSS Coos (supposed trough alebrintne waren of tunnel) the loaded weapons brazenly ployed by Her! oot ols onthe bles of her pub headquores let no dou as fo the notre o hie sidaine:utra-vlence. ‘ ‘ithe peok of hor powers in tho ary 17405 WN ‘nd wit their orks bolsored by savage young toughs Rec ike erich Crs any inemupon Howlhuss slick operation was me by bral reprisal Jt some RG ofthe entries on tei spialing rap sheet saw the BRITAIN’S FIRST GANGS Hawkhurst Gaming ¢sounes:escuno vzas-1709 ‘© shipment of stolen eo, whipping o death o orm labourer suspecea of dipping the merchandise, ‘swaggering ino local puts fring guns in the a, and ‘even throwing ros down wells or bunying them ave. Hawthurts infamy wos sealed by their audacious 1747 night rid on Pools Costom House aking cf ith ver 3,000 pounds to) Bul the gongs itn ft proved their undoing, wih the communes ‘hay governed rising up ogc them; ha some year « mito formed of Gouda ownefolk routed Hawkhurst, ond in ther weokened sit the ‘ouhorties moved in, executing ingens Athur Gray ‘end Thomas Kings, hen banging and gibbeing ‘ouressunderings. The pub sill sands, bt the ong ‘ht used ies their bose is long confined othe pas Witt ira Road Gang Petunsmen atid While authorities perceived most gongs ofthe 18h and 19th centuries to bea by-product of urbon blight, one cf he era's moat fared exponents emerged fom the eS S = tee eee neice Rood carid « fearsome reputation, earned by « cabal of powerul pan-generationel folie: whoee activities pee ene eae ee ee ey The Forty Elephants Heian sheer eae er ebanie care EormDOn teres: 2088) eee es By hele 1h century, the department stores of London's West End were held ino soe of Sete ete Leet pores, helen prey lo @ morales end nearer sholiling compeign uneled poe ee ee etd Bish hry From fhe macn sees of Suh London, the edi of he Forty Elephants eer ee arrived smarty dressed has, cammerbunds and maf before loading tbe pockets ofthe I Pe ‘adopted coat with lot that wos inant sired away onto the black marke le “This wos hy orgonised racket, with gong members operaing in cls ond assigned unbreakable, with even the hanging of theron ha fle val ewes were ordered ether poy all or suf the consequences). (Akasa eee a Panetta ‘Wetking handin-love wih the Elephant and Castle Mab, thes famala eves were ofan rere ‘ha fon breadwinner. As Bran McDonald, author of Gangs of endo explain, "Many - ChenenererEa ‘a husbond lounged of home wil is isa was outa work, ond many an ld lag wos High Stroot propped up bye trles shophiting spose. Sore of fee rors were os ough che en Poerrniier epee ere aente ‘hey worked for and proteied.” The uprising could not go unanswered and that some Ruling the Forty Elephants fom the age of 20, none came tougher han Alice Diamond, eee eee ee ee nea ‘ho bot maser he operation ond yt her wn hands dity on accion, nto ov A a a re Ee anise tt eee 4 punch sharpened by fistful of alitring ngs. Under Diomond, the gongs ecvties rood A A eo Eso aoa ‘cree Bron, while heir loih fetes ond glomerouspoes made @ mockery of ho olde thot cme does pay The Penny Mob GLASGOW 18705 Noto nothing hos Glasgow been dibbed ‘ite Chicago ‘nd the cis gonglend narrative canbe Kacad oll he ‘way back othe 1870s. Wi tansions raise by heen Ieh-Catholic migration folloning fhe mid-century pot fomines and young working-oss men choosing thi side of eo nes on a rligius or terol bas the Panny Mob emerged asa force that billy seemed unstoppable The gang's monicker was eamed from the cours ulimatam vhanaver a member wos are: pay asf fire or ere ‘jl sentence (at which point the gong would haw a hip ‘ound from hose on tert, demanding the cough up © penny opice fo secure thee conve elec) Haling from Glasgow's ugh Eas End, the Penny Mobs ‘exganiction wos a sharp os thei ras cde, with he gong ‘employing a structured hierarchy and even electing chairmen to conal he flow of ands When came fo physicality, these ferocious ight dt shrink rom a challange, with terrifying bates known as square-gos} agai vel outs Te the Tm Maboys unfolding undercover of dares on ‘oncent Glasgow Green or he bonks ofthe River Ch ‘while contol of Glasgow pasted on oroling generations oF power new forces, the Penny Mob remains one of Scotlands tralblaing ime organisations, is brand of thal ineligence sting the template or he cerry to come, The High Rip Gang OUvERPOOL 18808. end their influence was 12 rN The Real eA Blinders CTU ee eS ae aa CR ee RRO aa TT COLON —U— ‘ew patiod cme deama in recent decades have ‘come close to matching the sve, exhilaration ee a eae ee ee eerie reenter) or Cerner ubuekona at the series was inspired by the stores his mother and father {old him about growing up inthe Small Heath orea of Cee eee eer ees footings abound. The accents are questionable at ies ee eee «glorious swagger fo the series, anchored by strong See en ee ee eee ieee ee aa ae rents oe erence? Pooky Blinder is based only loosely on fct. Thre co ee ee eee But there was certainly @ Birmingham gang known asthe eel Sta aera) eee ee en at es eens Le eed Victorian Britin formed the breeding ground forthe Ce ee ed ee pe lateral ‘the population ling ator above the subsistence level er ery eee ce me responsible forthe criminal underclass hat emerged in De eas ee ee Cee ete Te ee en es Pee eer eee rere ere ee eee ee See ere aaaers ‘on gombling dans and rough srt sports taking place in LT aaslvokuaiemoltc eee! roirinceslinitteecarinneenpiys scleral Parent Heath and gained dominance by fighting for tertery with Peet eeatstet ok bemelca apace pte ees Pr eet Pernt r ny cen es ‘enemies in a bid o blind them, or uee the paoks to slash eee eres et eee eas poo eae rey Sener reper ieee Cate eer eee nny eee ce ere er ery ore eee Deu ie eer moat vicious gong to emerge from the shims of lte-19th- a a Be ene a ee ed See eee] een) Rese ts historical accounts state tha the rel gang held contol for jst 20 years, from approximately 1890 unfil 1910, Ce ee et ee paar Serene non nnrenrey for any street gang in Brminghom, ‘Steven Knight, the creator ofthe TV series whose family ee ee ee Rare patneceiae wierint ete nd er Sc Coe ee res stor his fther tld him. His father’s uncles, the Sheldons a name that influenced the fcional Shelbys — were bookmakers and part of the Peoky Blinders heritage, His father tld him of being sight or nine years fd red being eT eee ae er er Peet ee ere cee ame Wa QUITE HAD THE VISUAL DYNAMISM OF THE GANG RR ea bal BUTS aa aaa TS ERS EY eee en earns er and sk scane iy button es See are ee Paky Blind | or ars peice 4 “THE DISTINCTIVE DRESS OF THE PEAKY BLINDERS WAS EASILY RECOGNISABLE TO THE POLICE, RIVALS AND THE PUBLIC “My dod wos told o go ond deliver this message,” he {eld BBC History magezne in 2016, "20 he ran through he sees borefoo, knocked onthe door, he door opened and there wor a fable wih about eight men sting around inmeciely cesed, wearing aps ord wih guns in their pockets, The table was covered wth money - aa ime when ro one had o penny —and they were all diakng beer out of am joe because fhess man wouldn't spend money on sass or cups, us that image smoke, booze ond these imocuely dressed men nfs sum in Bingham hough tha’ the thology, thts he sley, and tha’ the firstimege I tred to werk wih.” The origins ofthe Peoky Binders gang ore shy hazy, bot they were cetinly formed in Sell Hoch, possibly by ‘man named Thomas MocHlow, The fist por ofthe gang ‘appeared in he minha Mailon 24 March 1890 ane enived on hs olen unprovoked aad an young men from Smell Heath called George Eastwood, who lt a pub called the Rainbow Public Hous in Adderley Soot ator buyin @ botieof ginger beer. Easiwood was baoten viciously wath bat buckle, “A murderous ourage ot Small Heth, © man's hl edured" ran the newspaper rept. The gang fecused on the acquisition of favourable land in Small Heath and Cheapside, exrome dum aroos of Bersnghern, Thr enponson wos noted by al gong fh Cheapside loggers, who bated against hem in on efor to control land, The Soggers had originated inthe 1870s and wore know for engoging in steel ihn the Bordesley and Small Heath ars. Tho Pecky Binders prevailed, gaining contol of ory nd expanding their eminol enterprize. Thisincladed Proecon rockets, fraud, ond grabs, smuggling, hijacking, robbery ond recetering. The gang became notorious frit violence against innocent ons, rival gangs andthe poke The Pooky Binders deiberielyatockod police ofcrs, which become known af ‘consable boing’ In 1897, 0 police ‘constable ciled George Snipe wa ile bythe gong, aed {our yar kee another condable, Chores Pip Genter, leo hod his token, Hundreds more plizeofcers were ried ‘ond te level of violence prompted some t lave the force. By fr the most powertl member ofthe Peay Binders as ]@ man known as Kevin Meoney, whee real name wes, ‘Thomas Gilbert Other prominent members were David Teylec, Eames Bayles, Stephen Melle and Hary Foe, who wes known a "Bobyfoced Har” Te gang used ‘on essorment of weopons, sch as bo buckles freon, treo iped books, canes ane knives. Firearms tke Webley Revolvers were also used, such a inthe shooting and kiling ‘ofa Summer Hl gong member by Peoky Binder Wiliam Lacey in September 1905, Despite her fearsome reputation, there was n real ‘organised sragy to he Peoky Binder. no lecture ct Leeds Semuel Becket Unieriyin 2013, academic Dr. Heather Shore argued tha he rel Peoky Binders were more focused ‘on shea Fighting, robbery and rockatering, a opposed to ‘organised cima, I's 0 view reinforced by Professor China, "Peay Binders gongs were not bg- fe criminal" e fod Expres.couk n April 2020. “They vere backrest ug and lly ciminals, whose main cbjecve wos lo show of her Fahing prowess” ‘The Peoky Binders ruled the Birmingham saat for Wo decades, but by 1910 they had os power oa ral gang known as he Bingham Boys, ld by former Peoky Binder Billy Kiba, The Pooky Binders” oudciour exponson ino racecourses had promped a volen!beckesh from he Birmingham Boys THE REAL PEAKY BLINDERS — sscaray (ns Mt Beal sean acne ag Et te /$9F Hamer id Me Bry tm iggy Pica : Fi y, tes Gog Hm FY tow $4 Mower SS wo weCay nan B par 1s Bina om hy Prtuan | fad YOahuos ‘tins, dalla) Om Lidar Sed. apse ime 13” Oedet 194 | 0 1570 e/ ve gre 19 oom Sexe om Qededs 108m wm 8 Detrls dant i orem Vl 20 Prager | sre hel vslluag omen le lad [ewe ote Piauel Sl A AT MERI mas Dba igh rom kr i adodual araee Mesaae etourtlipy Smelt 9 a Geld Moma” ty “A al heat sae Wate Heats ress agus hutig 1 Bod L vig. bes ph abs, Hast fe! Al hov Ts Wigan — 4 waa made a dentin the number of people thal gangs could ecules ‘Over a cantury on, the legac of the Pooky Binders in mest people's eyes wil be immersed in he high producon vales and rating, os ced droma that played out across the sx soris of the hugely succesfl BBC TY show: For sres coal Steven Krighy, he eisonce of such a turbulent, deamatic past onthe very Smal Hecth sreets where he grew up come os something ‘fe revelation, os di the foc that his Fail ho le lnkto the gang, He recalls the old enemens before they were knocked down, and the Getson pub —recreced asa pital Peay Binders HO in the TV series — where his grandfather would bang out ‘ature onthe pone in echonge for fee beer and ‘iste cfr he horns he hoe bet on tha oy aed eight would een have to couthe stoves ou of his relatives. But he more he heard, he mort red (Over tne, Peay Binder forties moved tothe countryside, ditancng themaehs fom Birmingham’ entre cn cmina underwceld 8 the end of he 920s, o London gong called ‘he Scbnis had ousted the Birmingham Boys ‘nd coimed ol of Pooky Binders’ frre Birmingham etre, Inet, the very existence a Bingham’ rules gangs hod been under threat since 1899, when polce chief constable Charles Houghton Rater wos appointed wih he fork oF ring the nation’s secon aly eround. He embarked on «apd rcruiment campaign efi 2nd yours men’, hing up te 00 odlinal pole officers “They eskod thre ngs: Con you rea® Can you wit? And con you fight” Professor Chinn {old Expres.couk, “They needed fo havea ‘ceftoinsondard of education buco had fo be tough lads wb lt of physical wining.” The palce wee no longer eunumbered andstoedchane of bing able are! gang members. | MME Fy Binsos cnt tis imaginaon Te preset more plc on ores ncovoged rere | Smeg > | a. dred, by ay dd gv me people fom he ore trp cines, “Bir, were | SEGRNISSNE INE | ae rope, of gypsies ond heres ond gor hs cre Teil ond ome wero scare come othe poe | pears

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