If you ever wondered about the richest crime organizations in the world, this article is for you.
It has their estimated revenues, activities, leaders net worth and more.
What is organized crime?
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It is aclass of illegal enterprisesthat run locally, nationally, or transnationally for profit.
How does organized crime make money?
Someexamplesof organized crimes include:
How much money does organized crime make?
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This is about 1.5% of the entire worlds gross domestic product (GDP).
Global drug trafficking alone was found to generate about $320 billion.
Counterfeiting was also found to be a heavy-hitter at $250 billion.
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The Medellin Cartel
Medellin is a city in Colombia that is known worldwide mainly because of its cartel.
Its leader and founder, Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, is even more infamous.
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He is the inspiration and main character of NetflixsNarcosseries.
Adjusted for inflation, this is approximately $60 billion today.
It was founded in the late 1980s by Sergei Mikhailov who had served time behind bars for fraud.
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It is made up of 10 semi-autonomous brigades that pool their earnings and resources.
Yamaguchi-Gumi
With anestimated revenueof $6.6 billion, it is Japans largest Yakuza organization.
Its origins can be traced to 1915 as a labor union for dockworkers.
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Its leadership structure is centralized with a boss known as the kumicho.
Some of their activities include internet pornography and stock market manipulation.
They wereinvolved in relief effortsafter the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
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In 2015, a section broke off to form the rival Kobe Yamaguchi-Gumi.
Even then, it remains one of the biggest crime organizations in the world.
Camorra
They have anestimated revenueof $4.9 billion.
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They have been operating for hundreds of years, going back to the 17th century in Naples.
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It is relatively younger compared to Camorra but nevertheless old, having started in the 19th century in Calabria.
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Sinaloa Cartel
With anestimated revenueof $3 billion, this is the largest cartel operating in Mexico today.
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