Originating in Irish-American street gangs – famously first depicted in Herbert Asbury's 1927 book, The Gangs of New York – the Irish Mob has appeared in most major U.S. The Irish Mob (also known as the Irish mafia or Irish organized crime) is a usually crime family-based ethnic collective of organized crime syndicates composed of primarily ethnic Irish members which operate primarily in Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, and have been in existence since the early 19th century.

Italian-American Mafia (historically and depending on certain factions), certain groups historically of Russian organized crime (in North America), Aryan Brotherhood (In Oklahoma) Italian Mafia, certain Italian-American Mafia families and factions, Moroccan mafia, Aryan Brotherhood (In California), certain groups of Russian mafia, Irish republican paramilitary groups (in the recent past) and certain dissident Irish republican paramilitary groups (currently) Primarily Irish people and Irish Catholics, including Irish-AmericansĪssault, murder, bribery, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, extortion, fencing, fraud, illegal gambling, loan sharking, money laundering, racketeering, robbery, smuggling, theft, weapons trafficking Ireland, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia

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