General term for organized criminal groups based in Turkey
Criminal organization
Turkish mafia
Territory
Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Bulgaria, Albania, Israel, Balkans, Turkmenistan, France, Netherlands, Belgium, United States, Switzerland, Norway, Romania[1][2]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Criminal activities
Arms trafficking, assassination, assault, bank fraud, blackmailing, bribery, car bombing, car theft, contract killing, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, extortion, forced prostitution, fraud, human trafficking, infiltration of politics, illegal gambling, insurance fraud, kidnapping, money laundering, murder, police corruption, police impersonation, prostitution, racketeering, tax evasion, theft, witness intimidation, witness tampering
Allies
British firms Albanian mafia Sicilian Mafia Azerbaijani mafia Pakistani mafia Russian mafia Colombian cartels Bulgarian mafia Sinaloa Cartel[3] Cartel of the Suns
Rivals
Armenian mafia Greek mafia Kurdish mafia
Turkish mafia (Turkish: Türk mafyası) is the general term for criminal organizations based in Turkey and/or composed of (former) Turkish citizens. Crime groups with origins in Turkey are active throughout Western Europe (where a strong Turkish immigrant community exists) and less so in the Middle East. Turkish criminal groups participate in a wide range of criminal activities, internationally the most important being drug trafficking, especially heroin. In the trafficking of heroin they cooperate with Bulgarian mafia groups who transport the heroin further to countries such as Italy.[4] Recently however, Turkish mafia groups have also stepped up in the cocaine trafficking world by directly participating in the massive cocaine smuggling pipeline that runs transnationally from South America to Europe. They allegedly have a lucrative partnership with the Venezuelan drug-trafficking organization known as the Cartel of the Suns who ships them cocaine along with criminal elements from Ecuador. Turkish organized crime has pushed into less traditional cocaine markets as well such as into Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and the wealthy petro-states of the Persian Gulf. Cosa Nostra and the Turkish mafia are also known[citation needed] to be extremely close. Criminal activities such as the trafficking of other types of drugs, illegal gambling, human trafficking, prostitution or extortion are committed in Turkey itself as well as European countries with a sizeable Turkish community such as Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Albania, and the United Kingdom.[citation needed]
Most Turkish crime syndicates have their origin in two regions: the Trabzon province on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the East and Southeast Anatolia in the south of the country. The biggest origin is on the coast of the Black Sea, located near Trabzon.[citation needed]
^""Regele Florilor" a pus Politia Româna pe mafia turca - Ziarul National". 19 November 2010.
^"Cum a reuşit mafia turcă să fraudeze statul român". 26 January 2016.
^LaOpinionLA, Por: Redacción laopinionla laopinionla (June 5, 2020). "VIDEO: Mafia de Turquía anuncia asociación con el Mayo Zambada y el Cártel de Sinaloa".
^"From opium to heroin: Turkey's gold mines < Enquiries < REPORT < Flare Network". flarenetwork.org. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
Turkishmafia (Turkish: Türk mafyası) is the general term for criminal organizations based in Turkey and/or composed of (former) Turkish citizens. Crime...
form of Russian organized crime in Germany. Turkish crime groups which consist of mafia clans from Turkey are active throughout Germany in extortion,...
Armenian mafia Azerbaijani mafia Bulgarian mafia Greek mafia Macedonian mafia Mexican Mafia Montenegrin mafia Romanian mafia Serbian mafia Georgian mafia Indian...
the unrest in Turkish Kurdistan. Turkish police cracked down on the Kurdish mafia in the process. The Taliban supplied the Kurdish mafia with opiates in...
Albanian mafia or Albanian organized crime (Albanian: Mafia Shqiptare) are the general terms used for criminal organizations based in Albania or composed...
Peker (Turkish: [(re'jis) seˈdat peˈcæɾ]; born 26 June 1971) is a Turkishmafia boss and whistle-blower who has made various allegations about Turkish politicians...
The Armenian mafia (Armenian: Հայկական մաֆիա) is a general term for organized criminal gangs that consist of ethnic Armenians. In Armenia, the structure...
are strong Turkish, Chinese, Yugoslav, Russian, Albanian and Italian communities in the Netherlands. Criminal outfits such as the Turkishmafia, Triads,...
active in most former Soviet states, Turkey, the Netherlands, Germany and other European countries. The Azerbaijani mafia is one of the oldest crime groups...
organized crime (See also Abu Nidal Organization) Doghmush clan Turkishmafia Crime groups in Turkey (see also Deep state and Yüksekova Gang) Kılıç gang Çakıcı...
organization can also be referred to as an outfit, a gang, crime family, mafia, mob, (crime) ring, or syndicate; the network, subculture, and community...
(mostly Cambodian) Armenian Power Chaldean mafia Israeli mafia Abergil crime family TAP Boyz Turkishmafia Bandidos Boozefighters Breed Brother Speed...
In Turkey, the deep state (Turkish: derin devlet) is an alleged group of influential anti-democratic coalitions inside the Turkish political structure...
paramilitary Grey Wolves organization and the Turkishmafia. It took place during the peak of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict in the mid-1990s. The scandal surfaced...
and distributing heroin, and have done business with the Albanian and Turkishmafias. Criminal clans in the region have frequently been hostile to each other...
The Macedonian mafia (Macedonian: Македонска мафија, romanized: Makedonska mafija) is a body of illegal gangs and criminal organizations operating in...
The Frankfurt mafia is a crime group from Veles, North Macedonia that was involved in the heroin trade in Frankfurt, Germany and Vienna, Austria. It was...
The illegal drug trade in Turkey has played a significant role in its history. Turkish authorities claim that Drug trafficking has provided substantial...
Guys. In the Turkish TV series Valley of the Wolves, Chechen mafia members are seen in the Valley. In the 2014 film The Drop, the Chechen mafia uses a series...
arrested on 1 November 2023 in Istanbul by Turkish police. Organised crime in Australia Turkishmafia "Turkish-Australian crime boss key to arrest of more...
Valley of the Wolves (Turkish: Kurtlar Vadisi) is a Turkish media franchise created by Osman Sınav. The franchise includes several TV series, movies,...
the heroin entering the country is controlled by the Pakistani mafia and Turkishmafia. Glostrup, a blue-collar suburb in Copenhagen ranked as the most...
Global Information