Founded | 19th century |
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Founding location | United Kingdom |
Territory | United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain, and Thailand |
Ethnicity | Predominantly White British (including Scottish and Irish) with other ethnicities including Turkish Cypriot, South Asian and Black British |
Criminal activities | Racketeering, prostitution, bookmaking, drug trafficking, loan sharking, extortion, counterfeiting, robbery, bribery, contract killing, assault, gambling, arms trafficking and smuggling |
Allies | Turkish mafia Milieu Penose Kinahan Cartel Australian syndicates |
Rivals | Israeli mafia Baybaşin family |
British firms are organised crime groups originating in the United Kingdom.[1]