Kurdish mafia

Kurdish mafia
مافیای کورد
Territory	Mainly Western Asia and Europe; in addition to North America
Ethnicity	Kurdish
Criminal activities	Arms trafficking; contract killing; criminal conspiracy; document forgery; drug trafficking; extortion; hostage; human trafficking; infiltration of politics; kidnapping; murdering; police impersonation; racketeering; tax evasion; theft; torture; witness intimidation;
Allies	Baybaşin family; Greek mafia; Israeli mafia; Russian mafia; Taliban (formerly);
Rivals	Turkish mafia

The Kurdish mafia (Kurdish: مافیای کورد, romanized: Mafyā Kurdan) are organised crime groups run by ethnic Kurds. It has spread mainly to countries in the Western Asia and Europe, but also to North America and Afghanistan.