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| Founding location | Bar |
|---|---|
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Territory | Europe: The Balkans, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Ukraine South America: Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador |
| Ethnicity | Montenegrins |
| Criminal activities | Arson, cocaine trafficking, tobacco smuggling, loan-sharking, extortion, murder, gambling, assault |
| Allies | Penose Serbian mafia 'Ndrangheta Colombian drug cartels Mexican drug cartels |
| Rivals | Berane and Cetinje clan wars |
The Montenegrin mafia (Crnogorska mafija/Црногорска мафија) refers to the various criminal organizations based in Montenegro or composed of Montenegrins. Outside of the country Montenegrin gangs are active throughout Europe-notably Serbia. The gangs tend to specialize in narcotics smuggling, tobacco smuggling and arms trafficking.
2021 Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment of Montenegro (SOCTA) identifies 10 high-risk organized crime groups in Montenegro, with Kavač and Škaljari clans being by far most prominent, and playing the central role in so called Balkan cartel. Most of the other high risk organized crime groups in Montenegro are either subservient to, or allied with one of two aforementioned Kotor clans. Major crime groups in Montenegro specialize in narcotics smuggling, although highly profitable cigarette smuggling is a focus of several criminal associations. [1]