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REDEMPTION -144
"If people were employed at creating heaven on earth, everybody would be happy; instead each one is creating his own heaven by creating hell for others."
Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom
An unemployed biologist got a new job at the zoo. They offered him to dress up in a gorilla's skin and pretend to be a gorilla so people will keep coming to the zoo.
On his first day on the job, the guy puts on the skin and goes into the cage. The people all cheer to see him. He starts really putting on a show, jumping around, beating his chest and roaring.
During one acrobatic attempt, he loses his balance and crashes through some safety netting, landing square in the middle of the lion cage! As he lies there stunned, the lion roars. He's terrified and starts screaming, "Help, Help!"
The lion races over to him, places his paws on his chest and hisses, "Shut up or we'll both lose our jobs!"
The above joke could one day become reality as man lives,destroys,kills and maims the very earth he lives on and calls his home.Maybe in the not so distant future,we will exist on just pills,chemicals inside domes of glass as the outside has become so unbearably hot and void of vegetation and all other life.
What man is doing to his home and the only home of all known life is the proverbial situation where in a woodcutter is cutting the very branch he is sitting on,ignorant to the fact that the fall is going to kill him.
Killer man,Killer man,
you are doing all that you can
to make this planet a trashcan
Kill,kill,eat,eat all the meat
eat what flies,eat what swims
eat all that lives underground
and now you have begun to eat one another
Killer man,killer man
kill to eat,kill all the meat
to eat and to have a feast
but killer man don't kill for sport
don't kill for trophies
for you know only how to kill
and no not how to give them life
you know only how to sustain and hold on to life
but you know not the mystery of birth and the beyond of death
so killer man,eat all the meat
but murder not that you don't need to eat
Bang lang national park
The roar of Buddha had alerted many hunters who dealt in the sick wildlife trade of tiger products,tortoise shells,snake skins and also Ivory from africa all illegal and punishable under thai law.But ever since conflicts based on religion and faith had entered the southern thailand region,the central government in Bangkok had little say or control over what happened in the thick of the southern forest land.
But things had taken a different turn for radical islamic elements from malayasia and indonesia were now making the forests of Bang lang national park their base from which they operated with impunity or fear of authority.Money from illegal sale of drugs,wildlife,weapons were all being used to fund the growth of a terror network and the setting up of a parallel government in the three southern thailand states.
It was into the protection of these people that Murky aka Markandeyan was brought into and it was towards these people that Rudran's mission was leading him to.
Eye of the tiger
Both Rudran and Buddha proceeded rapidly towards the direction of south and after twenty minutes stopped to catch their breaths and more importantly to quickly form a plan of attack for they had neared their foe.
Even from the distance,rudran heard the barks and howls of dogs who were there with the poachers to pick up the scent of tigers and guide them to the cats,in this case the scent of Buddha. Rudran looked at his companion
and hesitated and immediately Buddha whispered " I will take care of the dogs while you take care of the humans."
" I don't need to tell you that there will always be collateral damage in wars and many innocent lives are lost and destroyed.But remember that these dogs are specifically bred,trained to hunt down tigers and leopards and other nearly extinct animals that live in this forest."
Buddha gazed at rudran and watched as his spirit raged " child of the light,you are a warrior and for you there is only two sides and they are good and bad.You are an angel of the stars and you should not distinguish between forms and lives and never ever let your emotions cloud your judgement or slow your hand as you raise it to strike down evil.The outward physical presence is just an illusion and the truth,the soul is what is to be taken into account.Ask yourself why you have been given such great powers and seek the answer.the answer is that you are pure of heart and soul and possess great clarity of mind and although you try to heal and bring back those that have fallen into darkness,remember just like how you stand in light as light,there are those that have been born in darkness and are filled with darkness.Strike them down so that they might have a chance at redemption and maybe born again in the light of good."
Rudran stared into the tigers eyes " Who are you? and how is that you know so much and possess such great wisdom."
Buddha smiled " I am just the wheel of time and i spin as the wheel spins and we have met for a reason and soon you will realise it.But come now for it is time to launch an attack.I am going to go to the left and let loose a roar that will draw the dogs and the poachers to my side,while you can come behind them and take them on.Okay."
Rudran nodded " okay,pretty decent plan and i think it should work."
Buddha the tiger padded off to his left and Rudran took of to the right and after a few minutes he heard the roar of his friend and soon the dogs barked their heads off and the poachers who held them by leashes cursed them for they were being dragged by the dogs who were all excited and were screaming to be let off.
Rudran crouched and saw that although the dogs and majority of the men moved forward towards buddha,there were a few of them who started to veer in a different direction and rudran knew that they were taking this route so as to out flank and cut off the retreat path of the tiger.
Rudran smiled and waited for both the groups to move away and then stealthily started to pursue the last group of men who were going to lie in wait to kill the tiger in case it ran away from the dogs and poachers with their big guns.But then they had no clue as to what they were going up against for the tiger was no ordinary tiger and neither was its new guardian.
A tiger is one of the most difficult of the big cats to spot for its stripes make it virtually invisible for hunters and poachers who go after it for sport and for its body.But one thing that the tiger cannot mask is its odour and which is easily picked up by the dogs which are used to track it and yet the dogs suddenly came to a halt and put up their noses to get a whiff of the tiger and seemed confused as to its whereabouts.They ran around in circles,yelping in frustration and anger and nearly tore each other in the frenzy of the hunt.
Along with the poachers and their dogs were a couple of large white men with big rifles and they were here purely for sport and the rush and thrill of big game hunting.They had paid a big sum in dollars for the hunt and were now exicted that they could finally get what they were after.
The lead poacher was an excellent guide and one who knew the forest like the back of his hand.He turned to his team and spoke in decent english " Tiger climb tree or hiding in cave.we be patient for a cornered cat is dangerous and will kill without hesitation.So,all be ready with your gun safety's on and ready to shoot."
The words left his mouth and travelled towards the ears of his team and clients and that was the last thing the man spoke for parting the thick bushes came Buddha who with one swipe nearly tore the man into two and then in the next millisecond vanished again into the darkness of the forest.
For most of us who live in the city,a charging angry tiger is a sight that will never,ever be witnessed and so it is left for us to understand what goes on or the reactions and after effects of the people who actually witness it.
An adult tiger weighs about 200 to 225 kgs and now stop for a second and imagine the force it carries in its momentum and now throw in those twenty daggers it carries as claws in its four legs and leave the rest to imagination and fantasy.
The split second coming and going of the large tiger and their guide torn into two created mayhem and the two junior guides did the most stupidest thing that a hunter would do in a jungle and that was they gave themselves to fear and anger and let loose the dogs who ran into the forest in pursuit of the tiger.
The remaining six poachers stood in a circle with their rifles aimed at the forest and placed their clients inside the circle and waited for the dogs to bay and bark once they had found the tiger.
The dogs that the poachers had brought along with them were pitbulls who are notorious for their single minded ferociousness and they have one of the strongest jaws and bites in the canine family.Once a pitbull latches on to something it will not let go even if you kill it and these pitbulls were a cut above that.Mean and deadly,five of them went in hot pursuit of Buddha but it would be in vain.
The poachers and hunters stood waiting for their dogs to bark,howl and alert them to the place of the tiger but soon the air was filled with loud roars,growl followed by yelps and howl from the dogs.
The six poachers shepherding their hunter clients trotted towards the area from where they had heard all the noises and came to a halt at a scene of total carnage.
All eight stood in silence as fear slowly started to grip their souls and one Thai poacher shook his head " This is not the work of a tiger for normal tigers don't do this or kill like this.They run away as far as they can from humans and their dogs or at most will climb a tree to escape the dogs and that is how we usually find them but this is different.Maybe it is a mother who is protecting her cubs but then i am pretty sure that the tiger we saw was a male for it was unusually large and i have never seen such a large specimen before this but for an old legend."
One of the white men " what do we do now? are we going to hunt it down or stand here discussing old legends."
The poacher looked at him with a sneer " Mister white man,you want to hunt the tiger.Go on then for i am pretty sure that the tiger is hunting us and we can see what you can do on your own.But right now my priority is your safety and i think it is better if we retreat and come back tomorrow with more dogs and more men."
The poachers were all thai muslims and yet they had not forgotten their ancient legends and buddhist tales.Now they stood jabbering and chittering away like excited monkeys and their two white customers decided they had heard enough and proceeded to take matters in their own hands.
Both the white hunters were from south africa and were not new to the game or to the killing of big game.they had killed lions,buffaloes,elephants on their own continents and now wanted to kill other big game on different continents and take selfies with their kills and take away the souvenirs,such as the skin of their kills that would be sent to them by ship to their destination.
Companion piece on organisations involved in criminal activities
Poaching,hunting are well oiled and well run organisations by deadly criminals with the help of corrupt government officials.If you have the money then you can get anything you want from anywhere in the world.These organisations run in the shadows and many are run by people who ran the intelligence networks in the former soviet state and other european and south american countries.They are loosely termed and passed off as mafias,mobs or cartels and all of us are familiar with their names and titles.
Russian Mafia
Now officially the scariest organized crime group, a former FBI Special Agent called the Russian Mafia "the most dangerous people on earth." They may have as many as 300,000 members across 450 groups, and are well known for having elaborate and hierarchical tattoos. They frequently use military tactics, and their most common activities are terrorism, organ trafficking, and contract killing.
Serbian Mafia
Composed of multiple groups in Serbia and the Serbian diaspora, the mafia was seen by many Serbs as a way out of the crushing economic aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars. With active cells in 20-30 countries, the organization is best known for drug trafficking and gun-running, although several Serbian bosses in Madrid made headlines in 2009 when they killed and ate a recalcitrant member after running him through a meat grinder.
Chinese Triads
Triads are a loose name for Chinese organized crime groups, who received the name from British authorities as a reference to the triangular symbol they use (the character "hung" inside a triangle). The US government estimates they smuggle up to 100,000 undocumented people into the country every year, and they are also particularly active in counterfeiting money. The hub for Triad activity is Hong Kong.
Yakuza
Also known as Gokudo, these Japanese and Korean organized crime syndicates are almost mainstream. They have office buildings, business cards, and frequently show up in gossip columns of newspapers. Identifiable by their black suits and the missing tips of their little fingers (lopping them off to show contrition to your boss is known as yubitsume), Yakuza are often involved in politics and corporate boards of directors. They were also among the first to respond with relief efforts after the 2011 tsunami.
18th Street Gang
Also known as the Children's Army because they recruited elementary and middle school children, the 18th Street Gang (or M-18) is one of the largest gangs in the Northern Hemisphere. They are said to have a membership of more than 30,000 in the US alone, with a home base in Los Angeles. One of their rival organizations is MS-13 (further down this list), and they are known to have connections to the Mexican cartels and some smaller Central American crime rings.
Mungiki
A terrifying group that is part terrorist organization and part religion, Mungiki (which means "multitude" in Kikuyu) favours rejection of all Westernization and a return to traditional values. While they are currently active only in Kenya, they run extortion rackets in the slums of Nairobi and control the taxi industry, beheading and mutilating anyone who crosses them...sometimes also lighting them on fire. The police in Kenya often treat Mungiki suspects to violent retributive behaviour.
Sicilian Mafia: La Cosa Nostra
Despite being a young mafia (it started in the second half of the 19th century), the Sicilian and American Cosa Nostra ("Our Thing") rapidly became the most feared organized crime group wherever they settled. Strictly family-based and hierarchical, the group is very ritualized and has elaborate initiation ceremonies that are open only to Sicilian men. They follow omert, a code of silence and secrecy; failing to do so results in execution.
Albanian Mob
There are over 15 clans that control the bulk of Albanian organized crime. The highly organized and rigid structure of their mostly family-based system has resulted in Albanian mafia cells spreading globally, with a focus on drug trafficking, human trafficking, and arms dealing. They are quick to violence and one of the godfathers, Daut Kadriovski, has been identified as the biggest heroin dealer in Europe.
Hells Angels
Considered an organized crime syndicate by the US State Department, the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is best known for riding Harley Davidsons and having an almost mythical history of crime attributed to them. The official policy of the club is that they are motorcycle enthusiasts and any crimes committed are the fault of individual members, not club policy; pop culture, such as the 1966 film The Wild Angels, depicts them as ruthless, violent criminals. Members of the gang have been associated with drug trafficking, sex work rings, and extortion.
Mexican drug cartels
Although the Mexican drug trafficking organizations have existed for decades, they rose to greater power with the demise of the Medellin and Cali Colombian cartels. Drug trafficking now makes up approximately 63% of Mexico's economy, and is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths. The "war on drugs" has resulted in dangerous and violent retaliation from the cartels; more than 20,000 people have disappeared, and an investigation into mass graves found a staggering 24,000 corpses. Rape, kidnap, and torture are endemic, and cartel members are often armed with military-grade weapons, like rocket launchers and the ubiquitous AK-47s.
Mara Salvatrucha
Often shortened to MS-13, this gang of mostly Central Americans is based in Los Angeles, although they have spread to elsewhere in North America and Mexico. They are notoriously violent, and were recruited by the Sinaloa cartel to help with enforcement. The gang is reported to have over 50,000 members, who are distinguished by their large tattoos, often on the face and chest, and their distinctive hand signs.
Colombian drug cartels
Until 2011, Colombia was the world's top cocaine producer, but a strong anti-narcotic campaign has resulted in the dismantling of many of the most dangerous producers, such as the Medellin and Cali cartels. At their peak, these cartels hired engineering experts from Russia and the US to help with their trafficking. The disappearance of the larger groups left Colombia's organized crime landscape fractured and vulnerable to manipulation and attack by guerrilla groups and both Colombian and US governments.
D-Company
This group based in India, Pakistan, and the UAE is led by Dawood Ibrahim, an internationally wanted man (and Bollywood star) whose activities go from extortion up to terrorist acts like the 1993 Bombay bombings, which killed 257 people and injured over 700. Ibrahim is said to have ties to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and D-Company is funded with billions of dollars from legitimate businesses (including real estate and banking) as well as illegal activities. Currently on the run, Ibrahim is said to have undergone extensive plastic surgery.
Despite what Hollywood says, organized crime is a lot more about maintaining a smoothly functioning illegal global economy than it is about explosions and cement overshoes.
Its top money-making industries are drug trafficking, human trafficking, smuggling migrants, illegal firearms, and weapons, trafficking in natural resources (like diamonds), illegal trade in wildlife (including poaching), the sale of fraudulent medicines, and cybercrime.
He came from the east and he came from the west and between the warriors of light stood darkness and evil in the shapes of men.Hearing the noise,the poachers quickly turned towards the direction and saw a tall man walking slowly but deliberately towards them and then they heard the growl and turned to the other side and saw clearly for the first time the tiger that had attacked them and their hearts nearly stopped in its beating for the tiger that was coming towards them was massive and covered with blood and it held a dead pitbull in its huge,scary jaws.
"The most dangerous people in the world are not the tiny minority instigating evil acts, but those who do the acts for them. For example, when the British invaded India, many Indians accepted to work for the British to kill off Indians who resisted their occupation. So in other words, many Indians were hired to kill other Indians on behalf of the enemy for a paycheck. Today, we have mercenaries in Africa, corporate armies from the western world, and unemployed men throughout the Middle East killing their own people - and people of other nations - for a paycheck. To act without a conscience, but for a paycheck, makes anyone a dangerous animal. The devil would be powerless if he couldn't entice people to do his work. So as long as money continues to seduce the hungry, the hopeless, the broken, the greedy, and the needy, there will always be war between brothers."
Suzy Kassem
"If people were employed at creating heaven on earth, everybody would be happy; instead each one is creating his own heaven by creating hell for others."
Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom
An unemployed biologist got a new job at the zoo. They offered him to dress up in a gorilla's skin and pretend to be a gorilla so people will keep coming to the zoo.
On his first day on the job, the guy puts on the skin and goes into the cage. The people all cheer to see him. He starts really putting on a show, jumping around, beating his chest and roaring.
During one acrobatic attempt, he loses his balance and crashes through some safety netting, landing square in the middle of the lion cage! As he lies there stunned, the lion roars. He's terrified and starts screaming, "Help, Help!"
The lion races over to him, places his paws on his chest and hisses, "Shut up or we'll both lose our jobs!"
The above joke could one day become reality as man lives,destroys,kills and maims the very earth he lives on and calls his home.Maybe in the not so distant future,we will exist on just pills,chemicals inside domes of glass as the outside has become so unbearably hot and void of vegetation and all other life.
What man is doing to his home and the only home of all known life is the proverbial situation where in a woodcutter is cutting the very branch he is sitting on,ignorant to the fact that the fall is going to kill him.
Killer man,Killer man,
you are doing all that you can
to make this planet a trashcan
Kill,kill,eat,eat all the meat
eat what flies,eat what swims
eat all that lives underground
and now you have begun to eat one another
Killer man,killer man
kill to eat,kill all the meat
to eat and to have a feast
but killer man don't kill for sport
don't kill for trophies
for you know only how to kill
and no not how to give them life
you know only how to sustain and hold on to life
but you know not the mystery of birth and the beyond of death
so killer man,eat all the meat
but murder not that you don't need to eat
Bang lang national park
The roar of Buddha had alerted many hunters who dealt in the sick wildlife trade of tiger products,tortoise shells,snake skins and also Ivory from africa all illegal and punishable under thai law.But ever since conflicts based on religion and faith had entered the southern thailand region,the central government in Bangkok had little say or control over what happened in the thick of the southern forest land.
But things had taken a different turn for radical islamic elements from malayasia and indonesia were now making the forests of Bang lang national park their base from which they operated with impunity or fear of authority.Money from illegal sale of drugs,wildlife,weapons were all being used to fund the growth of a terror network and the setting up of a parallel government in the three southern thailand states.
It was into the protection of these people that Murky aka Markandeyan was brought into and it was towards these people that Rudran's mission was leading him to.
Eye of the tiger
Both Rudran and Buddha proceeded rapidly towards the direction of south and after twenty minutes stopped to catch their breaths and more importantly to quickly form a plan of attack for they had neared their foe.
Even from the distance,rudran heard the barks and howls of dogs who were there with the poachers to pick up the scent of tigers and guide them to the cats,in this case the scent of Buddha. Rudran looked at his companion
and hesitated and immediately Buddha whispered " I will take care of the dogs while you take care of the humans."
" I don't need to tell you that there will always be collateral damage in wars and many innocent lives are lost and destroyed.But remember that these dogs are specifically bred,trained to hunt down tigers and leopards and other nearly extinct animals that live in this forest."
Buddha gazed at rudran and watched as his spirit raged " child of the light,you are a warrior and for you there is only two sides and they are good and bad.You are an angel of the stars and you should not distinguish between forms and lives and never ever let your emotions cloud your judgement or slow your hand as you raise it to strike down evil.The outward physical presence is just an illusion and the truth,the soul is what is to be taken into account.Ask yourself why you have been given such great powers and seek the answer.the answer is that you are pure of heart and soul and possess great clarity of mind and although you try to heal and bring back those that have fallen into darkness,remember just like how you stand in light as light,there are those that have been born in darkness and are filled with darkness.Strike them down so that they might have a chance at redemption and maybe born again in the light of good."
Rudran stared into the tigers eyes " Who are you? and how is that you know so much and possess such great wisdom."
Buddha smiled " I am just the wheel of time and i spin as the wheel spins and we have met for a reason and soon you will realise it.But come now for it is time to launch an attack.I am going to go to the left and let loose a roar that will draw the dogs and the poachers to my side,while you can come behind them and take them on.Okay."
Rudran nodded " okay,pretty decent plan and i think it should work."
Buddha the tiger padded off to his left and Rudran took of to the right and after a few minutes he heard the roar of his friend and soon the dogs barked their heads off and the poachers who held them by leashes cursed them for they were being dragged by the dogs who were all excited and were screaming to be let off.
Rudran crouched and saw that although the dogs and majority of the men moved forward towards buddha,there were a few of them who started to veer in a different direction and rudran knew that they were taking this route so as to out flank and cut off the retreat path of the tiger.
Rudran smiled and waited for both the groups to move away and then stealthily started to pursue the last group of men who were going to lie in wait to kill the tiger in case it ran away from the dogs and poachers with their big guns.But then they had no clue as to what they were going up against for the tiger was no ordinary tiger and neither was its new guardian.
A tiger is one of the most difficult of the big cats to spot for its stripes make it virtually invisible for hunters and poachers who go after it for sport and for its body.But one thing that the tiger cannot mask is its odour and which is easily picked up by the dogs which are used to track it and yet the dogs suddenly came to a halt and put up their noses to get a whiff of the tiger and seemed confused as to its whereabouts.They ran around in circles,yelping in frustration and anger and nearly tore each other in the frenzy of the hunt.
Along with the poachers and their dogs were a couple of large white men with big rifles and they were here purely for sport and the rush and thrill of big game hunting.They had paid a big sum in dollars for the hunt and were now exicted that they could finally get what they were after.
The lead poacher was an excellent guide and one who knew the forest like the back of his hand.He turned to his team and spoke in decent english " Tiger climb tree or hiding in cave.we be patient for a cornered cat is dangerous and will kill without hesitation.So,all be ready with your gun safety's on and ready to shoot."
The words left his mouth and travelled towards the ears of his team and clients and that was the last thing the man spoke for parting the thick bushes came Buddha who with one swipe nearly tore the man into two and then in the next millisecond vanished again into the darkness of the forest.
For most of us who live in the city,a charging angry tiger is a sight that will never,ever be witnessed and so it is left for us to understand what goes on or the reactions and after effects of the people who actually witness it.
An adult tiger weighs about 200 to 225 kgs and now stop for a second and imagine the force it carries in its momentum and now throw in those twenty daggers it carries as claws in its four legs and leave the rest to imagination and fantasy.
The split second coming and going of the large tiger and their guide torn into two created mayhem and the two junior guides did the most stupidest thing that a hunter would do in a jungle and that was they gave themselves to fear and anger and let loose the dogs who ran into the forest in pursuit of the tiger.
The remaining six poachers stood in a circle with their rifles aimed at the forest and placed their clients inside the circle and waited for the dogs to bay and bark once they had found the tiger.
The dogs that the poachers had brought along with them were pitbulls who are notorious for their single minded ferociousness and they have one of the strongest jaws and bites in the canine family.Once a pitbull latches on to something it will not let go even if you kill it and these pitbulls were a cut above that.Mean and deadly,five of them went in hot pursuit of Buddha but it would be in vain.
The poachers and hunters stood waiting for their dogs to bark,howl and alert them to the place of the tiger but soon the air was filled with loud roars,growl followed by yelps and howl from the dogs.
The six poachers shepherding their hunter clients trotted towards the area from where they had heard all the noises and came to a halt at a scene of total carnage.
All eight stood in silence as fear slowly started to grip their souls and one Thai poacher shook his head " This is not the work of a tiger for normal tigers don't do this or kill like this.They run away as far as they can from humans and their dogs or at most will climb a tree to escape the dogs and that is how we usually find them but this is different.Maybe it is a mother who is protecting her cubs but then i am pretty sure that the tiger we saw was a male for it was unusually large and i have never seen such a large specimen before this but for an old legend."
One of the white men " what do we do now? are we going to hunt it down or stand here discussing old legends."
The poacher looked at him with a sneer " Mister white man,you want to hunt the tiger.Go on then for i am pretty sure that the tiger is hunting us and we can see what you can do on your own.But right now my priority is your safety and i think it is better if we retreat and come back tomorrow with more dogs and more men."
The poachers were all thai muslims and yet they had not forgotten their ancient legends and buddhist tales.Now they stood jabbering and chittering away like excited monkeys and their two white customers decided they had heard enough and proceeded to take matters in their own hands.
Both the white hunters were from south africa and were not new to the game or to the killing of big game.they had killed lions,buffaloes,elephants on their own continents and now wanted to kill other big game on different continents and take selfies with their kills and take away the souvenirs,such as the skin of their kills that would be sent to them by ship to their destination.
Companion piece on organisations involved in criminal activities
Poaching,hunting are well oiled and well run organisations by deadly criminals with the help of corrupt government officials.If you have the money then you can get anything you want from anywhere in the world.These organisations run in the shadows and many are run by people who ran the intelligence networks in the former soviet state and other european and south american countries.They are loosely termed and passed off as mafias,mobs or cartels and all of us are familiar with their names and titles.
Russian Mafia
Now officially the scariest organized crime group, a former FBI Special Agent called the Russian Mafia "the most dangerous people on earth." They may have as many as 300,000 members across 450 groups, and are well known for having elaborate and hierarchical tattoos. They frequently use military tactics, and their most common activities are terrorism, organ trafficking, and contract killing.
Serbian Mafia
Composed of multiple groups in Serbia and the Serbian diaspora, the mafia was seen by many Serbs as a way out of the crushing economic aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars. With active cells in 20-30 countries, the organization is best known for drug trafficking and gun-running, although several Serbian bosses in Madrid made headlines in 2009 when they killed and ate a recalcitrant member after running him through a meat grinder.
Chinese Triads
Triads are a loose name for Chinese organized crime groups, who received the name from British authorities as a reference to the triangular symbol they use (the character "hung" inside a triangle). The US government estimates they smuggle up to 100,000 undocumented people into the country every year, and they are also particularly active in counterfeiting money. The hub for Triad activity is Hong Kong.
Yakuza
Also known as Gokudo, these Japanese and Korean organized crime syndicates are almost mainstream. They have office buildings, business cards, and frequently show up in gossip columns of newspapers. Identifiable by their black suits and the missing tips of their little fingers (lopping them off to show contrition to your boss is known as yubitsume), Yakuza are often involved in politics and corporate boards of directors. They were also among the first to respond with relief efforts after the 2011 tsunami.
18th Street Gang
Also known as the Children's Army because they recruited elementary and middle school children, the 18th Street Gang (or M-18) is one of the largest gangs in the Northern Hemisphere. They are said to have a membership of more than 30,000 in the US alone, with a home base in Los Angeles. One of their rival organizations is MS-13 (further down this list), and they are known to have connections to the Mexican cartels and some smaller Central American crime rings.
Mungiki
A terrifying group that is part terrorist organization and part religion, Mungiki (which means "multitude" in Kikuyu) favours rejection of all Westernization and a return to traditional values. While they are currently active only in Kenya, they run extortion rackets in the slums of Nairobi and control the taxi industry, beheading and mutilating anyone who crosses them...sometimes also lighting them on fire. The police in Kenya often treat Mungiki suspects to violent retributive behaviour.
Sicilian Mafia: La Cosa Nostra
Despite being a young mafia (it started in the second half of the 19th century), the Sicilian and American Cosa Nostra ("Our Thing") rapidly became the most feared organized crime group wherever they settled. Strictly family-based and hierarchical, the group is very ritualized and has elaborate initiation ceremonies that are open only to Sicilian men. They follow omert, a code of silence and secrecy; failing to do so results in execution.
Albanian Mob
There are over 15 clans that control the bulk of Albanian organized crime. The highly organized and rigid structure of their mostly family-based system has resulted in Albanian mafia cells spreading globally, with a focus on drug trafficking, human trafficking, and arms dealing. They are quick to violence and one of the godfathers, Daut Kadriovski, has been identified as the biggest heroin dealer in Europe.
Hells Angels
Considered an organized crime syndicate by the US State Department, the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is best known for riding Harley Davidsons and having an almost mythical history of crime attributed to them. The official policy of the club is that they are motorcycle enthusiasts and any crimes committed are the fault of individual members, not club policy; pop culture, such as the 1966 film The Wild Angels, depicts them as ruthless, violent criminals. Members of the gang have been associated with drug trafficking, sex work rings, and extortion.
Mexican drug cartels
Although the Mexican drug trafficking organizations have existed for decades, they rose to greater power with the demise of the Medellin and Cali Colombian cartels. Drug trafficking now makes up approximately 63% of Mexico's economy, and is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths. The "war on drugs" has resulted in dangerous and violent retaliation from the cartels; more than 20,000 people have disappeared, and an investigation into mass graves found a staggering 24,000 corpses. Rape, kidnap, and torture are endemic, and cartel members are often armed with military-grade weapons, like rocket launchers and the ubiquitous AK-47s.
Mara Salvatrucha
Often shortened to MS-13, this gang of mostly Central Americans is based in Los Angeles, although they have spread to elsewhere in North America and Mexico. They are notoriously violent, and were recruited by the Sinaloa cartel to help with enforcement. The gang is reported to have over 50,000 members, who are distinguished by their large tattoos, often on the face and chest, and their distinctive hand signs.
Colombian drug cartels
Until 2011, Colombia was the world's top cocaine producer, but a strong anti-narcotic campaign has resulted in the dismantling of many of the most dangerous producers, such as the Medellin and Cali cartels. At their peak, these cartels hired engineering experts from Russia and the US to help with their trafficking. The disappearance of the larger groups left Colombia's organized crime landscape fractured and vulnerable to manipulation and attack by guerrilla groups and both Colombian and US governments.
D-Company
This group based in India, Pakistan, and the UAE is led by Dawood Ibrahim, an internationally wanted man (and Bollywood star) whose activities go from extortion up to terrorist acts like the 1993 Bombay bombings, which killed 257 people and injured over 700. Ibrahim is said to have ties to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and D-Company is funded with billions of dollars from legitimate businesses (including real estate and banking) as well as illegal activities. Currently on the run, Ibrahim is said to have undergone extensive plastic surgery.
Despite what Hollywood says, organized crime is a lot more about maintaining a smoothly functioning illegal global economy than it is about explosions and cement overshoes.
Its top money-making industries are drug trafficking, human trafficking, smuggling migrants, illegal firearms, and weapons, trafficking in natural resources (like diamonds), illegal trade in wildlife (including poaching), the sale of fraudulent medicines, and cybercrime.
He came from the east and he came from the west and between the warriors of light stood darkness and evil in the shapes of men.Hearing the noise,the poachers quickly turned towards the direction and saw a tall man walking slowly but deliberately towards them and then they heard the growl and turned to the other side and saw clearly for the first time the tiger that had attacked them and their hearts nearly stopped in its beating for the tiger that was coming towards them was massive and covered with blood and it held a dead pitbull in its huge,scary jaws.
"The most dangerous people in the world are not the tiny minority instigating evil acts, but those who do the acts for them. For example, when the British invaded India, many Indians accepted to work for the British to kill off Indians who resisted their occupation. So in other words, many Indians were hired to kill other Indians on behalf of the enemy for a paycheck. Today, we have mercenaries in Africa, corporate armies from the western world, and unemployed men throughout the Middle East killing their own people - and people of other nations - for a paycheck. To act without a conscience, but for a paycheck, makes anyone a dangerous animal. The devil would be powerless if he couldn't entice people to do his work. So as long as money continues to seduce the hungry, the hopeless, the broken, the greedy, and the needy, there will always be war between brothers."
Suzy Kassem
Ye Hai Mohabbatein
Mangal Lakshmi
