List of New Orleans gangs

Before Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans gangs tended to be small violent local groups divided among its 17 voting districts known as "wards". Although the city does not have large street gangs such as the crips or bloods however New Orleans still does hold a history for local crews running around the town and being formed , NOPD classified the groups as drug organizations or "cliques," with about 10-15 members. The most infamous criminal organizations formed in the city during the turbulent late-1980s, with the Glenn Metz Gang, the Sam Clay Orginzatation, Hardy Boys and the Richard Pena Organization being the most notorious. There are a few other crews but these are most brought to light or is what is known as the most heard of . Other drug crews like the Balley Boys and the Hankton Organization were also active during the 1990s and you have a few running bewtween the early 2000s and as late as the 2015 mark like the Boot Boys, the Fendy Family, the Yami family, the Moneywide Maker Family, & the Slang Organization with Jo Terror and Mikey Bladez .[1]

According to New Orleans Police Department, gang related homicides spiked in 2007, which drove the city's homicide rate to a record high.[2] Some of the most vicious cliques, like the Dooney Boys and the 9th ward G-Strip Gang, moved to other cities and clashed with each other in violent gun battles. New Orleans drug crews became involved in violent crime and murders and spread throughout the drug trade in host cities & states like Atlanta, Houston, New York, Florida, Tennessee,California, Oklahoma, Dallas, Biloxi, Baton Rouge, and Jacksonville.[3][4] In 2012, Mayor Mitch Landrieu formed the Multi-Agency Gang (MAG) Unit, which is the key enforcement component of the Group Violence Reduction Strategy (GVRS). The MAG Unit identifies the most dangerous and influential gang members and removes them from the community.[5][6]