Armenian mafia

Armenian mafia
Founding locationArmenia
TerritoryArmenia, Russia and post-Soviet states, United States, Australia
EthnicityArmenian
Criminal activitiesExtortion, racketeering, assault, contract killing, money laundering, bribery, embezzlement, tax evasion, drug trafficking
AlliesItalian-American Mafia
Mexican Mafia
Russian mafia
Lebanese mafia
Greek mafia
Kurdish mafia
Calabrian mafia
RivalsAzerbaijani mafia
Turkish mafia
Pakistani mafia

The Armenian mafia (Armenian: Հայկական մաֆիա, romanized: Haykakan mafia) is a general term for organized criminal gangs that consist of ethnic Armenians. In Armenia, the structure is organized in clans called yekhpayrutyuns (եղբայրություններ, brotherhoods).