Jamaican posse
| Founded | 1970s |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Territory | Jamaica, United States, Canada, and Great Britain |
| Ethnicity | Jamaican |
| Activities | Drug trafficking, money laundering, arms trafficking, robbery, kidnapping, fraud, murder |
Jamaican posses, often referred to simply as posses or massives, is a general term referring to Jamaican organized crime gangs, based predominantly in Kingston, Spanish Town and Montego Bay, and in Jamaican diaspora communities in New York City, Miami, Toronto and London. First being involved in drugs and arms trafficking in the early 1980s, posses have links to the main Jamaican political parties, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP).