| 词条 | The Americans (gang) |
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| name = Americans | founded = | founding location = Cape Town | membership = ~5,000 (2007)[1] | ethnic makeup = Cape Coloureds | territory = Cape Town | criminal activities = Drug trafficking, Weapon trafficking, Prostitution, Contract killing, extortion, abalone poaching, Robbery, Fraud, Money laundering, Human trafficking, Kidnapping | allies = Nigerian mafia, Triads[1] | rivals = Hard Livings and other Cape Town gangs }} The Americans gang is a large street gang and organized crime group based in Cape Flats area of Cape Town. Like the Hard Livings gang, many smaller gangs throughout the Cape Flats owe allegiance to it ETC 504Boyz, Spoit Brats, Dollar Kids. It is the largest of the street gangs in Cape Town.[2] The Americans were founded by Jackie Lonte in Belgravia Estate, Athlone who was assassinated in the late 1990s.[2] Their activities range from drug running and trading, poaching, abalone poaching, protection rackets and prostitution to more legitimate business operations.[3][1] They are active in most coloured communities of the Cape Flats.[4] The Americans gang is different from, although related to, other Cape Flats gangs that also use the "American" name such as the Young Americans and Ugly Americans.[5] References1. ^1 2 {{Cite web |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2007-08-28-cape-gangs-targeting-the-untouchables |title=Cape gangs: Targeting the untouchables |last=Joubert |first=Pearlie |date=28 August 2007 |website=Daily Maverick}} 2. ^1 {{Cite news|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/whos-who-in-cape-towns-gangland-110751|title=Who's who in Cape Town's gangland {{!}} IOL|access-date=2017-03-03}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/whos-who-in-cape-towns-gangland-110751|title=Who's who in Cape Town's gangland {{!}} IOL|access-date=2017-03-03}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-05-26-the-capes-youth-gangs-bigger-deeper-more-dangerous/#.WLndGvl95hE|title=The Cape’s youth gangs: Bigger, deeper, more dangerous {{!}} Daily Maverick|website=www.dailymaverick.co.za|language=en|access-date=2017-03-03}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930309&slug=1689534|title=Business {{!}} South African Gangs Adopt Symbols Of U.S. -- `Americans,' In Red, White And Blue, Growing Fast In `Colored' Townships {{!}} Seattle Times Newspaper|website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com|access-date=2017-03-03}} 2 : Organized crime groups in Africa|Gangs in South Africa |
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