Kurdish mafia

Kurdish mafia
مافیای کورد
Territory	Mainly Western Asia and Europe; in addition to North America
Ethnicity	Kurdish
Criminal activities	Arms trafficking; contract killing; criminal conspiracy; document forgery; drug trafficking; forced prostitution; extortion; hostage; human trafficking; infiltration of politics; kidnapping; murdering; police impersonation; racketeering; tax evasion; theft; torture; witness intimidation;
Allies	Greek mafia; Armenian mafia; Russian mafia; Iranian mafia; Taliban (formerly);
Rivals	Turkish mafia

The Kurdish mafia (Kurdish: مافیای کورد, romanized: Mafyayê kurd) are organised crime groups run by ethnic Kurds. Outside of Kurdistan, the mafia spread mainly to countries in Western Asia and Europe, but also to North America and Afghanistan.