Jamaican gang founded around 1981 by Lester Lloyd Coke and Vivian Blake, based in Tivoli Gardens, Kingston. Involved in drug and arms smuggling, with branches in North America and the UK. Known for political ties to the Jamaica Labour Party and alleged CIA connections. Still active.
CRIMENET has extracted 14 linkages for this organization, including 6 cooperative ties across 4 organizations, 6 conflicts across 4 organizations, 2 other connections and footprints in 3 countries.
The North American branches were first founded by Vivian Blake in the Canadian city of Toronto, Ontario.
Territory: Jamaica, Canada, United States and United Kingdom
The gang operates in expatriate Jamaican communities in the US states of New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , and the city of Miami, Florida .