They are more or less not OC. They do sell drugs and scam welfare and can call up 50 Cousins to beat you up but they are more street thugs than everything else and not in a league other etinical oc groups. One particular familiy in germany is really successful cause they have ties to the music industry though.
They are mostly forbidden to work in the countries they immigrated so that why its seem all of them are criminals when its just big big families who wanna survive properly. The youth ofc think they live a hard live and behave like they are big time criminals but they mostly are not what they seem to be. So besides being attacked by them in a club or street for whatever reason or selling drugs to their customers you dont have to fear them.

"Arab"-related OC is a Lebanese, North African or Assyrian thing. The Lebanese clans in for instance Germany (or Australia) do seem to regard themselves as Arabs; the North Africans and Assyrians definitely don't. Basically every Moroccan dude I know over here postures himself as a proud Berber and wouldn't pass up on the opportunity to dismiss Arabs as being a "bunch of pansies".

To write them off as a bunch of petty drug dealers is definitely missing the mark a bit. Sure there's plenty of low level rats among them, but there's quite a few who work in the higher regions of the drug trade. Moroccans in for instance Antwerp bring in tons of dope, as do Algerians in for instance the north of Marseille. There's local protection rackets aplenty, prostitution, money laundering... Some of them have definitely moved beyond your average street punk status.

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The Moroccans have entered the highest levels of organized crime over here in Holland and Belgium. Guys like Ridouan Taghi and Houssine Ait Soussan, just to name a couple, are anything but your average street punk that's for damn' sure..

"Arab"-related OC is a Lebanese, North African or Assyrian thing. The Lebanese clans in for instance Germany (or Australia) do seem to regard themselves as Arabs; the North Africans and Assyrians definitely don't. Basically every Moroccan dude I know over here postures himself as a proud Berber and wouldn't pass up on the opportunity to dismiss Arabs as being a "bunch of pansies".

Arab or Berbers, Moroccans are first of all Mediterranean people similar to for example Sicilians.

As far as the Lebanese go in Berlin; I feel the Abou-Chakers (the family that has ties to the local rap industry through Bushido) is far from being the most feared or powerful. The Al Zein - Omeirat family has way more pull with branches throughout the whole of Germany as well as international connections. Drugs, extortion, weapons, organized robbery...the whole enchilada. That German series 4 Blocks kinda portrayed them as somewhat cartoonesk criminals that, despite the intimidation tactics, are opposed to murder. Far from the truth as they're definitely not shy to whack someone (the case of Zaki Al Zein for instance).

In Quebec, Arab OC is present. Before they were really in the shadows, but recently you starting to see more of their activities in the news. Probably because the cops are starting to go after them more than before.
Most of the groups are lebanese or algerian. They have a strong presence in Montreal neighborhoods like st-leonard, st-laurent and cartierville. They are also strong in the western parts of laval.

"Arab"-related OC is a Lebanese, North African or Assyrian thing. The Lebanese clans in for instance Germany (or Australia) do seem to regard themselves as Arabs; the North Africans and Assyrians definitely don't. Basically every Moroccan dude I know over here postures himself as a proud Berber and wouldn't pass up on the opportunity to dismiss Arabs as being a "bunch of pansies".

To write them off as a bunch of petty drug dealers is definitely missing the mark a bit. Sure there's plenty of low level rats among them, but there's quite a few who work in the higher regions of the drug trade. Moroccans in for instance Antwerp bring in tons of dope, as do Algerians in for instance the north of Marseille. There's local protection rackets aplenty, prostitution, money laundering... Some of them have definitely moved beyond your average street punk status.

The Assyrians in Detroit had huge mob connections as well. In for instance Sodertalje in Sweden they have formed structures that more or less resemble a local mob outfit. A similar situation is in the southwest of Sydney; where the local street cliques are just farm teams up to do some of the dirty work.

As far as the Lebanese go in Berlin; I feel the Abou-Chakers (the family that has ties to the local rap industry through Bushido) is far from being the most feared or powerful. The Al Zein - Omeirat family has way more pull with branches throughout the whole of Germany as well as international connections. Drugs, extortion, weapons, organized robbery...the whole enchilada. That German series 4 Blocks kinda portrayed them as somewhat cartoonesk criminals that, despite the intimidation tactics, are opposed to murder. Far from the truth as they're definitely not shy to whack someone (the case of Zaki Al Zein for instance).

Do Assyrian OC groups in Europe tend to be Christian or Muslim or does it vary ? I'm asking because ( as I'm sure you know ) the Assyrians in Detroit were notable for being Christian and I think that Ray Akrawi himself used the excuse of being Christian during his deportation trial .

Also is it known what international connections the AL Zeins have ?

Interestingly enough there was also a Syrian Arab outfit based out of St.Louis : http://gangsterreport.com/the-st-lo...t-at-brass-ring-in-early-80s-blood-feud/

I know Detroit had/has the so called Chaldean Mafia , however I never knew about this former St.Louis based group until fairly recently .

The Lebanese groups have members of the Sunni, Christian and Mhallami communities all involved in the same criminal organizations, They also have ties to 1% clubs.