I've read a report by the FBI which states that in the USA there are middle eastern organized criminal gangs active.
( Mideast Enterprises)
I always thought Europe and Australia were the main settlements of middle eastern organized crime. In Europe for instance there are :
- Turkish, Turkish-Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot gangs in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.
- Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian Berber gangs in France, the Netherlands and Belgium.
- Mhallami-Lebanese gangs in Germany.
- Mirpuri Pakistani, Sikh, Bangladeshi and Pashtun gangs in the UK.
- Assyrian gangs in Sweden.
- Chechen gangs in Russia, Germany and Belgium.
- Armenian, Yezidi Kurdish and Azerbaijani gangs in Russia.
In Australia you of course have the numerous Lebanese ( muslim as well as christian ) OC groups, as well as some Assyrian ones.

I've heard of some Mideast gangs active in the USA. The Mizrahi criminal gangs from Israel were active in New York once and have also been signalled in the West Coast, the Armenian Power is also big in the West and in Michigan and Illinois there are some Assyrian gangs active.
But I've never heard of other Mideast groups active to this extent? Do any of you have more information on this ?