Jamaican posses, often referred to simply as posses or massives, [1] are a loose coalition of Jamaican organized crime gangs, based predominantly in Kingston, Spanish Town and Montego Bay, and in Jamaican diaspora communities in New York City, Miami, Toronto and London.

The gang's primary activities involve the distribution of crack cocaine and marijuana, and the theft or illegal purchase and exportation of firearms, using violence to expand into new territories.

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2023年4月24日 · Jamaican traffickers from the Shower Posse and other gangs have morphed into more fragmented groups to stay off the radar of law enforcement. These smaller cells have been effective at trafficking cocaine, helping the Caribbean regain its foothold as a major smuggling corridor from Colombia to the United States.

In Jamaica, the conditions of wide-scale poverty, violence, and disenfranchisement provided the catalyst for posse development. These groups, although initially political in nature, evolved into well-structured and organized gangs that terrorized citizens through violence.

1989年1月3日 · Volatile and ambitious, the gangs--called posses, after the gunslinging peacekeepers in movie Westerns--were in large part responsible for the rapid spread of the drug crack into the nation’s ...

Jamaican crime groups adopted a distinctly named "posse" to distinguish each group. They began as street gangs in Jamaica. Their formation was based on political affiliation, neighborhood, or group characteristics. For example, the Waterhouse Posse is from the Waterhouse area of Kingston, Jamaica.

2012年11月22日 · Named for its willingness to shower bullets on any crowd thought to contain an enemy, the Shower Posse made a big impression in the 1980s as its members set up shop in cities across the United States. Gang members sold drugs that were shipped to them from Jamaica and carved out their own territory in American neighborhoods.

2020年5月5日 · Jamaican crime groups adopted a distinctly named "posse" to distinguish each group. They began as street gangs in Jamaica. Their formation was based on political affiliation, neighborhood, or group characteristics. For example, the Waterhouse Posse is from the Waterhouse area of Kingston, Jamaica.

2023年8月30日 · The Jamaican drug cartel the Shower Posse has gone down in history as one of the most dangerous, violent, and — for several decades at least — successful criminal drug-trafficking gangs in living memory.