Hard Livings (gang)
| Founded | 1971 |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Cape Town |
| Territory | Cape Town |
| Ethnicity | Cape Coloureds |
| Membership | between 3,000 and 10,000 |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, Weapon trafficking, Prostitution, Contract killing, extortion, illegal diamond smuggling, Robbery, Fraud, Money laundering, Human trafficking, Kidnapping |
| Allies | Nigerian mafia, Triads, Sicilian Mafia[1] |
| Rivals | Other Cape Town gangs |
The Hard Livings gang is a street gang and organized crime group based in Manenberg, Cape Town. The gang was formed in 1971 by Rashied Staggie and his twin brother Rashaad.[2] The gang started out as a criminal street gang mostly involved in drug distribution for which they competed with a rival gang named The Americans. After their distribution network grew, the Hard Livings gang as well as the Americans evolved into a structured criminal organization involved in a wide range of criminal activities.[3]
Nowadays the gang is highly involved in international organized crime. They have cooperated with the Sicilian mafia in the trafficking of illegal diamonds as well as trafficking Cannabis to Europe.[4]
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