Yardie gangs or Jamaican "posses" are involved in a wide array of criminal activity depending on their location, ranging from political corruption, political violence, and assassination in Jamaica to drug trafficking and gang violence in the US, Canada, and UK. [2][4]

They play a minor role in Grand Theft Auto IV, and are featured in The Lost and Damned, The Ballad of Gay Tony and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. The gang is led by Real Badman and his underboss and best friend, Little Jacob. They are one of the major ally groups in GTA IV, as Jacob is a close friend to the game's protagonist Niko Bellic.

Jun 19, 1999 · Yardies is the term applied to Jamaican-born gangsters operating in Britain. The name refers to criminals from the impoverished back yards of Kingston, Jamaica. Recently, their traits...

Sep 22, 2015 · Egbulefu was the first of six early murder victims of the Yardies – violent Jamaican gangsters who emerged from the community homes, or "yards", built in west Kingston after the destruction of...

Yardies are generally single Jamaican males between 18 and 35 years of age. They are usually unemployed, although some claim to be involved in the music business. Yardies usually assume false identities and carry forged credentials. Many have criminal convictions or …

Britain's 10 most dangerous Yardie gangsters have been identified by the police as part of Scotland Yard's operation against armed black drug dealers.

Dec 22, 1999 · TWO JAMAICAN killers, who were part of a violent "Yardie" gang that illegally entered Britain, were jailed for life yesterday for a crime spree that included murder and rape.

Aug 28, 2002 · A spate of black-on-black killings has raised fears of a renewed bout of Yardie gang warfare in the UK, in which even minor slights are a cause for vengeance. Rudy King was murdered by a man...

The following paper presents a brief examination of the wave of panic in the United Kingdom during the 1990s and early 2000s surrounding the so-called 'Yardie' gang threat as depicted in contemporary print and television media.

Nov 6, 1995 · Scandal of the Jamaican Yardies. An investigation into collusion between extremely violent Jamaican gangsters and UK police who were tasked to control them. You are viewing the category Scandal of the Jamaican Yardies. This category contains 8 articles.