Munazzama

The Munazzama (Arabic: المنظمة al-munaẓẓamah; lit. "the organisation"), also known as the Arab Mafia (المافيا العربية al-māfiyā al-‘arabīyah), is a major international organised crime syndicate based in the Arab Union. Arguably the largest criminal organisation in the nation, the Munazzama controls much of the illegal drug trade domestically as well as the main transnational component; it is also involved to varying degrees in the gambling industry (gambling is illegal in the Arab Union), human trafficking, prostitution (procuring), financial and political blackmail and corruption, and other violent crime and rackets. Significant sections of the national political opposition are also suspected or openly known to be funded by the Munazzama, including the Nationalist Party and the Phalange.