Penose
| Founding location | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Territory | Netherlands |
| Ethnicity | Predominantly Dutch, other ethnicities include Moroccans, Surinamese, Dutch Antilleans, and Molluccans |
| Criminal activities | Arms trafficking, assault, drug trafficking, extortion, fraud, human trafficking, murder, theft. |
| Allies | British crime firms, Turkish mafia, Serbian mafia, Colombian cartels, No Limit Soldiers |
Penose is a colloquial term that is used to describe the organized criminal underbelly in Amsterdam and other major cities in the Netherlands. Penose usually means the organisations formed by criminals of Dutch descent. It is a slang word coming from the old Amsterdam Bargoens language.
Organized crime in the Netherlands goes back to the 18th century when organized groups of thieves, pimps and shady travelling salesmen created a cant language named Bargoens to communicate with each other. Out of the language there arose a couple of new words which would become part of the Dutch folklore. Until this day the word Penose (which arose from Bargoens) is still used by some people to describe the Dutch underworld in which the organized crime bosses thrive. The word is mostly used in Amsterdam, but has also spread to other big cities in the Netherlands such as Den Haag, Rotterdam or Eindhoven.
The Netherlands is the biggest exporter of ecstasy in the world, while Dutch gangs are a major exporter of cocaine, cannabis and a smaller exporter of heroin. In the drugs business they closely cooperate with British firms and Colombian cartels for the importation and exportation of ecstasy and cocaine, while they cooperate with Moroccan drug barons in the Riffian areas and with Pashtun drug lords based in Pakistan for the importation of hashish.
While the term Penose was and still is used to describe the ethnic Dutch crime lords, it has been used in a broader context.
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