The Black Disciples (often abbreviated as BDN or BDN III) is a large African American, street gang based in Chicago Illinois, Milwaukee, Miami, Minnesota, Iowa, Kankakee, San Pedro,California, New York, Atlanta, Detroit, Kalamazoo, Battlecreek, Texas, Springfield IL, Cleveland Ohio, Denver Colorado and Peoria Illinois. The gang is considered extremely violent and is known to engage in drug trafficking and distribution, prostitution, theft, robbery, gun trafficking, murder, embezzlement, money laundering, racketeering in addition to other criminal activities. The street gang is estimated to have in excess of 144,000 members and growing.
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