Gangs in GTA Chinatown Wars

This page lists all the gangs, mafias and other criminal organizations around Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

Liberty City Triads
They operate out of the Chinatown district in Algonquin as well as parts of Dukes in Liberty City, prominently in Cerveza Heights. They are mostly involved with drug shipping. There are three different sets of the Triads.


 * Jaoming Family - the most powerful Triad family. Hsin Jaoming is the leader of the Triads. Seeing as Hsin's death is drawing near, his son Chan, Zhou Ming and Wu "Kenny" Lee are in a competition to replace him as the leader. After there is a suspected rat and Huang Lee finds evidence against Chan and Zhou, Huang kills them and leaves his uncle Wu Lee as the sole successor to Triad leadership. Members can be seen driving purple and red Comets around their turf.


 * Lee Family - the second most powerful after the Jaoming Family. The game's protagonist, Huang Lee, is a member of the gang. The gang was previously lead by Huang's father before his death in 2009. The leader of the Lee Family would get the Yu Jian Sword, a tradition Mr. Lee made up after winning it in a card game. The clan is led by Huang's uncle, Wu "Kenny" Lee during the events of the game. Members can be seen driving purple and white Admirals around their turf.


 * Ming Family - the weakest of the three Triad families with the least influence in the city. They are led by Zhou Ming, a very arrogant, overconfident and selfish man who's always pointing out better facts about himself to everyone. The set is mostly focused on the drug trade and counterfeiting. Members can be seen driving purple Hellenbachs around their turf.

Midtown Gangsters
A North Korean crime syndicate operating in Bohan, Liberty City. For many years, the group had been allied with the Angels of Death and Triads in Liberty City. However, after a Triad deal went bad, the Midtown Gangsters were suspected of being one of the groups responsible, leading to a series of confrontations with the Triads that left the Midtown Gangsters seriously weakened in both manpower and assets. Members can be seen driving blue and grey Chavos around their turf.

Wonsu Nodong
A North Korean gang featured who appears as one of the main groups of antagonists. That gang is actually a part of the Korean Midtown Gangsters gang. A few years before the events of the game, Wu "Kenny" Lee from the Triads took control over the gang. Undercover police detective Wade Heston starts to investigate about the Wonsu Nodong, to help Huang is ordered to find out what is the gang's relations to Huang's father's murderer and the theft of the Yu Jian sword.

The Tongs
A Chinese crime family mentioned several times by the Triads, but they never make a physical appearance. They appear to be a council or a very important gang, as representatives of each gangs within the Triads, mention that the Tongs have a great influence on the choosing of the new Triad boss in Liberty City.

Italian Mafia
Unidenfitified Italian crime families operating in Algonquin. The Messina Crime Family, the only identified mafia family in the game, is based in Algonquin and Dukes, but also controls Little Italy alongside the other families. The family is believed to be led by Harvey Noto. Rudy D'Avanzo tricked the Triad member Huang Lee to believe that his rival Jimmy Capra was an undercover police informant (in fact he was a Messina Made Man) and was revealing information about the Triads to the LCPD. Members can be seen driving black and grey Cognoscentis around their turf.

Russian Mafia
Unidentified Russian criminal syndicate operating in Hove Beach, Broker, implied to be made up of members of the Petrovic, Bulgarin and Faustin/Rascalov families from Grand Theft Auto IV. They are mostly involved in the drug trade, and makes an appearance in the mission Half Cut, trying to kill Huang Lee because he is selling drugs on their turf. They are seen driving yellow Cavalcade FXT and Burrito around their turfs. They can be found in certain areas, mainly in Hove Beach, their drug vans can be found on that area, where the player can steal them and take the drugs for themselves.

The Lost Motorcycle Club
The Liberty City chapter of an Alderney State outlaw motorcycle club. They operate primarily out of Dukes, and rivals of the Angels of Death. Their known hangouts are the Ice Skating Museum in Meadows Park and around the AOD turf in Willis. They play no significant role in the game, and appears mostly as enemies for Huang Lee during Lester Leroc's missions, while posing as an Angels of Death member.

Angels of Death
An outlaw motorcycle club operating primarily out of Dukes, and rivals of The Lost Motorcycle Club. Hsin labels the Angels of Death as one potential suspect for the sabotage of the Triads. He hires Lester Leroc to team up with Huang Lee to investigate. Lester attempts to infiltrate into the gang in order to obtain intel; however, the drugs and biking as part of the admission test is overwhelming for him, thus Huang assists by taking over on the biking stunts, attacking The Lost MC members and selling drugs. Members can be seen driving black and red Angels and black and red Angel vans (Burrito variant) around their turf.

African-American Gang/Hustlers
A loose affiliation of African-American criminals, drug dealers and gang members operating out in North Holland, Algonquin and Firefly Projects, Broker. They play no significant role in the game, and appears mostly as drug dealers for Huang Lee. Members can be seen driving blue and white Voodoos around their turf.

Spanish Lords
A Puerto Rican street gang in South Bohan, Charge Island in Dukes, and Northwood in Algonquin. They have a conflict over turf with Wu "Kenny" Lee, who uses his nephew Huang Lee to get rid of them. They serve as a minor antagonist gang during the beginning of the story. They seem to have lost the Cerveza Heights territory to the Triads, which results in them trying a few times to recover their territory, during the missions Under the Gun and Payback. Members can be seen driving beige and red Dukes around their turf.

Yardies
Jamaican posses that operate out of the neighborhoods of Beechwood City and Schottler in Broker. They play a minor role in the story during the Weazel News journalist Melanie Mallard's missions (exclusive to the PSP version), as she captures the Triads' rule of Liberty City's drug trade on camera while Huang Lee protects them from the attacking Yardies, and escorts her around as she films the action, and later breaking into a Yardie weed factory. Members can be seen driving green and yellow Mananas around their turf.

Irish American Killers
Irish-American crime gang operating out in Steinway, Dukes. Members can be seen driving green and orange roofed Bobcats and Burritos (which also have ladders). They play no significant role in the game, and appears mostly as drug dealers for Huang Lee. One of their drug dealers, Liam, is affiliated with Wu "Kenny" Lee, and introduces Huang into the drug trade in the city.