In America we have La Cosa Nostra, in Japan the Triads, In Russia the Russian Mafia and so on. In ancient times during the Roman era was there organized crime that was as involved with politics as La Cosa Nostra in America was and might still be and was there organized crime that was sophisticated?

Few links to previous posts that touch upon what you might be interesting or related.

first is a link with several further links (easy bundle) to some good answers written by /u/XenophontheAthenian here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7p2l91/was_there_mafialike_organized_crime_in_ancient/

third link has some more about street gangs in ancient rome/greece with two answers one since [deleted] but has some good sources and another by /u/heyheymse as well as XenophontheAthenian here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1hhxc5/did_ancient_rome_or_ancient_greece_have_anything/

fourth link has few answers and other links to prev answers (both linked here and others):https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4tu07o/street_gangs_in_the_ancient_world/

hope i didnt miss anything