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== Anime & Manga ==
* [[The Mafiya|Hotel Moscow]] in ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' when Balalaika is called in to consolidate a foothold in Japan through an alliance with a local Yakuza clan (and, like the [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bitch]] she is, doing just that)
The hometown of the cast, Roanapur, is usually an inversion of this trope—the town is such a [[Wretched Hive]] that it's hard to find anyone ''more'' ruthless than its normal citizenry moving in. When the Florida cartel tries to make a move within the city they're mostly treated like [[Harmless Villain]]s by the resident gangster community.
== Comic Books ==
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* ''[[Spider-Man]]'' - Subverted with Black Tarantula, a crime lord from Argentina trying to expand his empire to the States, starting with New York. He's almost a saint compared to other marvel villains however. In later Daredevil comics he convinces people he's reformed {{spoiler|and even after turning on Daredevil, uses his powers to heal him after he getting his money, oh he leaves Daredevil some of the money saying help somebody with it!}}
* ''[[The Punisher]] MAX'' - One of the most horrifically brutal versions pops up here, naturally, in "The Slavers" story arc. The titular criminals are a group of ex-military from East Europe who bring a human trafficking ring into New York, and fall under Frank Castle's personal attention. Notably, this gang is so vicious and horrible that they earn a dubious distinction:
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** Oddly reinforced in how they hold the distinction of being ''the'' only group to "beat" Frank Castle in a gunfight (read: forcing Frank Castle to flee for ''his'' life) when Garth Ennis was writing the 2004-2008 run.
* ''[[Sin City]]'' features a German mob boss named Herr Wallenquist.
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* ''The Italian Job'': The Ukrainian mob is so ruthless, even the Korean mob won't mess with it.
* ''Layer Cake'', with the Neo-Nazis in the book and Serbians in the movie. Particularly the latter, where the foreign mob is much more violent, but also has a keen sense of honor. The Serbians don't actually care about the money but about maintaining their reputation as
* ''[[Taken (film)|Taken]]'' is set in France, with Albanians as the villains.
* In the Brandon Lee vehicle ''Rapid Fire'', the previous Big Bad is executed in his jail cell by the men of an Asian crime lord about midway through the movie after getting his ass kicked by the hero. The crimelord then becomes the new [[Big Bad]].
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** In season 3 Quarles, a mobster from Detroit, tries to setup a major drug operation in Harlan County and makes the mistake of trying to muscle out Boyd Crowder. Although Quarles is extremely ruthless and deadly, his lack of understanding how things in Harlan County really work dooms him to failure.
* In Season 2 of ''[[Intelligence]]'', the ruthless foreign gangsters are Americans looking to take over the Vancouver drug trade. The protagonist spends the latter half of the season trying to organize all of the city's rival gangs into a syndicate to freeze the Americans out.
== Web Comics ==▼
* ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' has a [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0619.html fantastic variation].▼
== Video Games ==
* Common plot in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' series since ''Grand Theft Auto III''. In ''San Andreas'', the Da Nang Boys are a ruthless Vietnamese gang stepping on the [[The Triads and the Tongs|Mountain Cloud Boys]]' toes. Later, The Triad plays this role against [[The Mafia]] families in [[Viva Las Vegas|Las Venturas]]. Although the protagonist is helping the Triads, and they get pictured slightly nicer than the regular Mafia
In ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' you arguably play ''as'' one of these characters. But you also do deals and missions for "traditional" biker gangs and Italian mobsters as well.
* The plot of the [[John Woo]] game ''Stranglehold'' initially sets things up like this, with the Golden Kane allying with a ruthless Russian syndicate against the Dragon Claw syndicate headed by Mr. James Wong. But in a subversion of this trope, as Tequila and the audience find out, Wong is ''not'' a [[Neighbourhood Friendly Gangsters|Neighborhood Friendly Gangster]], and is even worse than the other bosses put together, particularly when he crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]] and {{spoiler|has his own daughter murdered by Tequila's partner}}.
* In ''[[Ryu ga Gotoku|Yakuza 2]]'', not only does Kiryu have to fight Sengoku and his band of rival yakuza, he also has to deal with some ruthless Korean gangsters led by Kim Taejin, a.k.a. {{spoiler|Terada Yukio, the guy who you placed in charge of your syndicate at the very end of the first game}}.
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* Inverted in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics A2]]'': Although Duelhorn, the invading gang, still forces local clans to work for them and can be rather violent, three of their four leaders are [[Anti-Villain|Anti Villains]] and treat their members nicely. Khamja, the local gang, is far more secretive, dishonest, and ruthless even to their own members.
* Inverted and played with in in ''[[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind]]''. The Thieves' Guild is significantly ''less'' brutal than their native counterpart in the Camonna Tong. The Dark Brotherhood/Morag Tong is... muddled. The Dark Brotherhood is more foreign-ish, and more ruthless, but the foreignness has more to do with the Morag Tong being official than the Dark Brotherhood actually being new to the area and foreign.
▲== Web Comics ==
▲* ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' has a [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0619.html fantastic variation].
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