Organized crime in Pakistan refers to the activities of groups of organized crime in Pakistan, The Pakistani Mafia is spread in many countries and are also politically supported and politicized. Pakistani Mafia groups are mostly ethnically-based and have influence over government. The Pakistani Mafia is involved in
drug trafficking,
assassination,
land grabbing,
arms smuggling and various other illegal activities. The world's third most wanted fugitive and Indian underworld don,
Dawood Ibrahim, is probably hiding in
Karachi, according to an article written by an Indian writer(Nathan Vardi) on
Forbes.