The Almighty Vice Lord Nation (Vice Lords for short, abbreviated AVLN) is the second-largest and one of the oldest street and prison gangs in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its total membership is estimated to be between 30,000 and 35,000.

The Almighty Vice Lord Nation (AVLN), then simply known as Vice Lords (VL), saw the light of day by the end of the 1950s; the brainchild of several incarcerated African American criminals who met while serving their sentence at the St. Charles Juvenile penitentiary in Chicago, Illinois.

Almighty Vice Lord Nation, or AVLN, is an African American street and prison gang in Chicago, one of the oldest gangs in Chicago, Illinois. The total number of its members is estimated at 35 thousand to 50 thousand people.

Dec 26, 2024 · DETROIT – Three members of the Almighty Vice Lord Nation (“AVLN”) were sentenced in federal court this week after a jury convicted them of RICO conspiracy, murder, drug trafficking, and weapons charges on April 23 of this year, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.

Apr 24, 2024 · DETROIT – After a seven-week trial in federal court, a jury convicted three members of the Almighty Vice Lords Nation of a RICO conspiracy that involved a 2020 murder, and other crimes, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.

Jan 27, 2025 · Vice Lords have unusual alliances with Folk gangs like 47th and Damen Two Six and Koster and Congress Gangster Disciples. The entire Vice Lord nation makes moves alongside their biggest Hispanic allies the Latin Counts.

The Almighty Vice Lord Nation (Vice Lords for short, abbreviated as ALVN) is the second largest and one of the oldest street and prison gangs from Chicago, Illinois. Its total membership is estimated to be between 30,000 and 35,000.

Apr 24, 2024 · Detroit — Three members of the Almighty Vice Lord Nation were convicted of federal racketeering charges Wednesday, the latest in a years-long prosecution of a violent street gangs blamed for...

Many Vice Lord factions have trails of violence over the years while running drug empires and killing without a second thought, but the Executioners lived up to their name and were perhaps the most vicious killers in the entire Almighty Vice Lord nation.

Also called the Almighty Vice Lords and the Conservative Vice Lord Nation, the gang has morphed from petty crime to drug trafficking to white collar crime over the course of decades. The gang has consolidated other groups and spread to …