French Apaches

"The Apache is the sore of Paris. More than 30,000 prowlers against 8,000 city policemen."

- French paper, Le Petit Journal, on the Apaches

Apaches was a Parisian Belle Époque violent criminal underworld subculture of early 20th-century hooligans, night muggers, street gangs and other criminals.

While for mid and higher-class of Paris life was relatively calm and comfortable, little changed for the lower-class, forcing many to turn to crime in order to make a living. Out of these series of crimes a subculture arouse called the Apaches, while its unknown who came up with this name, its widely believed that journalist Victor Moris popularized the term. After the news about their notoriety spread over Europe, the term was used to describe violent street crime in other countries as well; for example, "Russian apaches".

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