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Filipino pop culture tends to trivialize or even glorify the gangster lifestyle so much that we sometimes forget just how dangerous these people can be.

Yet for all their dastardly deeds, there are just some gangsters whose exploits made them so notoriously well-known that we can’t help but unconsciously put them on a pedestal.

Without further ado, here are some of the most notorious gangsters to have ever set foot on the archipelago.

9.

Emilio Changco.

One of the most infamous Pinoy pirates of all time, Changco and his gang terrorized Philippine waters during the 1980s and the early 1990s. Using a hotel that overlooked Manila Bay as their base, Changco and his henchmen were often hired to seize commercial vessels to the tune of $300,000.

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Usually, the clients would hire the gang to steal the ship’s cargo, repossess a ship, or to collect fraudulent insurance