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Since the new century, there are two academic books focusing on Chinese organized crime. Based on rich empirical work, these books offer how Chinese criminal organizations survive in the changing socio-economic and political environment. Y. K. Chu's Triads as Business [2] looks at the role of Hong Kong Triads in legal, illegal and international ...
The Black Dragons (Chinese: 黑龍; Jyutping: Haak 1 Lung 4) was a Chinese-American criminal organization and street gang that was formed in 1980 by Chinese immigrants in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California. It was started by a group of young men who banded together to protect themselves from other Asian and Latino gangs.
Shanghai became a favourable place for criminal activity, and the Green Gang in particular, due to several factors. As the Grand Canal fell out of use for grain shipments, replaced by the sea route, Shanghai became an important transshipment point for grain; [5] at the same time, as one of the treaty ports and concessions, it was a gateway for foreign trade, including in opium. [6]
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American gangsters of Chinese descent (9 P) B. Chinese crime bosses (1 C, 10 P) F. Chinese female gangsters (2 P) H. Hong Kong gangsters (1 C, 5 P) T. Triad members ...
Lin claims to have arrived in the US from China “on a ship carrying illegal immigrants” and was forced to pay $40,000 to the Chinese mafia, according to a talk he gave in Westchester that was ...
A triad (traditional Chinese: 三合會; simplified Chinese: 三合会; Jyutping: saam1 hap6 wui6; Cantonese Yale: sāam hahp wúi; pinyin: sān hé huì) is a Chinese transnational organized crime syndicate based in Greater China with outposts in various countries having significant overseas Chinese populations.
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